Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Leyton and Wanstead
Created from	Leyton East and Leyton West

Leyton was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Leyton in North-East 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Leyton and Wanstead constituency.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Leyton.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Central, Forest, Lea Bridge, Leyton, and Leytonstone.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Lea Bridge, Leyton, and Leytonstone.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Reginald Sorensen	Labour
1965 by-election	Ronald Buxton	Conservative
1966	Patrick Gordon Walker	Labour
Feb 1974	Bryan Magee	Labour
1982	Bryan Magee	SDP
1983	Harry Cohen	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Leyton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	20,334	52.6	+11.4
	Conservative	Miss C Smith	8,882	23.0	−6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Fryer	8,180	21.2	−8.5
	Liberal	LA De Pinna	561	1.5	−28.2
	Green	K Pervez	412	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	R Archer	256	0.7	+0.7
Majority			11,452	29.6	+18.1
Turnout			38,625	67.4	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leyton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,536	41.2
	Liberal	Simon Banks	11,895	29.7
	Conservative	David Noel Gilmartin	11,692	29.1
Majority			4,641	11.6
Turnout				69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Leyton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,504	43.5
	Conservative	W Neilson-Hansen	11,988	31.6
	Social Democratic	Bryan Magee	9,448	24.9
Majority			4,516	11.9
Turnout				65.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Leyton by-election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	16,544	42.9	+9.4
	Labour	Patrick Gordon-Walker	16,339	42.4	−8.0
	Liberal	Alistair H Mackay	5,382	14.0	−2.2
	UK & Commonwealth Party	Jeremiah Lynch	157	0.4	N/A
	Disarmament	George Delf	156	0.4	N/A
Majority			205	0.53
Turnout			38,578	57.7	−12.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.7

References

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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