Elmet (UK Parliament constituency)

The City of Leeds wards of Barwick and Kippax, Garforth and Swillington, Wetherby, and Whinmoor.

The constituency was created in 1983 to cover the far eastern wards of Leeds and neighbouring areas, notably Wetherby, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Garforth and Swillington. It also includes the Whinmoor area of east Leeds. Initially the Boundary Commission for England proposed calling the constituency Leeds East, with the existing Leeds East constituency being renamed Leeds East Central.Boundary Commission for England, Third Periodic Report, 1983 This was opposed during local enquiries where the seat was instead named for the ancient kingdom of Elmet although it covers a significantly smaller area. Wetherby and Garforth were the largest settlements in the constituency.

Following their review of parliamentary representations in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat, Elmet and Rothwell, reducing the number of seats in the region by one.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Barkston Ash, Leeds East, and Normanton. Elmet was historically always a marginal seat due to the demographic makeup of the region, in contrast to Barkston Ash which was traditionally Tory.

After the 1983 general election the metropolitan district of the City of Leeds was represented by the constituencies of Elmet, Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds West, Morley and Leeds South and Pudsey.

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|title=General election 1983: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i08.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628130304/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i08.htm|archive-date=28 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Batiste

|votes = 23,909

|percentage = 47.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Wilson

|votes = 16,053

|percentage = 31.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Paterson

|votes = 10,589

|percentage = 21.0

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,856

|percentage = 15.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,551

|percentage = 75.4

|change =

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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|title=General election 1987: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i08.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603035654/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i08.htm|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Batiste

|votes = 25,658

|percentage = 46.9

|change = −0.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Burgon

|votes = 20,302

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +5.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = John Macarthur

|votes = 8,755

|percentage = 16.0

|change = −5.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,356

|percentage = 9.8

|change = -5.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,715

|percentage = 79.3

|change = +3.9

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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|title=General election 1992: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Batiste

|votes = 27,677

|percentage = 47.5

|change = +0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Burgon

|votes = 24,416

|percentage = 41.9

|change = +4.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ann Beck

|votes = 6,144

|percentage = 10.5

|change = −5.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,261

|percentage = 5.6

|change = −4.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 58,237

|percentage = 82.4

|change = +3.1

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.1

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1997: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Burgon

|votes = 28,348

|percentage = 52.4

|change = +10.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Spencer Batiste

|votes = 19,569

|percentage = 36.2

|change = −11.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Brian Jennings

|votes = 4,691

|percentage = 8.7

|change = −1.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate =Christopher Zawadski

|votes = 1,487

|percentage = 2.7

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,779

|percentage = 16.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,185

|percentage = 76.8

|change = -5.6

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +10.9

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|title=General election 2001: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Burgon

|votes = 22,038

|percentage = 48.0

|change = −4.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Millard

|votes = 17,867

|percentage = 38.9

|change = +2.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Madeleine Kirk

|votes = 5,001

|percentage = 10.9

|change = +2.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Andrew Spence

|votes = 1,031

|percentage = 2.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,171

|percentage = 9.1

|change = -7.1

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,937

|percentage = 65.6

|change = −11.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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|title=General election 2005: Elmet{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Colin Burgon

|votes = 22,260

|percentage = 47.2

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Millard

|votes = 17,732

|percentage = 37.6

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Madeleine Kirk

|votes = 5,923

|percentage = 12.6

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Tracy Andrews

|votes = 1,231

|percentage = 2.6

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,528

|percentage = 9.6

|change = +0.5

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,146

|percentage = 68.8

|change = +3.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13078.html Elmet UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK

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