Leeds South

Current MP

Hilary Benn

Labour

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

27 years as MPCabinet

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Leeds South

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,654 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,928 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,636 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,138 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,075 local · 550,136 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders912 local · 244,450 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers708 local · 427,447 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders638 local · 188,125 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal454 local · 106,570 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data446 local · 260,974 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there403 local · 257,442 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold393 local · 189,887 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 359 local · 281,794 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week350 local · 126,014 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.346 local · 181,597 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!337 local · 229,772 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures335 local · 257,938 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only331 local · 195,930 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years315 local · 53,155 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge291 local · 203,824 total

About Leeds South

Leeds South 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 75,953 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.