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Revision as of 18:21, 17 July 2009
Leeds South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Morley and Leeds South constituency.
It was the seat of the former Leader of the Opposition, the late Hugh Gaitskell, and the former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees.
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 for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Morley and Leeds South constituency. After the 1983 general election Leeds was represented by the constituencies of Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds West and Morley and Leeds South. There were also constituencies of Elmet (created 1983) and Pudsey.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Sir Lyon Playfair | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1892 | Sir John Lawson Walton | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1908 | Sir William Middlebrook | Coalition Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Henry Charles Charleton | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | Henry Charles Charleton | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Rt Hon Hugh Gaitskell | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1963 by-election | Merlyn Rees | Labour |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Morley and Leeds South | ||
References
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