Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leeds South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Morley and Leeds South constituency.
Leeds South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1885–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire 1974–1983: West Yorkshire |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leeds |
Replaced by | Leeds Central and Morley & Leeds South[1] |
It was the seat of the former Leader of the Labour Party, the late Hugh Gaitskell, and the former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election, formed primarily from the (to be abolished) constituency of Leeds Central, but excluding the city centre.[2]