General election for the constituency of Leeds East on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leeds East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Richard Burgon with a majority of 12,752 - 30.8% - on a turnout of 62.8%.

An electorate of 65,950, having a valid vote count of 41,441 and an invalid vote count of 89.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BURGON, Richard Lab 25,428 61.4% 7.6%
ROBINSON, Matthew Con 12,676 30.6% 9.7%
SPIVEY, Paul UKIP 1,742 4.2% -14.8%
SANDERSON, Ed LD 739 1.8% -1.6%
MORAN, Jaimes Green 434 1.0% -1.9%
OTLEY, John Yrks 422 1.0% -

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 03:09 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.