Leeds North was a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Headingley and North West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, North, and North East.
1918–1950: Parts of the County Borough of Leeds wards of Brunswick, Headingley, North, and North West.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of North, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.
History The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds had previously been represented by two MPs (1832–1868) and three MPs (1868–1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies: Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West. The constituencies of Morley, Otley and Pudsey were also created in 1885.
The constituency was abolished in 1955. After the 1955 general election Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955), Leeds North East (created 1918), Leeds North West (created 1950), Leeds South, and Leeds South East (created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey (created 1885, replaced by Pudsey and Otley 1918–1950).
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1885 William Jackson Conservative 1902 Rowland Barran Liberal 1918Alexander Farquharson Coalition Liberal 1922 National Liberal 1922 Hugh Butler Unionist 1923 Sir Gervase Beckett Unionist 1929 Osbert Peake Unionist1955 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Caused by Jackson's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Rowland Barran Unionist: John Birchall
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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; Conservative: Osbert Peake Labour: Ronald HodgsonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Liberal: Howard B TannerThe Liberal Magazine, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
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