Thomas Richmond Leuty

Thomas Leuty

Thomas Richmond Leuty (1853 – 15 April 1911), was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background

Leuty was born in Leeds, the son of Thomas Leuty. He was educated at Bramham College.^[1]

Political career

Leuty was Liberal candidate for the Leeds North division at the 1892 General Election. The division was a Unionist seat and he came in second. He served as Mayor of Leeds from 1893–94. He was then Liberal candidate for the Leeds East division at the 1895 General Election. This division was already a Liberal seat and he held it at the election. He served one term in parliament and stood down at the 1900 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.^[2]

Electoral record

General Election 1892: Leeds North ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. William Lawies Jackson	5,790	54.8	n/a
	Liberal	Thomas Richmond Leuty	4,776	45.2	n/a
Majority			1,014	9.6	n/a
Turnout				85.9	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

References

1. ‘LEUTY, Thomas Richmond’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 15 June 2016
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig