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Leeds South — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Leeds South was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,279 votes over Green. This page covers every general election in Leeds South from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Lyon Playfair (Liberal) 5,208 64.5% Stuart Cunningham Macaskie (Conservative) 2,339 (29.0 pts) 73.9%
1886 Lyon Playfair (Liberal) 4,665 61.5% Thomas Hirst Bracken (Conservative) 1,741 (22.9 pts) 69.4%
1892 Lyon Playfair (Liberal) 4,829 59.4% Reginald James Neville Neville (Conservative) 1,535 (18.9 pts) 71.9%
1895 John Lawson Walton (Liberal) 4,608 47.6% Reginald James Neville Neville (Conservative) 161 (1.7 pts) 81.2%
1900 John Lawson Walton (Liberal) 4,952 51.2% Reginald James Neville Neville (Conservative) 234 (2.4 pts) 71.9%
1906 John Lawson Walton (Liberal) 6,200 50.2% Albert Fox (Labour) 2,170 (17.6 pts) 81.7%
Dec 1910 William Middlebrook (Liberal) 6,064 48.2% William Nicholson (Conservative) 2,260 (18.0 pts) 80.0%
Jan 1910 William Middlebrook (Liberal) 8,969 67.3% William Nicholson (Conservative) 4,603 (34.5 pts) 84.8%
1918 William Middlebrook (Liberal) 10,609 60.6% Frank Fountain (Labour) 5,099 (29.1 pts) 48.8%
1922 Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 13,210 53.7% William Middlebrook (Liberal) 1,830 (7.4 pts) 69.8%
1923 Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 11,705 44.2% Reginald James Neville Neville (Unionist) 4,026 (15.2 pts) 74.1%
1924 Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 12,799 46.4% BT Graham Ford (Unionist) 1,791 (6.5 pts) 76.5%
1929 Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 18,043 52.5% Graham Ford (Unionist) 8,610 (25.1 pts) 76.2%
1931 Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside (Conservative) 14,881 42.1% Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 725 (2.1 pts) 77.6%
1935 Henry Charles Charleton (Labour) 15,223 46.0% Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside (Conservative) 1,016 (3.1 pts) 73.7%
1945 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Labour) 17,899 61.0% Arthur Maxwell Ramsden (Conservative) 10,402 (35.5 pts) 75.3%
1950 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Labour) 29,795 61.1% Bernard Hargreaves Wood (Conservative) 15,359 (31.5 pts) 84.6%
1951 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Labour) 30,712 65.1% Winifred Brown (Conservative) 14,219 (30.1 pts) 82.2%
1955 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Labour) 25,833 65.2% Winifred Brown (Conservative) 12,016 (30.3 pts) 72.9%
1959 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Labour) 24,442 58.6% John Francis William Addey (Conservative) 11,486 (27.5 pts) 79.0%
1964 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 22,339 63.1% Percival Arthur Woodward (Conservative) 10,216 (28.9 pts) 72.0%
1966 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 23,171 68.8% Percy Woodward (Conservative) 13,358 (39.6 pts) 68.1%
1970 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 19,536 59.8% Gavin Kennedy Macpherson (Conservative) 10,225 (31.3 pts) 66.0%
Oct 1974 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 21,653 64.4% Thomas Neil Metcalfe Stow (Conservative) 15,265 (45.4 pts) 63.8%
Feb 1974 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 21,365 55.2% Denis Pedder (Liberal) 11,860 (30.7 pts) 73.9%
1979 Merlyn Rees (Labour) 22,388 65.0% Richard John Marshall Ratcliffe (Conservative) 14,330 (41.6 pts) 68.7%
2024 Hilary Benn (Labour) 17,117 54.0% Ed Carlisle (Green) 11,279 (35.6 pts) 42.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lyon Playfair Liberal 5,20864.5% Yes
Stuart Cunningham Macaskie Conservative 2,86935.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lyon Playfair Liberal 4,66561.5% Yes
Thomas Hirst Bracken Conservative 2,92438.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lyon Playfair Liberal 4,82959.4% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Conservative 3,29440.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawson Walton Liberal 4,60847.6% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Conservative 4,44746.0% No
Alfred Shaw Independent Labour 6226.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawson Walton Liberal 4,95251.2% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Conservative 4,71848.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawson Walton Liberal 6,20050.2% Yes
Albert Fox Labour 4,03032.6% No
Henry William Cameron-Ramsay Fairfax-Lucy Conservative 2,12617.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Middlebrook Liberal 6,06448.2% Yes
William Nicholson Conservative 3,80430.3% No
John Badlay Labour 2,70621.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Middlebrook Liberal 8,96967.3% Yes
William Nicholson Conservative 4,36632.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Middlebrook Liberal 10,60960.6% Yes
