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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

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Leeds South East
Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Leeds East
Replaced by	Leeds Central,Leeds East,Leeds West andLeeds North West^[1]

Leeds South East was aborough constituency in the city ofLeeds inWest Yorkshire. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the1918 general election, and abolished for the1983 general election.

Boundaries

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1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of East and East Hunslet, and part of North East ward.

1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates and Temple Newsam, East Hunslet, and Osmondthorpe.

1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cross Gates, East Hunslet, Halton, and Osmondthorpe.^[2]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Blenheim, City, East Hunslet, Richmond Hill, and Westfield.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burley, Burmantofts, City, Richmond Hill, and Woodhouse.

Leeds city centre was in the constituency from 1955 until the seat disappeared in 1983 since when it has been in Leeds Central.

Members of Parliament

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Election		Member	Party
	1918	James O'Grady	Labour
	1924	Henry Slesser	Labour
	1929	James Milner	Labour
	1952	Denis Healey	Labour
	1955	Alice Bacon	Labour
	1970	Stan Cohen	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Leeds South East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James O'Grady	Unopposed
	Labourwin (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Leeds South East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James O'Grady	13,676	58.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	Mary Pollock Grant	9,554	41.1	New
Majority			4,122	17.8	N/A
Turnout			23,230	66.2	N/A
Registered electors			35,074
	Labourhold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Leeds South East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James O'Grady	12,210	63.2	+4.3
	Liberal	William Tattersall Whiteley, 2nd Baron Marchamley	7,110	36.8	−4.3
Majority			5,100	26.4	+8.6
Turnout			19,320	54.1	−12.1
Registered electors			35,701
	Labourhold		Swing	+4.3

General election 1924: Leeds South East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Slesser	15,133	58.6	−4.6
	Liberal	William Tattersall Whiteley, 2nd Baron Marchamley	10,704	41.4	+4.6
Majority			4,429	17.2	−9.2
Turnout			25,837	71.8	+17.7
Registered electors			35,994
	Labourhold		Swing	−4.6

General election 1929: Leeds South East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Slesser	22,403	75.2	+16.6
	Unionist	John C Spurr	7,385	24.8	New
Majority			15,018	50.4	+33.2
Turnout			29,788	62.6	−9.2
Registered electors			47,573
	Labourhold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 1929: Leeds South East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Milner	11,804	95.8	+20.6
	Communist	W.T.E. Brain	512	4.2	New
Majority			11,292	91.6	+41.2
Turnout			12,316	25.9	−36.7
Registered electors			47,573
	Labourhold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Milner	17,845	52.56
	Conservative	Philip R Le Mesurier	16,109	47.44
Majority			1,736	5.12
Turnout			33,954	69.70
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1935: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Milner	19,552	65.73
	Conservative	Philip R Le Mesurier	10,192	34.27
Majority			9,360	31.46
Turnout			29,744	62.55
	Labourhold		Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour:James Milner^[9]
Conservative:

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Milner	20,363	71.83
	Conservative	Sydney Beevers	4,518	15.94
	Liberal	Clifford Henry Tyers	3,466	12.23	New
Majority			15,845	55.89
Turnout			28,347	71.63
	Labourhold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Leeds South East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Milner	23,994	57.83
	Conservative	Charles Edward Kirwin	15,262	36.78
	Liberal	Albert Hope	2,234	5.38
Majority			8,732	21.05
Turnout			41,490	85.33
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1951: Leeds South East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Milner	24,929	60.50
	Conservative	Charles Edward Kirwin	16,277	39.50
Majority			8,652	21.00
Turnout			41,206	84.39
	Labourhold		Swing

1952 Leeds South East by-election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Healey	17,194	63.24	+2.74
	Conservative	Charles Edward Kirwin	9,995	36.76	−2.74
Majority			7,199	26.48	+5.48
Turnout			27,189	55.7	−28.7
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1955: Leeds South East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alice Bacon	25,714	66.18
	Conservative	Wilson W.J. Dunn	13,142	33.82
Majority			12,572	32.36
Turnout			38,856	67.92
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1959: Leeds South East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alice Bacon	21,795	64.21
	Conservative	J Brian Womersley	12,146	35.79
Majority			9,649	28.42
Turnout			33,941	70.04
	Labourhold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Leeds South East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alice Bacon	16,672	67.67
	Conservative	John E MacDonald	7,964	32.33
Majority			8,708	35.34
Turnout			24,636	73.92
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1966: Leeds South East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alice Bacon	14,663	71.86
	Conservative	JG Todd	5,743	28.14
Majority			8,920	43.72
Turnout			20,406	61.47
	Labourhold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Leeds South East^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Cohen	10,930	62.65
	Conservative	May Sexton	5,182	29.70
	Liberal	Anthony Britten	1,135	6.51	New
	Communist	Bernard Scott	198	1.13	New
Majority			5,748	32.95
Turnout			17,445	58.39
	Labourhold		Swing

General election February 1974: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stan Cohen	17,827	53.08
	Conservative	May Sexton	8,373	24.93
	Liberal	Maggie Clay	6,981	20.79
	Communist	William Henry Innes	405	1.21
Majority			9,454	28.15
Turnout			33,586	67.85
	Labourhold		Swing

General election October 1974: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stan Cohen	17,160	61.18
	Conservative	May Sexton	6,144	21.90
	Liberal	Maggie Clay	4,429	15.79
	Communist	William Henry Innes	317	1.13
Majority			11,016	39.28
Turnout			28,050	56.34
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1979: Leeds South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Cohen	15,921	56.34
	Conservative	May Sexton	6,549	23.18
	Liberal	Maggie Clay	5,430	19.22
	Communist	JM Rodgers	190	0.67
	National Front	P Flint	168	0.59	New
Majority			9,372	33.16
Turnout			28,258	65.00
	Labourhold		Swing

References

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^"'Leeds South East', Feb 1974 - May 1983".ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived fromthe original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved23 March 2016.
^"The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320".Statutory Instruments 1951. Vol. II. London:Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. pp. 410–412.
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^"By-elections – Political News". Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2012.
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

v t e Leeds constituencies
Current	Leeds Central and Headingley Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds North West Leeds South Leeds South West and Morley Leeds West and Pudsey Selby Wakefield and Rothwell Wetherby and Easingwold
Historic	Leeds (1832–1885) Pudsey (1885-1918, 1950-2024) Leeds Central (1885-1955, and 1983-2024) Leeds North (1885–1955) Leeds South (1885–1983) Leeds West (1885–2024) Pudsey and Otley (1918–1950) Batley and Morley (1918–1983) Leeds South East (1918–1983) Morley and Leeds South (1983–1997) Elmet (1983–2010) Morley and Rothwell (1997–2010) Elmet and Rothwell (2010-2024) Morley and Outwood (2010-2024)

Leeds constituencies

Current

Historic

Leeds (1832–1885)
Pudsey (1885-1918, 1950-2024)
Leeds Central (1885-1955, and 1983-2024)
Leeds North (1885–1955)
Leeds South (1885–1983)
Leeds West (1885–2024)
Pudsey and Otley (1918–1950)
Batley and Morley (1918–1983)
Leeds South East (1918–1983)
Morley and Leeds South (1983–1997)
Elmet (1983–2010)
Morley and Rothwell (1997–2010)
Elmet and Rothwell (2010-2024)
Morley and Outwood (2010-2024)

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