Labour’s Alex Sobel won the new Leeds Central & Headingley seat at the 2024 General Election.
Mr Sobel received 15,853 votes, compared to runner up Chris Foren, who received 7,431 votes for the Green Party.
Watch a video of the results being read and Mr Sobel’s winning speech:
Following last year’s boundary changes, voters living in Kirkstall and Burley now vote in Leeds Central and Headingley, rather than the old Leeds West Constituency.
Result
- SOBEL, Alex – Labour and Co-operative Party – 15,853
- FOREN, Chris – Green Party – 7,431
- HOWLEY, Chris – Liberal Democrats – 2,611
- WRAY, Reggie Harry – Reform UK – 2,399
- JACKSON, Jennifer Jane – Conservative Party – 2,237
- RAJPUT, Owais – Workers Party – 691
- WALKER, Rob – Social Democratic Party (SDP) – 187
- FULTON, Louie George – Trade Unions and Socialist Union (TUSC) – 186
Turnout was 45 per cent, from an electorate of 70,554.