Leeds South

Declared: 4:24am on 5th July

Labour Party HOLD / provisional
Elected: Hilary Benn

Candidates

Photograph of Hilary BennLab / 54.0%
Hilary Benn
Photograph of Ed CarlisleGreen / 18.4%
Ed Carlisle
Photograph of Karen CooksleyCon / 13.2%
Karen Cooksley
Photograph of Daniel Paul WhetstoneSocial Democratic Party / 5.9%
Daniel Paul Whetstone
Photograph of George SykesLD / 4.2%
George Sykes
Photograph of Muhammad AzeemWorkers Party of Britain / 2.3%
Muhammad Azeem
Photograph of Janet BickerdikeChristian Peoples Alliance / 1.1%
Janet Bickerdike
Photograph of Niko OmilanaIndependent / 0.9%
Niko Omilana

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 124000

Households: 53600

Housing tenure type for Leeds South

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 1%
Owned outright
Percentage: 16.8%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 19.7%
Private rented
Percentage: 30.3%
Social rented
Percentage: 32.2%

Age demographic for Leeds South

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 22.5%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 12.8%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 18.4%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 20.2%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 15.4%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 10.7%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Labour Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.