An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leeds East, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.
Labour hold by Richard Burgon with a majority of 5,531 - 14.2% - on a turnout of 58.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
BURGON, Richard | Lab | 19,464 | 49.8% | -11.5% |
MORTIMER, Jill | Con | 13,933 | 35.7% | 5.1% |
WASS, Sarah | BRX | 2,981 | 7.6% | - |
DRESSER, David | LD | 1,796 | 4.6% | 2.8% |
ADRIS, Shahab | Green | 878 | 2.2% | 1.2% |
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.
An electorate of 67,286, having a valid vote count of 39,052 and an invalid vote count of 120.
Result declared at 02:51 on 13 December 2019.