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Leeds West — 2017

Rachel Reeves (Labour Party) was elected with 27,013 votes— 64.0% of 42,229 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,229

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Rachel Reeves Labour Party 27,013+14.0 ptsElected
2Zoe Metcalfe Conservative Party 11,048—
3Mark Thackray UK Independence Party 1,815—
4Andrew Pointon Green Party 1,023—
5Alisdair McGregor Liberal Democrats 905—
6Ed Jones The Yorkshire Party 378—
7Mike Davies Alliance for Green Socialism 47—

Electorate 67,955 · Turnout 62.1% · Majority 15,965 · Back to 2017 overview

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.