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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE70,809 voters
AREA13 sq. miles


Leeds East is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Richard Burgon of the Labour party.

The Leeds East constituency has a total population of 95,579, of which 70,809 are eligible (18+) to vote (74.1%).

Leeds East ranks 467th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 338th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Richard Burgon

Richard Burgon

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MP DETAILS
AddressRichard Burgon MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressrichard@richardburgon.com
ConstituencyLeeds East
GenderMale
Date of Birth
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
20.9%
53.7%
3.4%
2.9 %
19.0%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Leeds East constituency in 2015 was 59.00%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Ed SandersonLiberal DemocratMale---
Kate BissonGreenFemale03 June 1905 (119)https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=35457327&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profilehttp://yorkshireandhumber.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/leeds-east-kate-bisson.html
Mark ManiattUK Independence PartyMale---
Richard BurgonLabourMale--http://www.richardburgon.com/
Ryan Stephenson ConservativeMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
23.17%
50.4%
17.5%
%
%
%
7.79%
%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 AGS4291.1%
 BNP2,9477.8%
 Conservative8,76323.2%
 Labour19,05650.4%
 Liberal-Democrat6,61817.5%
TOTALS
Electorate64,698
Votes37,813
Turnout58.1%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeAnderson, Barry
LabourMudie, George
Liberal DemocratTear, Andrew
BNPBrown, Trevor
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Leeds East constituency in 2010 was 58.1%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

This graph shows the results from 17 people in the Leeds East constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.

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