County West Yorkshire | Number of members 1 | |
Created from Batley & Morley, Leeds South and Normanton Replaced by Batley and Morley, Leeds South, Normanton, Morley and Rothwell, Leeds Central | ||
Morley and Leeds South (often known as Leeds South and Morley) was a borough constituency in West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
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History
This was a safe Labour seat during the three parliaments of its existence. The former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees was the MP from 1983 to 1992.
Boundaries
The City of Leeds wards of Hunslet, Middleton, Morley North, and Morley South.
The constituency was located on the southern outskirts of the City of Leeds and included the town of Morley. The area is now more or less covered by Leeds Central and Morley and Outwood.
References
Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA