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Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.

Preferred Name:
LEEDS EAST
Unit Type:
Constituency
Status:
Division of Parliamentary Borough Constituency (1885 - 1918)
Date created:
1885
Date abolished:
1918
Unit ID:
12753044
Authorities:
Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Notes:

End date in Cheffins given as 1948, however the voting statistics in Craig together with the circumstantial evidence in given on maps around this time suggest that the boundaries of the divisions in Leeds where re-drawn in 1918 to abolish this unit and create Leeds South East & Leeds North East. Unit edited accordingly.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
LEEDS EAST Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EAST LEEDS Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1885 1918 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary changes

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Lower level units

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leeds East PBDivCon through time | Census tables with data for the Constituency, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753044

Date accessed: 28th March 2024