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.

Boundaries

Leyton East in Essex 1918-1950

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Cecil L'Estrange Malone	Liberal
	1919		British Socialist
	1920		Communist
	1922	Ernest Edward Alexander	Unionist
	1923	Archibald George Church	Labour
	1924	Ernest Edward Alexander	Unionist
	1929	Fenner Brockway	Labour
	1931	Sir Frederick Mills	Conservative
	1945	Albert Eric Bechervaise	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Leyton

Elections

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Leyton East [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald George Church	7,944	39.5	+8.6
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	6,533	32.4
	Liberal	Thomas Tucker Broad	5,669	28.1
Majority			1,411	7.1
Turnout				69.1	-3.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

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

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Leyton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Mills	17,285	62.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Archibald Fenner Brockway	10,433	37.6
Majority			6,852	24.8
Turnout				75.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Leyton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Mills	10,836	46.1
	Labour	Albert Eric Bechervaise	10,507	44.7
	Liberal	Edwin Thomas Malindine	2,161	9.2
Majority			329	1.4
Turnout				67.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)