Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Leeds Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1999 by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party. The constituency first existed from 1885 until it was abolished in 1955. It was recreated in 1983.
Hilary Benn, Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999
Robert Armitage
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2023. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since the 1999 by-election. Benn previously served as Environment Secretary and Development Secretary and as Chairman of the Brexit Select Committee.
Official portrait, 2020
Official portrait, 2004
Benn and Jeremy Corbyn meet with President Barack Obama in April 2016.