Election 97

Leeds East


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 George Mudie
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 6,685 (18.7%)
Labour 97 24,151 (67.5%)
LibDem 97 3,689 (10.3%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,267 ( 3.5%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 56,963
Turnout 97 35,792 (62.8%)



1992 MP George Mudie
Old constituency name Leeds East
Majority 92 12,697 (29.4%)
Conservative 92 12,232 (28.3%)
Labour 92 24,929 (57.7%)
LibDem 92 6,040 (14.0%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 62,072
Turnout 92 43,201 (69.6%)
Leeds East



Tory change -9.6%
Labour change +9.8%
Lib Dem change -3.7%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.5%
Electorate change -8.2%
Turnout Change -6.8%
Robert Waller wrote

Stretching from the east of Leeds city centre to the edge of town, Leeds East presents a cross section of an industrial city, taking in, successively, areas of recent inner-city council blocks, the Victorian housing of Harehills with a large non-white population and serious social problems, extensive council estates and then some areas of owner-occupied suburbia right out on the eastern boundary. The overall profile is firmly towards the lower part of the social scale, and this is a safe Labour seat.


Super Profiles

854 2.37 9.03 26
1,643 4.56 11.17 41
3,537 9.82 11.25 87
4,931 13.70 14.70 93
2,572 7.14 10.45 68
6 0.02 2.81 1
2,136 5.93 8.01 74
5,213 14.48 15.25 95
3,638 10.10 7.13 142
11,390 31.64 10.17 311