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 in the United Kingdom, 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	Notes
1950	Reginald Sorensen	Labour	Resigned 1964 on being raised to the peerage
1965 by-election	Ronald Buxton	Conservative
1966	Patrick Gordon Walker	Labour	Previously MP for Smethwick 1945-1964
Feb 1974	Bryan Magee	Labour
1982	Bryan Magee	SDP
1983	Harry Cohen	Labour
1997	constituency abolished: see Leyton and Wanstead

Elections

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1992 ^[1]^[2] Electorate: 57,272 Turnout: 38,625 (67.44%) -2.14	Labour hold Majority: 11,452 (29.65%) +18.08 Swing: 8.79% from Con to Lab	Harry Michael Cohen	Labour	20,334	52.64	+11.43
		Christine Smith	Conservative	8,882	23.00	-6.14
		Jonathan Harold Fryer	Liberal Democrat	8,180	21.18	-8.47
		Louis Alfred de Pinna	Liberal	561	1.45	N/A
		Khalid Pervez	Green	412	1.07	N/A
		Richard Archer	Natural Law	256	0.66	N/A
General Election 1987 ^[1]^[3] Electorate: 57,662 Turnout: 40,123 (69.58%) +3.91	Labour hold Majority: 4,641 (11.57%) -0.33 Swing: 3.52% from Lab to Lib	Harry Michael Cohen	Labour	16,536	41.21	-2.29
		Simon Godfrey Banks	Liberal	11,895	29.65	N/A
		David Noel Gilmartin	Conservative	11,692	29.14	-2.46
General Election 1983 ^[1]^[4] Electorate: 57,770 Turnout: 37,940 (65.67%) -3.72	Labour hold Majority: 4,516 (11.90%) -2.06 Swing: 1.06% from Lab to Con	Harry Michael Cohen	Labour	16,504	43.50	-7.90
		Waldemar Thor Neilson-Hansen	Conservative	11,988	31.60	-5.78
		Bryan Edgar Magee	Social Democratic	9,448	24.90	N/A
General Election 1979 ^[5]^[6] Electorate: 59,176 Turnout: 41,060 (69.39%) +6.71	Labour hold Majority: 5,734 (13.96%) -14.59 Swing: 7.29% from Lab to Con	Bryan Edgar Magee	Labour	21,095	51.38	-3.51
		Antony John Cordle	Conservative	15,361	37.41	+11.08
		Clyde Kitson	Liberal	3,425	8.34	-5.07
		Peter William Pomery-Rudd	National Front	1,179	2.87	-2.51
General Election, October 1974 ^[5]^[7] Electorate: 64,328 Turnout: 40,323 (62.68%) -9.98	Labour hold Majority: 11,513 (28.55%) +7.15 Swing: 3.58% from Con to Lab	Bryan Edgar Magee	Labour	22,130	54.88	+5.82
		Barry Stanton Dare	Conservative	10,617	26.33	-1.34
		Ralph John Scott	Liberal	5,408	13.41	-5.34
		Sherri Madeline Bothwell	National Front	2,168	5.38	+0.86
General Election, February 1974 ^[5]^[8] Electorate: 63,909 Turnout: 46,437 (72.66%) +10.67	Labour hold Majority: 9,937 (21.40%) +8.13	Bryan Edgar Magee	Labour	22,785	49.07	-7.57
		Barry Stanton Dare	Conservative	12,848	27.67	-12.69
		Timothy John de Cormier Brown	Liberal	8,707	18.75	N/A
		Sherri Madeline Bothwell	National Front	2,097	4.52	N/A
General Election 1970 ^[9] Electorate: 66,610 Turnout: 41,292 (61.99%) -14.10	Labour hold Majority: 5,480 (13.27%) -4.28	Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker	Labour	23,386	56.64	+2.22
	Labour hold Majority: 5,480 (13.27%) -4.28	Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	17,906	43.36	+6.49
General Election 1966 ^[10] Figures shown in respect to 1964 election Electorate: 64,727 Turnout: 49,252 (76.09%) +4.91	Labour hold Majority: 8,646 (17.55%) +0.67	Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker	Labour	26,803	54.42	+4.07
		Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	18,157	36.87	+3.40
		Alistair H Mackay	Liberal	3,851	7.82	-8.36
		W Hanley	Independent Labour	441	0.90	N/A
By-election, 21 Jan 1965 ^[11] Held due to Reginald Sorensen's elevation to a life peer Turnout: 38,578 (57.7%)	Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 205 (0.53%)	Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	16,544	42.88	+9.41
		Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker	Labour	16,339	42.35	-8.00
		Alistair H Mackay	Liberal	5,382	13.95	-2.23
		Jeremiah Lynch	UK & Commonwealth Party	157	0.41	N/A
		George Delf	Disarmament	156	0.40	N/A
General Election 1964 ^[12] Electorate: 66,905 Turnout: 46,592 (70.18%) -4.21	Labour hold Majority: 7,926 (16.88%) +9.46	Reginald William Sorensen	Labour	23,640	50.35	-3.36
		Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	15,714	33.47	-12.82
		Alistair H Mackay	Liberal	7,598	16.18	N/A
General Election 1959 ^[13] Electorate: 70,996 Turnout: 52,815 (74.39%) +0.05	Labour hold Majority: 3,919 (7.42%) -7.31	Reginald William Sorensen	Labour	28,367	53.71	+0.31
	Labour hold Majority: 3,919 (7.42%) -7.31	Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	24,448	46.29	+7.62
General Election 1955 ^[14] Electorate: 79,944 Turnout: 55,711 (74.34%) -7.84	Labour hold Majority: 8,204 (14.73%) -0.84	Reginald William Sorensen	Labour	29,747	53.40	-4.78
		Ronald Carlile Buxton	Conservative	21,543	38.67	-3.55
		ELF Richards	Liberal	4,421	7.94	N/A
General Election 1951 ^[15] Electorate: 79,445 Turnout: 65,291 (82.18%) -1.15	Labour hold Majority: 10,165 (15.57%) -2.14	Reginald William Sorensen	Labour	37,728	57.78	+3.19
	Labour hold Majority: 10,165 (15.57%) -2.14	PJ Williams	Conservative	27,563	42.22	+5.45
General Election 1950 ^[16] Electorate: 78,491 Turnout: 65,404 (83.33%)	Labour win new seat Majority: 11,650 (17.71%)	Reginald William Sorensen	Labour	35,702	54.59	N/A
		PJ Williams	Conservative	24,052	36.77	N/A
		CO Appleton	Liberal	5,650	8.64	N/A

References

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↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
1 2 3 "'Leyton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "1965 By Election Results". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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