Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)1950 (1950)
Number of members one
Replaced by Leyton
Created from Walthamstow

Leyton East was a parliamentary constituency in the Municipal Borough of Leyton, then part of Essex but 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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History

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

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Cecil L'Estrange Malone Coalition Liberal
1919 British Socialist
1920 Communist
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

Elections

Notes

References