UK Explained

Leeds South West and Morley

Represented in Parliament by Mark Sewards (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Leeds South West and Morley compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 311 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £757£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 328 areas and lower than 320.

UK 3.9%This area 3.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Leeds South West and Morley£7573.2%
Worthing West£7523.2%
Canterbury£7523.2%
Southport£7543.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Leeds South West and Morley

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people95,72459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately17%20%3 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Mark Sewards

Labour

MAJORITY
8,423

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Mark Sewards won with 44% of the votes, and Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 17,681
Conservative23% · 9,258
Reform UK20% · 8,187
Green Party6% · 2,522
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,798
The Yorkshire Party2% · 664
Everyone else0% · 99
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mark SewardsLabour17,68144.0%
Andrea JenkynsConservative9,25823.0%
James KendallReform UK8,18720.4%
Chris BellGreen Party2,5226.3%
Michael FoxLiberal Democrat1,7984.5%
Howard DewsThe Yorkshire Party6641.7%
Nigel PerrySocial Democratic Party990.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£757 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026