Leeds Central and Headingley

Leeds Central and Headingley is a constituency in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat has been held by Alex Sobel (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
8,422
Electorate
70,554
Turnout
44.8%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Alex Sobel
Labour
15,853 50.2% -13.3%
Chris Foren
Green Party
7,431 23.5% 20.1%
Chris Howley
Liberal Democrat
2,611 8.3% -2.9%
Reggie Wray
Reform UK
2,399 7.6% 3.6%
Jennifer Jackson
Conservative
2,237 7.1% -10.8%
Owais Rajput
Workers Party of Britain
691 2.2% 2.2%
Rob Walker
Social Democratic Party
187 0.6% 0.6%
Louie Fulton
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
186 0.6% 0.6%