Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leeds North East in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire (West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate	68,269 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Coordinates: 53°51′00″N 1°30′54″W / 53.850°N 1.515°W / 53.850; -1.515

Leeds North East is a constituency which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Fabian Hamilton of the Labour Party.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates, Roundhay, Seacroft, and Shadwell, and parts of the wards of North and North East.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Harehills, Potternewton, and Richmond Hill.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Potternewton, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Harehills, Roundhay, Scott Hall, and Talbot.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Moortown, North, and Roundhay.

2010-present: The City of Leeds wards of Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown, and Roundhay.

A North-East division of Leeds's parliamentary borough was recommended by the Boundary Commission in its report of 1917. The Commission recommended that the division consist of the whole of the Crossgates, Roundhay, Seacroft, and Shadwell wards, together with the larger parts of two other wards which were to be divided between divisions: North-East ward save for a small part west of Accommodation Road in Burmantofts which was placed in the South-East division and that part of North ward east of Gledhow Park and Moor Allerton. This created a division with a population of 74,054 (according to the 1911 Census); 38,307 lived in the part of North ward, 28,349 in the part of North-East ward, and 7,398 in Roundhay, Seacroft, Shadwell and Cross Gates. Parliament enacted the new boundaries without alteration in the Representation of the People Act 1918.