Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leeds East in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	64,742 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Richard Burgon (Labour)
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Leeds North East Leeds South East
Created from	Leeds
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party.

The most notable of past MPs was Denis Healey who represented the constituency from 1955 to 1992. Healey was a very senior Labour politician, and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds ward of East, and parts of the wards of Central, North, and North East.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Crossgates, Halton, Harehills, and Osmondthorpe.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Gipton, Halton, Osmondthorpe, Seacroft, and Whinmoor.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Halton, Harehills, and Seacroft.

2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Crossgates and Whinmoor, Gipton and Harehills, Killingbeck and Seacroft, and Temple Newsam.

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds had previously been represented by two MPs (1832–1868) and three MPs (1868–1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies: Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West. The constituencies of Morley, Otley and Pudsey were also created in 1885.