Leeds South West and Morley: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Mark Sewards (Labour) is the MP for Leeds South West and Morley, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Mark Sewards took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 17,681 votes (44.0%), ahead of Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative) on 9,258. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 56.0% (40,209 of 71,854); the winning margin was 8,423 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Leeds South West and Morley has the 20th lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£30,888 a year).
About 98,400 people live in Leeds South West and Morley: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 98,405. 17,080 were aged 65 or over and 18,352 were under 16.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 79.6% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.3 points. The economically inactive share was 19.2%.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £228,500 and half for less. That is up 64% on £139,000 ten years before. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 168th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,329 recorded sales.
3,860 business sites were registered in Leeds South West and Morley in March 2026 (3,800 a year before), and employed 52,000 people in 2024.
3,959 children in Leeds South West and Morley were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 21.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 17.1% in 2024/25, from 16.0% in 2021/22.
At the 2021 Census there were 42,195 households and 1,685.4 residents per square kilometre; 32.1% of workers mainly worked from home and 21.1% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £30,888 for jobs in Leeds South West and Morley and £38,114 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £38,865. The residents' figure ranks 309th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In September 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64 year olds in Leeds South West and Morley were claimants (2,000 people). September 2025 had 1,885.
MP
Mark Sewards, Labour
- MP for Leeds South West and Morley since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Mark Sewards on this site
In Parliament
What Mark Sewards said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 21 October 2026 to 27 October 2026). Hansard search returns 308 spoken contributions by Mark Sewards since 4 July 2024.
I welcome the Minister’s statement. He will know very well that the “Protecting What Matters” strategy, which was announced to the House earlier this year, had some excellent proposals to strengthen community resilience.
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The hon. Member has laid out a couple of options on the table. What does she make of the assessment that no regulator will solve the problem and the service has to be brought back into public control? Is that something she would consider?
Thank you for granting the urgent question, Mr Speaker. For what it is worth, I support the Government’s decision to deploy this defensive operation against the Houthis.
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Antisemitism has swept across the UK and I am so sorry to see the report confirm what I think we already knew, which is that schools are yet another battleground against the world’s oldest hatred.
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I welcome the Government’s pragmatic decision on Jackdaw; it makes sense to use gas from the North sea, rather than import it from abroad.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Sewards | Labour | 17,681 | 44.0% | +7.2 |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Conservative | 9,258 | 23.0% | −30.1 |
| James Kendall | Reform UK | 8,187 | 20.4% | +18.6 |
| Chris Bell | Green Party | 2,522 | 6.3% | +3.0 |
| Michael Fox | Liberal Democrat | 1,798 | 4.5% | +1.7 |
| Howard Dews | The Yorkshire Party | 664 | 1.7% | |
| Nigel Perry | Social Democratic Party | 99 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 44.0% | Conservative 23.0% | 8,423 | 56.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 53.1% | Labour 36.8% | 7,114 | 61.1% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Leeds South West and Morley lies within Leeds.
- Leeds E08000035
Who has power over Leeds South West and Morley
Every body that makes decisions for Leeds South West and Morley, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Leeds South West and Morley this page: Mark Sewards (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Leeds South West and Morley?
UK Parliament lists Mark Sewards, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Leeds South West and Morley?
Mark Sewards (Labour) won with 17,681 votes, a majority of 8,423, on a turnout of 56.0% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Leeds South West and Morley?
3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 2,000 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Leeds South West and Morley?
The median price paid was £228,500 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Leeds South West and Morley?
Median full-time pay of residents was £38,114 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Leeds South West and Morley live in low income families?
DWP counts 3,959 (21.6% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Leeds South West and Morley?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 98,405 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.