Leeds Central and Headingley (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds Central and Headingley is a constituency^{[n 1] [n 2]} of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.^[2] The seat is currently represented by Alex Sobel of the Labour Party, who served as MP for Leeds North West from 2017 to 2024.

Leeds Central and Headingley
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber
County	West Yorkshire
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Alex Sobel (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Leeds Central, Leeds North West, and Leeds West

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the City of Leeds:

• Headingley & Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Little London & Woodhouse, and Weetwood.^[3]

It comprises the following areas of the City of Leeds:^[4]

• Headingley and Weetwood, transferred from Leeds North West
• Hyde Park, Little London and Woodhouse from Leeds Central (abolished and largely replaced by Leeds South)
• Kirkstall from Leeds West (abolished)

Members of Parliament

Leeds Central and Leeds North West prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Alex Sobel[5]	Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds Central and Headingley since 2024

General election 2024: Leeds Central and Headingley^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alex Sobel	15,853	50.2	−13.2
	Green	Chris Foren	7,431	23.5	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley	2,611	8.3	−2.9
	Reform UK	Reggie Wray	2,399	7.6	+3.6
	Conservative	Jenny Jackson	2,237	7.1	−10.8
	Workers Party	Owais Rajput	691	2.2	N/A
	SDP	Rob Walker	187	0.6	N/A
	TUSC	Louie George Fulton	186	0.6	N/A
Majority			8,422	26.7	−18.8
Turnout			31,595	44.8	−13.1
Registered electors			70,554
	Labour hold		Swing	−16.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	27,696	63.4
	Conservative	7,817	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	4,884	11.2
	Brexit Party	1,757	4.0
	Green	1,508	3.5
Turnout		43,662	57.9
Electorate		75,396

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.