Leyton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Replaced by Leyton
Created from Walthamstow

Leyton West 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

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

Boundaries

Leyton West in Essex, showing boundaries used 1918-50

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Harry Wrightson Unionist
1919 Alfred Ernest Newbould Liberal
1922 James Dale Cassels Unionist
1929 Reginald Sorensen Labour
1931 Sir Wilfrid Sugden Conservative
1935 Reginald Sorensen Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Leyton

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

1918 General Election: Leyton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 10,956 67.4 N/A
Liberal Alfred Ernest Newbould 5,288 32.6 N/A
Majority 5,668 34.8 N/A
Turnout 16,244 49.9
Unionist win
Leyton West by-election, 1919
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Ernest Newbould 7,934 57.3 24.7
Coalition Unionist James Francis Mason 5,915 42.7 -24.7
Majority 2,019 14.6 N/A
Turnout 13,849 42.5 -7.4
Liberal gain from Coalition Unionist Swing 24.7

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Leyton West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Dale Cassels 11,157 46.8
Liberal Alfred Ernest Newbould 7,021 29.4
Labour Alfred Smith 5,673 23.8
Majority 4,136 17.4
Turnout 69.0
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1923: Leyton West [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Dale Cassels 8,349 34.5 -12.3
Liberal Alfred Ernest Newbould 8,285 34.3 +4.9
Labour Alfred Smith 7,536 31.2 +7.4
Majority 64 0.2 -17.2
Turnout 68.0 -1.0
Unionist hold Swing -8.6
General Election 1924: Leyton West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Dale Cassels 13,212 46.7
Labour Alfred Smith 9,809 34.7
Liberal Alfred Ernest Newbould 5,252 18.6
Majority 3,403 12.0
Turnout 78.6
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Leyton West [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald William Sorensen 14,339 42.1 +7.4
Unionist James Dale Cassels 12,186 35.8 -10.9
Liberal James Johnston 7,526 22.1 +3.5
Majority 2,153 6.3 18.3
Turnout 74.8 -3.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing 9.1

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Leyton West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden 23,048 63.7
Labour Reginald William Sorensen 13,038 36.3
Majority 9,910 27.4 +21.1
Turnout 75.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Leyton West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald William Sorensen 16,408 50.2
Conservative Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden 16,280 49.8
Majority 128 0.4
Turnout 68.0
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1945: Leyton West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald William Sorensen 17,236 58.5 +8.3
Conservative Trevor Felix David Rose 8,507 28.9
Liberal Dr Bernard Guyster 3,708 12.6 n/a
Majority 8,729 29.6
Turnout 72.7 +4.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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