Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds East
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Leeds East in Yorkshire and the Humber
CountyWest Yorkshire
Electorate67,286 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1955
Member of ParliamentRichard Burgon (Independent)
SeatsOne
Created from
18851918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromLeeds
Replaced by

Leeds East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party until his suspension and whip withdrawn on 23 July 2024, as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. He now sits as an Independent MP until the whip is re-established.

The constituency was represented by Denis Healey from 1955 to 1992. Healey served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and latterly as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.[2]

  1. ^ "Leeds East Parliamentary constituency". BBC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ Keegan, William (5 April 2015). "Lord Healey: a chancellor who really knows about coalitions and crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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