Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)
| Morley and Leeds South | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | West Yorkshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Batley & Morley, Leeds South and Normanton[1] |
| Replaced by | Morley and Rothwell, Leeds Central[1] |
Morley and Leeds South (often known as Leeds South and Morley) was a borough constituency in West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
[edit]This was a safe Labour seat during the three parliaments of its existence. The former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees was the MP from 1983 to 1992.
Boundaries
[edit]The City of Leeds wards of Hunslet, Middleton, Morley North, and Morley South.
The constituency was located on the southern outskirts of the City of Leeds and included the town of Morley. The area is now more or less covered by Leeds Central and Morley and Outwood.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Merlyn Rees | Labour | |
| 1992 | John Gunnell | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Morley and Rothwell, Leeds Central[1] | ||
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 18,995 | 45.9 | ||
| Conservative | William Hyde | 13,141 | 31.8 | ||
| SDP | Peter Burley | 9,216 | 22.3 | ||
| Majority | 5,854 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 41,352 | 67.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 21,551 | 49.5 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Tessa Holdroyd | 14,840 | 34.2 | +2.4 | |
| SDP | Edward Dawson | 7,099 | 16.3 | −6.0 | |
| Majority | 6,711 | 15.3 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,490 | 71.6 | +3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Gunnell | 23,896 | 52.2 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | George Booth | 16,524 | 36.1 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Walmsley | 5,062 | 11.1 | −5.2 | |
| Natural Law | Robert Thurston | 327 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 7,372 | 16.1 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 45,809 | 72.5 | +0.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c "'Leeds South and Morley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2010.