Frank Fountain Labour 5,51031.5% No
James Brook Independent 1,3777.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 13,21053.7% Yes
William Middlebrook Liberal 11,38046.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 11,70544.2% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Unionist 7,67929.0% No
Charles Granville Gibson Liberal 7,08326.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 12,79946.4% Yes
BT Graham Ford Unionist 11,00839.9% No
Frank Geary Liberal 3,80113.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 18,04352.5% Yes
Graham Ford Unionist 9,43327.5% No
Ernest Kilburn Scott Liberal 6,88420.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside Conservative 14,88142.1% Yes
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 14,15640.1% No
Frederick Boult Liberal 6,29117.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Charleton Labour 15,22346.0% Yes
Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside Conservative 14,20743.0% No
Wilfred Townend Social Credit 3,64211.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell Labour 17,89961.0% Yes
Arthur Maxwell Ramsden Conservative 7,49725.6% No
William Barford Liberal 3,93313.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell Labour 29,79561.1% Yes
Bernard Hargreaves Wood Conservative 14,43629.6% No
Edgar Meeks Liberal 4,5259.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell Labour 30,71265.1% Yes
Winifred Brown Conservative 16,49334.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell Labour 25,83365.2% Yes
Winifred Brown Conservative 13,81734.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell Labour 24,44258.6% Yes
John Francis William Addey Conservative 12,95631.0% No
John Brian Meeks Liberal 4,34010.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 22,33963.1% Yes
Percival Arthur Woodward Conservative 12,12334.3% No
Baruch Rahmilevich Mendelson Communist 9282.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 23,17168.8% Yes
Percy Woodward Conservative 9,81329.1% No
Bert Ramelson Communist 7142.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 19,53659.8% Yes
Gavin Kennedy Macpherson Conservative 9,31128.5% No
Stephen John Cooksey Liberal 3,81011.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 21,65364.4% Yes
Thomas Neil Metcalfe Stow Conservative 6,38819.0% No
John Adams Liberal 5,56316.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 21,36555.2% Yes
Denis Pedder Liberal 9,50524.6% No
Peter David Harmer Conservative 7,81020.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Merlyn Rees Labour 22,38865.0% Yes
Richard John Marshall Ratcliffe Conservative 8,05823.4% No
Fred Hurst Liberal 3,56810.4% No
Brian Gerald Spink National Front 4161.2% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Benn Labour 17,11754.0% Yes
Ed Carlisle Green 5,83818.4% No
Karen Cooksley Conservative 4,17213.2% No
Daniel Whetstone Social Democratic Party 1,8745.9% No
George Sykes Liberal Democrat 1,3404.2% No
Muhammad Azeem Workers Party of Britain 7192.3% No
Janet Bickerdike Christian Peoples Alliance Party 3411.1% No
Niko Omilana Independent 2770.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 29.0 pts 1886: Liberal margin 22.9 pts 1892: Liberal margin 18.9 pts 1895: Liberal margin 1.7 pts 1900: Liberal margin 2.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 17.6 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 18.0 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 34.5 pts 1918: Liberal margin 29.1 pts 1922: Labour margin 7.4 pts 1923: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1924: Labour margin 6.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 25.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1935: Labour margin 3.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 35.5 pts 1950: Labour margin 31.5 pts 1951: Labour margin 30.1 pts 1955: Labour margin 30.3 pts 1959: Labour margin 27.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 28.9 pts 1966: Labour margin 39.6 pts 1970: Labour margin 31.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 45.4 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 30.7 pts 1979: Labour margin 41.6 pts 2024: Labour margin 35.6 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 2024

Trend

Leeds South has been contested at 27 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Leeds South in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Leeds South in 2024 with 17,117 votes (54.0%), a majority of 11,279 votes over Green in second place.

Which parties have won Leeds South since 1885?

Since 1885, Leeds South has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Leeds South?

The closest result on record for Leeds South was 1895, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 161 votes (1.7 percentage points).

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