General Election 2024: Leeds Boundary Changes

James Connolly takes a look at how the Leeds parliamentary constituencies will change ahead of the General Election.

Transcript

00:00 The electoral map of Leeds looks quite different to how it did when voters last went to the polls,

00:05 with brand new constituencies formed from old seats and some eradicated entirely.

00:12 One seat in Leeds facing the most change is Elmet and Rothwell, as it'll be divided up between four

00:17 new seats. I'm in Rothwell and if you live here you'll be voting for the MP in the new

00:23 Wakefield and Rothwell constituency. The shake-up comes after a boundary review last year

00:28 which aimed to make sure each constituency had a similar population while respecting local ties

00:34 between areas. I'm currently in the old Pudsey constituency which will effectively cease to exist

00:41 when voters go to the polls in a month's time. That's because this seat has been split in half

00:47 right down the river Aire to form two brand new constituencies. So if you live on the south side

00:54 of the former Pudsey constituency in Calverley or further south you'll now be voting in the brand

01:00 new Leeds Western Pudsey constituency. But if you step over the boundary here on the river Aire

01:06 over to the north side of the former Pudsey constituency you'll now be voting in the updated

01:12 Leeds North West constituency. There's changes for the six other constituencies too.

01:19 Leeds East is getting slightly bigger to take in Garthuth. Meanwhile Leeds Central will be split

01:26 between two of the newer seats. Leeds North West is being split between two new ones too.

01:32 The old Leeds West seat is also getting split up, this time between three new constituencies.

01:38 And most of the Morley and Outwood seat is shifting to the new Leeds South West and Morley seat

01:44 including the town of Morley itself. Finally the Leeds North East constituency remains

01:50 largely unchanged so if you live in areas like Chapel Town, Roundhay or Allwoodley

01:57 you won't notice much difference.