General Election 2024: Labour win most seats in West Yorkshire

Rachel Reeves is set to become the first female Chancellor, after being elected as the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey.

She has said it is a "huge honour and a privilege" to be elected into the Leeds West and Pudsey seat.

In her speech, she said: "I do not want to pre-empt the results that are still to come but if what we have seen so far holds out then it is clear that the British people have voted for change.

"But in the coming hours after 14 years, people will wake up to the prospect of a new government - the first Labour victory in nearly two decades, a page turned, a new chapter started, a chance to look ahead to a brighter future that's seemed so remote for so long.

"You have put your trust in Labour - thanks to Keir Starmer's leadership, a changed Labour Party in the service of ordinary working people.

"We have promised to end the chaos, to turn the page and to get to work on rebuilding our country and we will do so. We have sought the opportunity to govern not for self-interest but to serve in the national interest, to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and make work pay, to rebuild our health service and our schools, to drive growth in every part of our great country, and to restore the stability that Britain has sorely lacked for too long.

"But I know that the road ahead will not be easy. There are no quick fixes and the hard choices lie ahead."

Elsewhere in West Yorkshire Labour took Shipley from Conservative Phillip Davies, as well as Leeds South West and Morley where Tory, Andrea Jenkyns, was standing to be a candidate. She took the seat in 2015.

An independent candidate has been elected as Dewsbury and Batley’s new MP, with Iqbal Mohamed winning 15,641 votes.

Below are the West Yorkshire results in full.

Bradford East – Labour hold

Aubrey Holt (C) 3,450

Imran Hussain (L) 14,098 (Elected)

Robert O’Carroll (LD) 1,910

Celia Hickson (Green) 2,571

Jacob Anstey (Reform) 4,952

Mohammed Rahman (Ind) 817

Amer Rehman (Ind) 683

Talat Sajawal (Ind) 7,909

Richard Riley (Soc Dem) 65

Lara Barras (Yorkshire) 761

Bradford South - Labour hold

Zaf Shah (C) 4,853

Judith Cummins (Lab) 11,833 (Elected)

Anthony Smith (LD) 954

Matt Edwards (Green) 3,366

Ian Eglin (Reform) 7,441

Harry Boota (WPB) 513

Therese Hirst (Eng Dem) 248

Rehiana Ali (Ind) 3,345

Jonathan Barras (Yorkshire) 489

Bradford West – Labour Hold

Nigel Moxon (C) 3,055

Naz Shah (Lab) 11,724 (Elected)

Imad Ahmed (LD) 756

Khalid Mahmood (Green) 3,690

Jamie Hinton-Wardle (Reform) 2,958

Umar Ghafoor (Ind) 334

Akeel Hussain (Ind) 3,547

Muhammed Islam (Ind) 11,017

Calder Valley – Labour gain

Vanessa Lee (C) 13,055

Josh Fenton-Glynn (L) 22,046 (Elected)

Donal O’Hanlon (LD) 2,587

Kieran Turner (Green) 3,701

Donald Walmsley (Reform) 7,644

Jim McNeill (Soc Dem) 171

James Vasey (Yorkshire) 404

Colne Valley – Labour gain from Conservative

Jason McCartney (C) 14,007

Paul Davies (Lab) 18,970 (Elected)

Katharine Macy (LD) 2,007

Heather Peacock (Green) 3,480

Stuart Hale (Reform) 7,298

Timothy Millea (Yorkshire) 459

Dewsbury and Batley - Independent gain

Lalit Suryawanshi (C) 4,182

Heather Iqbal (Lab) 8,707

John Rossington (LD) 1,340

Simon Cope (Green) 2,048

Johnathan Thackray (Reform) 6,152

Iqbal Mohamed (Ind) 15,641 (Elected)

Huddersfield – Labour hold

Tony McGrath (C) 6,559

Harpreet Uppal (Lab) 15,101 (Elected)

Jan Dobrucki (LD) 1,741

Andrew Cooper (Green) 10,568

Susan Laird (Reform) 6,196

Keighley and Ilkley – Conservative hold

Robbie Moore (C) 18,589 (Elected)

John Grogan (Lab) 16,964

Chris Adams (LD) 970

John Wood (Green) 2,447

Andrew Judson (Reform) 4,782

Vaz Shabir (Ind) 2,036

Dominic Atlas (Yorkshire) 389

Leeds Central and Headingley – Labour hold

Jennifer Jackson (C) 2,237

Alex Sobel (Lab) 15,853 (Elected)

