Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leeds North West in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire (West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate	65,047 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Yeadon, Otley and Headingley
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds North West is a constituency in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Greg Mulholland, a Liberal Democrat.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Meanwood, and Moortown.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Kirkstall, Moortown, and Weetwood.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Otley and Wharfedale, and Weetwood.

2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.

The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south in terms of major settlements.

The constituency was created in 1950, as Leeds North-West; the name was changed by dropping the hyphen in 1955. Before the 1950 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds South, Leeds West, (all created 1885); Leeds North-East and Leeds South-East (both created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey and Otley (created 1918 replacing Pudsey). Leeds North West was created before the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the 1983 general election, bringing in Otley and the nearby villages of Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.