Leeds boundary changes: I visited the edges of new constituencies ahead of the general election 2024

A boundary review in 2023 aimed to make sure each constituency has a roughly equal population, while respecting “local ties between areas”.

It has meant that the boundaries across the city of Leeds have changed - some quite significantly - and could affect the MP that you end up voting for.

According to the commission, each constituency must have within five per cent of the ‘electoral quota', which is a population of around 73,000.

One of the constituencies facing the most change is the former Pudsey constituency - which is being sliced in half along the River Aire.

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It means that if you live on the south side of the old Pudsey constituency, in Calverley or further south, you'll fall into the new Leeds West and Pudsey seat.

But, if you live in Horsforth or further north, you'll fall into the updated Leeds North West constituency.

Another facing huge changes is the old Elmet and Rothwell constituency, which is being divided up between three new seats. The Rothwell part of the town is joining with Wakefield to make the brand new Wakefield and Rothwell constituency.

Meanwhile, a significant portion of the old constituency will go to Selby, including Kippax, Allerton Bywater and Micklefield. And finally, areas in the east of the old Elmet and Rothwell constituency like Swillington and Garforth will join the updated Leeds East constituency.

There are changes for the six other constituencies too. Leeds East is getting slightly bigger to take in Garforth, for example.

Meanwhile, Leeds Central will be split between two of the newer seats. Leeds North West is being split between two new ones too.

The old Leeds West seat is also getting split up, this time between three new constituencies. And most of the Morley and Outwood seat is shifting to the new Leeds South West and Morley seat, including the town of Morley itself.

Finally, the Leeds North East constituency remains largely unchanged, so if you live in areas like Chapeltown, Roundhay or Alwoodley, you won’t notice much difference.

We visited both Rothwell and Pudsey to see what the changes will look like for people in those areas - and you can discover what we found out in the video attached to this article.