UK general elections › 2019 › Leeds East
Leeds East — 2019
Richard Burgon (Labour Party) was elected with 19,464 votes— 49.8% of 39,052 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,052
| 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 | Richard Burgon | Labour Party | 19,464 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jill Mortimer | Conservative Party | 13,933 | 35.7% | — | |
| 3 | Sarah Wass | The Brexit Party | 2,981 | 7.6% | — | |
| 4 | David Dresser | Liberal Democrats | 1,796 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Shahab Adris | Green Party | 878 | 2.2% | — |
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.