General Election 2024: Labour win most seats in West Yorkshire
Rachel Reeves has been elected for Leeds West and Pudsey and is set to become the first female Chancellor
Last updated 5th Jul 2024
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