Leeds East

Leeds East is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat was last held by Richard Burgon (Labour) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
12,533
Electorate
64,754
Turnout
59%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Richard Burgon
Labour
20,530 53.7% 3.4%
Ryan Stephenson
Conservative
7,997 20.9% -2.2%
Mark Maniatt
UK Independence Party
7,256 19.0% 19.0%
Ed Sanderson
Liberal Democrat
1,296 3.4% -14.1%
Kate Bisson
Green Party
1,117 2.9% 2.9%