Boundaries
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of-
- the municipal borough of Leeds (note that as the seats of Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West were also created in 1885, this cannot refer to the whole of the municipal borough of Leeds)
- the Parishes of Drighlington, Hunsworth, and Tong,
- so much of the Parishes of Calverley with Farsley and Pudsey, as is not included in the municipal borough of Bradford,
- the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Skyrack of Churwell, Gildersome, Horsforth and Rawden.
The constituency covers a number of the suburbs to the west and north-west of Leeds, including Pudsey, Farsley, Horsforth, Yeadon and Guiseley. It was usually a fairly safe Tory seat before Labour gained it for the first time in 1997.
After the 2010 boundary changes it is made up of four Leeds City Council wards:
- Calverley and Farsley
- Guiseley and Rawdon
- Horsforth
- Pudsey.
Read more about this topic: Pudsey (UK Parliament Constituency)
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