UK Explained

Leeds North East

Represented in Parliament by Fabian Hamilton (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Fabian Hamilton, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Leeds North East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 264 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £767£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 502 areas and lower than 146.

UK 3.9%This area 4.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Leeds North East£7674.6%
Crawley£7624.6%
Bristol East£7764.5%
Wycombe£7534.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Leeds North East

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people96,17959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher48%34%14 points higher
Households that own their home65%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%about the same
Households renting privately19%20%1 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Fabian Hamilton

Labour

MAJORITY
16,083

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

Fabian Hamilton won with 51% of the votes, and Chris Whiteside (Conservative) came second with 16%.

Votes for each party

Labour51% · 23,260
Conservative16% · 7,177
Green Party13% · 5,911
Reform UK8% · 3,426
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,168
Workers Party of Britain5% · 2,067
Everyone else3% · 1,158
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Fabian HamiltonLabour23,26051.5%
Chris WhitesideConservative7,17715.9%
Louise JenningsGreen Party5,91113.1%
Keiran WhiteReform UK3,4267.6%
Gary BusuttilLiberal Democrat2,1684.8%
Dawud IslamWorkers Party of Britain2,0674.6%
Ian CowlingThe Yorkshire Party5741.3%
Mike DaviesAlliance For Green Socialism2590.6%
Cordelia LynanSocial Democratic Party1250.3%
Christopher NicholsonChristian Peoples Alliance1090.2%
Stewart HeyClimate Party910.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£767 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026