Riding profile
Leeds West and Pudsey
The question
Leeds West and Pudsey: who wins this toss-up?
Editorial read
Leeds West and Pudsey, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 32-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 32% vote share, against 27% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.
Sitting member
Rachel Reeves
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Labour
Toss-up
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 3.0
- P(close race)
- 100%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | Reform UK | Green | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereLeeds West and Pudsey | 32.1% | 27.3% | 16.2% | 14.8% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +10.4 | 25.3% +2.0 | 11.8% +4.3 | 18.9% −4.1 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Reeves Elected | Labour | 18,976 | 49.3 | — |
| Lee Farmer | Conservative | 6,584 | 17.1 | — |
| Andrea Whitehead | Reform UK | 6,281 | 16.3 | — |
| Ann Forsaith | Green | 3,794 | 9.9 | — |
| Dan Walker | Lib Dems | 1,743 | 4.5 | — |
| Jamal El Kheir | Other | 633 | 1.6 | — |
| Darren Longhorn | Other | 404 | 1.1 | — |
| Sasha Watson | Other | 79 | 0.2 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029