General Election 2024: Leeds candidates and the new constituencies

Sebastian McCormick

10 June 2024 at 3:42 pm·3-min read

A number of candidates are standing across the city — -Credit: (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

A General Election is being held across the country, with every single seat up for grabs as candidates seek to become the next MP in your area.

Across the city of Leeds, candidates are standing in every constituency, with a number of different parties hoping to win your votes. Candidates are campaigning 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 election across the city with new boundaries. Meanwhile, there are three other constituencies which cross between North Yorkshire and Leeds: Selby, Wakefield and Rothwell and Wetherby and Easingwold.

These changes may mean you will find yourself within a new constituency with a new MP so it's important to check exactly what constituency you live in.

Each of the ten constituencies are listed below alongside the full list of candidates standing in the seat.

Leeds Central and Headingley

Chris Foren - Green Party
Louie George Fulton - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Chris Howley- Liberal Democrats
Jennifer Jane Jackson - Conservative Party
Owais Rajput - Workers Party
Alex Sobel - Labour and Co-operative Party
Rob Walker - Social Democratic Party
Reggie Harry Wray - Reform UK

Leeds East

Tobie James Abel - Liberal Democrats
Richard Burgon - Labour Party
Catherine Frances Dobson - Social Democratic Party
David Stephen Dresser - Reform UK
Sam Firth - Conservative Party
David Hough - 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 - Labour Party
Stewart Hay - Climate Party
Dawud Islam - Workers Party of Britain
Louise Mary Jennings - Green Party
Cordelia Frances Lynan - Social Democratic Party
Christopher George Nicholson - Christian Peoples Alliance
Kieran Richard Thomas White - Reform UK
Chris Whiteside - Conservative Party

Leeds North West

Thomas James Averre - Conservative Party
Jayne Louise Bond - Reform UK
Mick Bradley - Green Party
Katy Bushell - Social Democratic Party
Bob Buxton - Yorkshire Party
Ryk Downes - Liberal Democrats
Katie Jayne White - Labour Party

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Leeds South

Muhammad Azeem - Workers Party
Hilary James Benn - Labour Party
Janet Bickerdike - Christian Peoples Alliance
Ed Carlisle - Green Party
Karen Cooksley - Conservative Party
Niko Omilana - Independent
George Sykes - Liberal Democrats
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 UK
Nigel Perry - Social Democratic Party
Mark Sewards - Labour 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 - Labour Party
Dan Walker - Liberal Democrats
Sasha Watson - Social Democratic Party
Andrea Whitehead - Reform UK

Selby

David John Burns - Reform UK
Keir Alexander Mather - Labour 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 UK
Stewart Golton - Liberal Democrats
Brent Hawksley - Yorkshire Party
Simon Robert Lightwood - Labour and Co-operative Party
Keith Mason - Workers Party of Britain
Ashley Theo Blue Routh - Green Party
Nicholas John Sanders - Social Democratic Party

Wetherby and Easingwold

John Philip Hall - Yorkshire Party
Mike Jordan - Reform UK
James John Monaghan - Liberal Democrats
Ben Pickles - Labour Party
Alec Edward Shelbrooke - Conservative Party
Arnold Frances Warneken - Green Party

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