UK general elections › 2017 › Leeds North West
Leeds North West — 2017
Alex Sobel (Labour Party) was elected with 20,416 votes— 44.1% of 46,287 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 44.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,287
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Sobel | Labour Party | 20,416 | 44.1% | −5.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Greg Mulholland | Liberal Democrats | 16,192 | 35.0% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Lamb | Conservative Party | 9,097 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Hemingway | Green Party | 582 | 1.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.