Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Leeds Central was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency first existed from 1885 until it was abolished in 1955. It was recreated in 1983. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished again.
Leeds Central and Headingley is a constituency [n 1] [n 2] of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , it was first contested in the 2024 general election . [ 2 ]
Leeds Central railway station was a terminus railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1854 as a joint station between the London and North Western Railway , the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , the Great Northern Railway and the North Eastern Railway .
Boundaries of Leeds Central and Headingley — constituency of UK Parliament — since 2024: Source No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source. Date 10 April 2024 Author Rcsprinter123. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
Leeds is represented by eight Members of Parliament. Since boundary changes made before the 2010 general election , the constituencies are Elmet and Rothwell , Leeds Central , Leeds East , Leeds North East , Leeds North West , Leeds West , Morley and Outwood (three out of five wards) and Pudsey .
Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849, the zoo was loss-making and closed ...
The Member of Parliament for Leeds Central, Rt. Hon. Derek Fatchett, died suddenly on 9 May 1999. The Labour government rushed to organise for the by-election and moved the writ so that the election could be held on 10 June, the same day as elections to the European Parliament .
Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to ...