Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)

Morley and Leeds South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	West Yorkshire
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Morley and Rothwell, Leeds Central

Morley and Leeds South (often known as Leeds South and Morley) was a borough constituency in West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This was a safe Labour seat during the three parliaments of its existence. The former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees was the MP from 1983 to 1992.

Boundaries

The constituency was located on the southern outskirts of the City of Leeds and included the town of Morley. The area is now more or less covered by Leeds Central and Morley and Outwood.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Merlyn Rees	Labour
	1992	John Gunnell	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Morley and Rothwell, Leeds Central

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Morley and Leeds South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gunnell	23,896	52.2	+2.6
	Conservative	G. Richard Booth	16,524	36.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Joan M. Walmsley	5,062	11.1	−5.3
	Natural Law	Robert D. Thurston	327	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,372	16.1	+0.7
Turnout			45,809	72.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.