Hilary Benn

The Rt Hon Hilary Benn is the Labour MP for Leeds South, and has been an MP continually since 10 June 1999. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Leeds South when Hilary Benn was elected.

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
11,279
Electorate
75,953
Turnout
41.7%

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
Hilary Benn
Labour
17,117 54.0% -4.4%
Ed Carlisle
Green Party
5,838 18.4% 14.6%
Karen Cooksley
Conservative
4,172 13.2% -13.1%
Daniel Whetstone
Social Democratic Party
1,874 5.9% 5.3%
George Sykes
Liberal Democrat
1,340 4.2% -0.2%
Muhammad Azeem
Workers Party of Britain
719 2.3% 2.3%
Janet Bickerdike
Christian Peoples Alliance
341 1.1% 1.1%
Niko Omilana
Independent
277 0.9% 0.9%