General Election 2024: Leeds candidates and new constituencies

General elections are taking place across the country, with every seat up for grabs as candidates seek to become the next MP in your area.

In the city of Leeds, there are candidates in every constituency, with a number of different parties hoping to win your votes. Candidates campaign on a variety of issues, from the cost of living to international issues.

Due to the 2023 constituency boundary review, there are seven constituencies facing by-elections with new boundaries. Meanwhile, there are three other constituencies that cross between North Yorkshire and Leeds: Selby, Wakefield and Rothwell and Wetherby and Easingwold.

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These changes may mean you find yourself in a new constituency with a new MP, so it’s important to check exactly which constituency you live in.

Each of the ten constituencies is listed below, along with the full list of sitting candidates.

Leeds Central and Headingley

• Chris Foren – Green Party
• Louie George Fulton – Union and Socialist Coalition
• Chris Howley – Liberal Democrat
• Jennifer Jane Jackson – Conservative Party
• Owais Rajput – Workers Party
• Alex Sobel – Labor and Cooperative Party
• Rob Walker – Social Democratic Party
• Reggie Harry Wray – Reform Britain

East Leeds

• Tobie James Abel – Liberal Democrats
• Richard Burgon – Labor Party
• Catherine Frances Dobson – Social Democratic Party
• David Stephen Dresser – Reform Britain
• Sam Firth – Conservative Party
• David Hough – The Yorkshire Party
• Niko Omilana – Independent
• Pete Young – Independent

Leeds North East

• Gary Busuttil – Liberal Democrats
• Ian Cowling – Yorkshire Party
• Mike Davies – Alliance for Green Socialism
• Fabian Hamilton – Labor Party
• Stewart Hay – Climate Party
• Dawud Islam – Labor Party of Great Britain
• Louise Mary Jennings – Green Party
• Cordelia Frances Lynan – Social Democratic Party
• Christopher George Nicholson – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Kieran Richard Thomas White – Reform Britain
• Chris Whiteside – Conservative Party

Leeds North West

• Thomas James Averre – Conservative Party
• Jayne Louise Bond – Reform Britain
• Mick Bradley – Green Party
• Katy Bushell – Social Democratic Party
• Bob Buxton – Yorkshire Party
• Ryk Downes – Liberal Democrat
• Katie Jayne White – Labor Party

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Leeds South

• Muhammad Azeem – Workers Party
• Hilary James Benn – Labor Party
• Janet Bickerdike – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Ed Carlisle – Green Party
• Karen Cooksley – Conservative Party
• Niko Omilana – Independent
• George Sykes – Liberal Democrat
• Daniel Paul Whetstone – Social Democratic Party

Leeds South West and Morley

• Chris Bell – Green Party
• Howard Graham Dews – Yorkshire Party
• Michael James Fox – Liberal Democrats
• Andrea Marie Jenkyns – Conservative Party
• James Kendall – Reform Britain
• Nigel Perry – Social Democratic Party
• Mark Sewards – Labor Party

Leeds West and Pudsey

• Jamal El Kheir – Workers’ Party
• Lee Anthony Farmer – Conservative Party
• Ann Christine Forsaith – Green Party
• Darren James Longhorn – Yorkshire Party
• Rachel Reeves – Labor Party
• Dan Walker – Liberal Democrat
• Sasha Watson – Social Democratic Party
• Andrea Whitehead – Reform Britain

Selby

• David John Burns – Reform Britain
• Keir Alexander Mather – Labor Party
• Angela Oldershaw – Green Party
• Charles Richardson – Conservative Party
• Christian Maurice Vassie – Liberal Democrats

Wakefield and Rothwell

• Arnold Eric Craven – Conservative Party
• David Alan Dews – Reform Britain
• Stewart Golton – Liberal Democrat
• Brent Hawksley – Yorkshire Party
• Simon Robert Lightwood – Labor and Co-operative Party
• Keith Mason – Labor Party of Great Britain
• Ashley Theo Blue Routh – Green Party
• Nicholas John Sanders – Social Democratic Party

Wetherby and Easingwold

• John Philip Hall – Yorkshire Party
• Mike Jordan – Reform Britain
• James John Monaghan – Liberal Democrats
• Ben Pickles – Labor Party
• Alec Edward Shelbrooke – Conservative Party
• Arnold Frances Warneken – Green Party