Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leyton and Wanstead Borough constituency
Leyton and Wanstead shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Harry Cohen
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 3 History 4 Elections 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

Crossing the border of the Redbridge and Waltham Forest boroughs in north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The boundaries of the seat were last changed in 1995, bringing in some parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1997 — present: Harry Cohen

[edit] History

Harry Cohen has been MP for the Leyton area since 1983 and this seat from 1997, representing the Labour Party. With a Labour majority of more than 20% in the 2005 general election, Leyton and Wanstead is one of the safer Labour seats.

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	15,234	45.8	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Meher Khan	8,377	25.2	+9.2
	Conservative	Julien Foster	7,393	22.2	+2.5
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	1,522	4.6	+1.5
	UKIP	Nick Jones	591	1.8	+0.7
	Independent (politician)	Marc Robertson	155	0.5	N/A
Majority			6,857	20.6
Turnout			33,272	55.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.7

General Election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	19,558	58.0	-2.8
	Conservative	Heckels, E.G.	6,654	19.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wilcock, A.I.M.C.	5,389	16.0	+0.9
	Green	Gunstock, A.	1,030	3.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Labern, S.A.	709	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	Skaife D'Ingerthorp, M.J.	378	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,904	38.3
Turnout			33,718	54.8

General Election 1997: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	23,922	60.8
	Conservative	Robert Vaudry	8,736	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Anglin	5,920	15.1
	ProLife Alliance	Sean Duffy	488	1.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Abdul Mian	256	0.7	N/A
Majority			15,186	38.6
Turnout			39,322	63.2

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] External links

• BBC constituency profile

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking | Battersea | Brent North | Brent South | Brentford and Isleworth | Camberwell and Peckham | Croydon North | Dagenham | Dulwich and West Norwood | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Ealing North | Ealing Southall | East Ham | Edmonton | Eltham | Enfield North | Erith and Thamesmead | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Greenwich and Woolwich | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Hampstead and Highgate | Harrow East | Harrow West | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Holborn and St. Pancras | Ilford South | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury | Lewisham Deptford | Lewisham East | Lewisham West | Leyton and Wanstead | Mitcham and Morden | Poplar and Canning Town | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Streatham | Tooting | Tottenham | Vauxhall | Walthamstow | West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bromley and Chislehurst | Chingford and Woodford Green | Chipping Barnet | Cities of London and Westminster | Croydon Central | Croydon South | Enfield Southgate | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hornchurch | Ilford North | Kensington and Chelsea | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Orpington | Putney | Romford | Ruislip-Northwood | Upminster | Uxbridge | Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East | Carshalton and Wallington | Hornsey and Wood Green | Kingston and Surbiton | Richmond Park | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Sutton and Cheam | Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)