Leeds Central and Headingley

Current MP

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op)

Efficiency 0.4/109 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Leeds Central and Headingley

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,229 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election1,957 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,009 local · 550,136 total
• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services696 local · 83,222 total
• Call an immediate general election683 local · 1,059,229 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.653 local · 128,749 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders638 local · 244,450 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations577 local · 144,783 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders561 local · 188,125 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza475 local · 198,966 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants400 local · 720,772 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold395 local · 189,887 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners355 local · 114,026 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal346 local · 106,570 total
• Decriminalise Abortion338 local · 103,653 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership333 local · 239,407 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years284 local · 53,155 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers279 local · 427,447 total
• Legislate crimes motivated by misogyny are hate crimes, fund support & training268 local · 114,927 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures260 local · 257,938 total

About Leeds Central and Headingley

Leeds Central and Headingley is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in England and has a registered electorate of 70,554 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.