Leyton West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leyton West Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Leyton West 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Harry Wrightson	Coalition Conservative
	1919	Alfred Ernest Newbould	Liberal
	1922	James Dale Cassels	Conservative
	1929	Reginald Sorensen	Labour
	1931	Sir Wilfrid Sugden	Conservative
	1935	Reginald Sorensen	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Leyton constituency

[edit] Elections

[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.