UK general elections › 2024 › Leeds East
Leeds East — 2024
Richard Burgon (Labour Party) was elected with 18,610 votes— 47.2% of 39,388 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,388
| 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 | 18,610 | −2.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | David Dresser | Reform UK | 7,345 | — | ||
| 3 | Sam Firth | Conservative Party | 6,898 | — | ||
| 4 | Jennifer Norman | Green Party | 3,506 | — | ||
| 5 | Tobie Abel | Liberal Democrats | 1,445 | — | ||
| 6 | David Hough | The Yorkshire Party | 664 | — | ||
| 7 | Catherine Dobson | Social Democratic Party | 519 | — | ||
| 8 | Niko Omilana | Independent | 222 | — | ||
| 9 | Pete Young | Independent | 179 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.