Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton and Wanstead
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leyton and Wanstead in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	63,021 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	John Cryer (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Leyton, Wanstead & Woodford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Leyton and Wanstead is a borough 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 Constituency profile 3 Member of Parliament 4 History 5 Elections 5.1 Elections in 2010s 5.2 Elections in 2000s 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Boundaries

Straddling the boundary of the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

The constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:

• From the London Borough of Redbridge: Snaresbrook; Wanstead.
• From the London Borough of Waltham Forest: Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Leyton; Leytonstone.

Constituency profile

This seat combines deprived areas around Leyton with the more affluent Wanstead area. It is an ethnically diverse area with the biggest minority groups Pakistani and black Caribbean. The seat has been Labour since its creation in 1997.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1997	Harry Cohen	Labour
	2010	John Cryer	Labour

History

Leyton and Wanstead is one of the Labour Party's safest seats. Harry Cohen was MP for the Leyton area from 1983 and this seat from 1997. Cohen retired in 2010, and the seat was held for Labour by John Cryer, previously MP for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005.

Elections

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cryer	17,511	43.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Farooq Qureshi	11,095	27.6	+2.9
	Conservative	Ed Northover	8,928	22.2	−0.5
	UKIP	Graham Wood	1,080	2.7	+0.9
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	562	1.4	−3.0
	BNP	Jim Clift	561	1.4	+1.4
	Christian	Sonika Bhatti	342	0.9	+0.9
	Independents Federation UK	Martin Levin	80	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,416	16.0	-4.6
Turnout			40,159	63.2	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.6

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	15,234	45.8	−12.2
	Liberal Democrat	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	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	E. G. Heckels	6,654	19.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	A. I. M. C. Wilcock	5,389	16.0	+0.9
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	1,030	3.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	S. A. Labern	709	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	M. J. Skaife D'Ingerthorp	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 Democrat	Charles Anglin	5,920	15.1
	ProLife Alliance	Sean Duffy	488	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Mian	256	0.7	N/A
Majority			15,186	38.6
Turnout			39,322	63.2

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
3. ^ http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/council_people_and_elections/elections/idoc.ashx?docid=b31f1fcf-e9e1-4932-b291-32ec1e8ec1ca&version=-1
4. ^ "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c63.stm. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• BBC constituency profile

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