General Election Leeds: Conservative Andrea Jenkyns loses Morley seat as Labour’s Mark Sewards elected

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Dame Andrea Jenkyns has been ousted from her parliamentary seat in a result likely to be the biggest election upset in Leeds.

The Conservative politician and staunch Brexiteer was toppled by Labour’s Mark Sewards, who took the Leeds South West and Morley seat.

Tory Andrea Jenkyns lost her seat to new Leeds South West and Morley Labour MP Mark SewardsTory Andrea Jenkyns lost her seat to new Leeds South West and Morley Labour MP Mark Sewards
Tory Andrea Jenkyns lost her seat to new Leeds South West and Morley Labour MP Mark Sewards | Ernesto Rogata

Mrs Jenkyns, who has been an MP in Morley for the last nine years, gave a speech after the result was announced at the John Charles Centre for Sport at 4am this morning (July 5).

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Celebrations erupted as Mr Sewards, a maths teacher and a member of Leeds City Council, was declared the winner.

In a poll this week, YouGov predicted that Mr Sewards would take the seat from the Tories.

Mrs Jenkyns previously told the YEP that she had considered leaving politics over an abusive email that was targeted at her seven-year-old son, which she said was the latest in a series of incidents.

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She took the Morley seat from the former Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP Ed Balls in 2015.

Mark Sewards, the new Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley, lives in Wortley with his wife Alice Smart, who is also a Labour councillor in Leeds, and their young family.

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