UK Polling History - Election of 30 May 1929 - Leeds Central

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UK Polling History: Election of 30 May 1929 – Leeds Central

«	Previous election 29 October 1924

Following election
27 October 1931

Result summary

	Parties
	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Votes	17,322	15,958	5,607
Votes gained	+6,347	-224	-653
Share of votes	44.5%	41.0%	14.4%
Share of eligible voters	30.7%	28.3%	9.9%
Gain in share of votes	+4.1%	-18.5%	-7.7%
Gain in share of eligible voters	+6.1%	-8.1%	-4.7%

Total votes:	38,887
Electorate:	56,417
Turnout:	68.9%
Outcome:		Labour gain from Conservative
Swing:	11.3%	Labour from Conservative

Polling history

List of contests

«	Constituency formed from Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds South, Leeds South East, Leeds West 9 June 1983

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	National Labour	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Liberal	Other	Coalition Liberal	UKIP	Green	Brexit	Independent	Others

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Labour	Conservative	National Labour	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Liberal	Other	Coalition Liberal	UKIP	Green	Brexit	Independent	Others
12 December 2019	General Election	30,413	11,143		2,343			281			2,105	2,999		0
8 June 2017	General Election	33,453	9,755		1,063			157		2,056	1,189			0
7 May 2015	General Election	24,758	7,791		1,529			330		7,082	3,558			0
6 May 2010	General Election	18,434	7,541		7,789			3,630						0
5 May 2005	General Election	17,526	3,865		5,660			2,135						0
7 June 2001	General Election	18,277	3,896		3,607			1,526						0
10 June 1999	By Election	6,361	1,618		4,068					353	478			309
1 May 1997	General Election	25,766	5,077		4,164			2,002						0
9 April 1992	General Election	23,673	8,653		5,713									0
11 June 1987	General Election	21,270	9,765			6,853		355						0
9 June 1983	General Election	18,706	9,192			10,484		645						0
25 October 1951	General Election	23,967	14,475											0
23 February 1950	General Election	24,030	13,351				2,176							0
5 July 1945	General Election	13,370	8,011				2,017							0
14 November 1935	General Election	13,701		17,747										0
27 October 1931	General Election	10,633		26,496										0
30 May 1929	General Election	17,322	15,958				5,607							0
29 October 1924	General Election	10,975	16,182											0
6 December 1923	General Election	11,574	14,853											0
15 November 1922	General Election	7,844	14,137				6,260							0
14 December 1918	General Election							2,146	11,474				2,634	0

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