Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leyton East Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Leyton East was a parliamentary constituency in the Municipal Borough of Leyton, which was then part of Essex but is now in Greater London.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Cecil L'Estrange Malone | Coalition Liberal[1] | |
| 1922 | Ernest Edward Alexander | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Archibald George Church | Labour | |
| 1924 | Ernest Edward Alexander | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Fenner Brockway | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Frederick Mills | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Albert Eric Bechervaise | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Leyton constituency | ||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Malone was a member of the British Socialist Party, and later denied ever having a member of the Liberal Party
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
