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England · Constituency

Leeds South

Represented by Hilary Benn (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Hilary Benn

Labour

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Green Party by 11,279 votes.

Majority

11,279

35.6% of votes cast.

Turnout

41.7%

31,678 of 75,953 on the register.

Candidates

8

31,678 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hilary BennElectedLabour17,11754.0%
Ed CarlisleGreen Party5,83818.4%
Karen CooksleyConservative4,17213.2%
Daniel WhetstoneSocial Democratic Party1,8745.9%
George SykesLiberal Democrat1,3404.2%
Muhammad AzeemWorkers Party of Britain7192.3%
Janet BickerdikeChristian Peoples Alliance3411.1%
Niko OmilanaIndependent2770.9%

Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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Local news for Leeds South

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