General Election Leeds: Labour’s Alex Sobel wins Leeds Central and Headingley with landslide majority

Mr Sobel, who has been an MP in the city since 2017, was re-elected in Leeds Central and Headingley. Previously, he has held the Leeds North West seat.

He won in the new constituency with 15,853 votes, which was more than 8,000 more than his closest rival Chris Foren, of the Green Party candidate, who had 7,431 votes.

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As the result was announced at 4.30am at the John Charles Centre for Sport this morning (July 5), Mr Sobel said: “I want to continue my work on human rights across the globe.”

He added: “We’re going to achieve the things that we need to achieve and I’m going to do my part in that Labour government.”

Known for his climate advocacy, it is the second time Mr Sobel has been re-elected in Leeds.

YouGov had predicted earlier this that the former Leeds City councillor would win the seat with a majority. Third place in the contest was Chris Howley of the Liberal Democrats with 2,611 votes, while Reggie Wray of Reform UK came in fourth with 2,399 votes.