| Leeds South | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
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| County |
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Hilary Benn (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Leeds |
| Replaced by | Leeds Central and Morley & Leeds South[1] |
Leeds South is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency existed from 1885 to 1983 and was recreated in 2024 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[2]
In the 2024 general election, the seat was won by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party, who serves as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the government of Keir Starmer.[3][4] Benn had represented Leeds Central, the main predecessor of Leeds South, since 1999.
Leeds South was the seat of the former Leader of the Labour Party, the late Hugh Gaitskell, and the former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees.
- ^ "'Leeds South', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Leeds South – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Hilary Benn: Who is the new Northern Ireland secretary?". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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