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Leeds Central — 2019
Hilary Benn (Labour Party) was elected with 30,413 votes— 61.7% of 49,284 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,284
| 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 | Hilary Benn | Labour Party | 30,413 | 61.7% | +11.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Fortune | Conservative Party | 11,143 | 22.6% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Thomas | The Brexit Party | 2,999 | 6.1% | — | |
| 4 | Jack Holland | Liberal Democrats | 2,343 | 4.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ed Carlisle | Green Party | 2,105 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | William Clouston | Social Democratic Party | 281 | 0.6% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.