Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
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.

History

Leyton East in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Bechervaise 13,048 65.7
Conservative Bernard Braine 6,802 34.3
Majority 6,246 31.5
Turnout 68.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Mills 10,836 46.1
Labour Albert Bechervaise 10,507 44.7
Liberal Edwin Malindine 2,161 9.2
Majority 329 1.4
Turnout 67.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Mills 17,285 62.4
Ind. Labour Party Fenner Brockway 10,433 37.6
Majority 6,852 24.8
Turnout 75.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fenner Brockway 11,111 42.9
Conservative Ernest Edward Alexander 8,691 33.6
Liberal F. W. Davies 6,096 23.5
Majority 2,420 9.3
Turnout 72.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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