Elmet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Elmet County constituency

Elmet shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Colin Burgon
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Elmet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is located in West Yorkshire.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1983 to cover the far eastern wards of Leeds and neighbouring communities, notably Wetherby, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Garforth and Swillington. It also includes the Whinmoor area of east Leeds. The constituency is named for the ancient kingdom of Elmet but covers a significantly smaller area.

[edit] Boundary review

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

[edit] History

Prior to 1983 the area was a part of the Barkston Ash constituency. Elmet has historically always been a marginal seat due to the demographic makeup of the region, in contrast to Barkston Ash which was traditionally Tory.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1997: Spencer Batiste, Conservative
1997 – present: Colin Burgon, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Elmet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Burgon	22,260	47.2	−0.8
	Conservative	Andrew Millard	17,732	37.6	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Madeleine Kirk	5,923	12.6	+1.7
	British National	Tracy Andrews	1,231	2.6	N/A
Majority			4,528	9.6
Turnout			47,146	68.8	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Elmet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Burgon	22,038	48.0	−4.4
	Conservative	Andrew Millard	17,867	38.9	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Madeleine Kirk	5,001	10.9	+2.2
	UK Independence	Andrew Spence	1,031	2.2	N/A
Majority			4,171	9.1
Turnout			45,937	65.6	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central \| Barnsley East and Mexborough \| Barnsley West and Penistone \| Batley and Spen \| Bradford North \| Bradford South \| Bradford West \| Brigg and Goole \| Calder Valley \| City of York \| Cleethorpes \| Colne Valley \| Dewsbury \| Don Valley \| Doncaster Central \| Doncaster North \| Elmet \| Great Grimsby \| Halifax \| Hemsworth \| Huddersfield \| Keighley \| Hull East \| Hull North \| Hull West and Hessle \| Leeds Central \| Leeds East \| Leeds North East \| Leeds West \| Morley and Rothwell \| Normanton \| Pontefract and Castleford \| Pudsey \| Rother Valley \| Rotherham \| Scunthorpe \| Selby \| Sheffield Attercliffe \| Sheffield Brightside \| Sheffield Central \| Sheffield Heeley \| Sheffield Hillsborough \| Wakefield \| Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness \| East Yorkshire \| Haltemprice and Howden \| Richmond (Yorks) \| Ryedale \| Scarborough and Whitby \| Shipley \| Skipton and Ripon \| Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough \| Leeds North West \| Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1)