UK Parliamentary general election
Leeds East constituency
This election was held on Thursday 4 July 2024.
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9 candidates stood in the Leeds East constituency.
Electorate | 76,207 |
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Spoilt Ballots | 129 |
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David Stephen Dresser
Reform UK
7,345 votes -
Sam Firth
Conservative and Unionist Party
6,898 votes -
Jennifer Norman
Green Party
3,506 votes -
Tobie Abel
Liberal Democrats
1,445 votes -
David Hough
Yorkshire Party
664 votes -
Catherine Dobson
Social Democratic Party
519 votes -
Niko Omilana
Independent
222 votes -
Pete Young
Independent
179 votes
Wikipedia
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House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party until his suspension and whip withdrawn on 23 July 2024, as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap.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.
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