Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Leeds East" redirects here. For other uses, see Leeds East (disambiguation).
Leeds East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party.
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Leeds East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 67,286 (December 2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Burgon (Labour) |
Created from | Leeds South East and Leeds North East |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Leeds |
Replaced by | Leeds North East Leeds South East |
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The constituency was represented by Denis Healey from 1955 to 1992. Healey served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and latterly as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.[2]