Chris Howley (LD) 2,611

Chris Foren (Green)7,431

Reggie Wray (Reform) 2,399

Owais Rajput (WPB) 691

Rob Walker (Soc Dem) 187

Louie Fulton (TUSC) 186

Leeds East – Labour hold

Sam Firth (C) 6,898

Richard Burgon (Lab) 18,610 (Elected)

Tobie Abel (LD) 1,445

Jennifer Norman (Green) 3,506

David Dresser (Reform) 7,345

Pete Young (Ind) 179

Niko Omilana (ND) 222

Catherine Dobson (Soc Dem) 519

David Hough (Yorkshire) 664

Leeds North East – Labour hold

Chris Whiteside (C) 7,177

Fabian Hamilton (Lab) 23,260 (Elected)

Gary Busuttil (LD) 2,168

Louise Jennings (Green) 5,911

Kieran White (Reform) 3,426

Dawud Islam (WPB) 2,067

Christopher Nicholson (CPA) 109

Stewart Hay (Climate) 91

Mike Davies (Green Soc) 259

Cordelia Lynan (Soc Dem) 125

Ian Cowling (Yorkshire) 574

Leeds North West – Labour gain

Thomas Averre (C) 10,986

Katie White (Lab) 22,882 (Elected)

Ryk Downes (LD) 5,641

Mick Bradley (Green) 3,231

Jayne Bond (Reform) 5,935

Kathy Bushell (Soc Dem) 78

Bob Buxton (Yorkshire) 1,024

Leeds South – Labour hold

Karen Cooksley (C) 4,172

Hilary Benn (Lab) 17,117 (Elected)

George Sykes (LD) 1,340

Ed Carlisle (Green) 5,838

Muhammad Azeem (WPB) 719

Janet Bickerdike (CPA) 341

Niko Omilana (ND) 277

Daniel Whetstone (Soc Dem) 1,874

Leeds South West and Morley – Labour gain

Andrea Jenkyns (C) 9,258

Mark Sewards (Lab) 17,681 (Elected)

Michael Fox (LD) 1,798

Chris Bell (Green) 2,522

James Kendall (Reform) 8,187

Nigel Perry (Soc Dem) 99

Howard Dews (Yorkshire) 664

Leeds West and Pudsey – Labour hold

Lee Farmer (C) 6,584

Rachel Reeves (Lab) 18,976 (Elected)

Dan Walker (LD) 1,743

Ann Forsaith (Green) 3,794

Andrea Whitehead (Reform) 6,281

Jamal El Kheir (WPB) 633

Sasha Watson (Soc Dem) 79

Darren Longhorn (Yorkshire) 404

Normanton and Hemsworth – Labour hold

Alice Hopkin (C) 4,995

Jon Trickett (Lab) 17,275 (Elected)

Craig Dobson (LD) 1,319

Ashton Howick (Green) 2,147

Callum Bushrod (Reform) 10,613

Ossett and Denby Dale – Labour gain

Mark Eastwood (C) 12,690

Jade Botterill (Lab) 17,232 (Elected)

James Wilkinson (LD) 1,785

Neil Doig (Green) 2,132

Sandra Senior (Reform) 9,224

David Herdson (Yorkshire) 810

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley - Labour hold

Laura Weldon (C) 5,406

Yvette Cooper (Lab) 17,089 (Elected)

Jamie Needle (LD) 1,213

Olli Watkins (Green) 1,651

John Thomas (Reform) 5,406

Trevor Lake (Soc Dem) 139

Shipley – Labour gain from Conservative

Philip Davies (C) 13,135

Anna Dixon (Lab) 21,738 (Elected)

Graham Reed (LD) 1,341

Kevin Warnes (Green) 3,605

Simon Dandy (Reform) 7,238

Waqas Khan (WPB) 269

Darryl Morton-Wright (CPA) 96

Nagbea Nagbea (Ind) 297

Paul Shkurka (Soc Dem) 137

Will Grant (Yorkshire) 447

Spen Valley – Labour gain

Laura Evans (C) 9,859

Kim Leadbeater (Lab) 16,076 (Elected)

Alison Brelsford (LD) 1,425

Martin Price (Green) 2,284

Sarah Wood (Reform) 9,888

Javed Bashir (Ind) 1,526

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