Leyton | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leyton East and Leyton West |
Replaced by | Leyton and Wanstead |
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
[edit]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
[edit]1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Leyton. Note: abolished 1965. Remained same zone in successor: London Borough of Waltham Forest.
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
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour | Resigned December 1964 on being raised to the peerage | |
1965 by-election | Ronald Buxton | Conservative | ||
1966 | Patrick Gordon Walker | Labour | Previously MP for Smethwick 1945-1964 | |
February 1974 | Bryan Magee | |||
1982 | SDP | |||
1983 | Harry Cohen | Labour | ||
1997 | constituency abolished: see Leyton and Wanstead |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 35,702 | 54.59 | ||
Conservative | Peter Williams | 24,052 | 36.77 | ||
Liberal | Cyril Oliver Appleton | 5,650 | 8.64 | ||
Majority | 11,650 | 17.72 | |||
Turnout | 65,404 | 83.33 | |||
Registered electors | 78,491 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 37,728 | 57.78 | +3.19 | |
Conservative | Peter Williams | 27,563 | 42.22 | +5.45 | |
Majority | 10,165 | 15.56 | −2.14 | ||
Turnout | 65,291 | 82.18 | −1.15 | ||
Registered electors | 79,445 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.13 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 29,747 | 53.40 | −4.78 | |
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 21,543 | 38.67 | −3.55 | |
Liberal | Evan Laurence Frederick Richards | 4,421 | 7.94 | −New | |
Majority | 8,204 | 14.73 | −0.84 | ||
Turnout | 55,711 | 74.34 | −7.84 | ||
Registered electors | 79,944 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 28,367 | 53.71 | +0.31 | |
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 24,448 | 46.29 | +7.62 | |
Majority | 3,919 | 7.42 | −7.31 | ||
Turnout | 52,815 | 74.39 | +0.05 | ||
Registered electors | 70,996 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 23,640 | 50.35 | −3.36 | |
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 15,714 | 33.47 | −12.82 | |
Liberal | Alistair Mackay | 7,598 | 16.18 | New | |
Majority | 7,926 | 16.88 | +9.46 | ||
Turnout | 46,592 | 70.18 | −4.21 | ||
Registered electors | 66,905 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 16,544 | 42.88 | +9.41 | |
Labour | Patrick Gordon Walker | 16,339 | 42.36 | −8.00 | |
Liberal | Alistair Mackay | 5,382 | 13.95 | −2.23 | |
UK & Commonwealth Party | Jeremiah Lynch | 157 | 0.41 | New | |
Disarmament | George Delf | 156 | 0.40 | New | |
Majority | 205 | 0.52 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,578 | 57.70 | −12.48 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.71 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Gordon Walker | 26,803 | 54.42 | +4.07 | |
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 18,157 | 36.87 | +3.40 | |
Liberal | Alistair Mackay | 3,851 | 7.82 | −8.36 | |
Independent Labour | William Hanley | 441 | 0.90 | New | |
Majority | 8,646 | 17.55 | +0.67 | ||
Turnout | 49,252 | 76.09 | +4.91 | ||
Registered electors | 64,727 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.34 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Gordon Walker | 23,386 | 56.64 | +2.22 | |
Conservative | Ronald Buxton | 17,906 | 43.36 | +6.49 | |
Majority | 5,480 | 13.28 | −4.27 | ||
Turnout | 41,292 | 61.99 | −14.10 | ||
Registered electors | 66,610 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Magee | 22,785 | 49.07 | −7.57 | |
Conservative | Barry Dare | 12,848 | 27.67 | −15.69 | |
Liberal | Timothy Brown | 8,707 | 18.75 | New | |
National Front | Sherri Bothwell | 2,097 | 4.52 | New | |
Majority | 9,937 | 21.40 | +8.12 | ||
Turnout | 46,437 | 72.66 | +10.67 | ||
Registered electors | 63,909 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Magee | 22,130 | 54.88 | +5.82 | |
Conservative | Barry Dare | 10,617 | 26.33 | −1.34 | |
Liberal | Ralph Scott | 5,408 | 13.41 | −5.34 | |
National Front | Sherri Bothwell | 2,168 | 5.38 | +0.86 | |
Majority | 11,513 | 28.55 | +7.15 | ||
Turnout | 40,323 | 62.68 | −9.98 | ||
Registered electors | 64,328 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.58 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Magee | 21,095 | 51.38 | −3.50 | |
Conservative | Anthony Cordle | 15,361 | 37.41 | +11.08 | |
Liberal | Clyde Kitson | 3,425 | 8.34 | −5.07 | |
National Front | Peter Pomery-Rudd | 1,179 | 2.87 | −2.51 | |
Majority | 5,734 | 13.97 | −14.58 | ||
Turnout | 41,060 | 69.39 | +6.71 | ||
Registered electors | 59,176 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.29 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Cohen | 16,504 | 43.5 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Waldemar Neilson-Hansen | 11,988 | 31.6 | −5.8 | |
SDP | Bryan Magee | 9,448 | 24.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,516 | 11.9 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 37,940 | 65.7 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 57,770 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Cohen | 16,536 | 41.21 | −2.29 | |
Liberal | Simon Banks | 11,895 | 29.65 | +4.75 | |
Conservative | David Gilmartin | 11,692 | 29.14 | −2.46 | |
Majority | 4,641 | 11.56 | −0.32 | ||
Turnout | 40,123 | 69.58 | +3.91 | ||
Registered electors | 57,662 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.52 |
Election in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Cohen | 20,334 | 52.6 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith | 8,882 | 23.0 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Fryer | 8,180 | 21.18 | −8.47 | |
Liberal | Louis de Pinna | 561 | 1.45 | New | |
Green | Khalid Pervez | 412 | 1.07 | New | |
Natural Law | Richard Archer | 256 | 0.66 | New | |
Majority | 11,452 | 29.64 | +18.08 | ||
Turnout | 38,625 | 67.44 | −2.14 | ||
Registered electors | 57,272 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.79 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- British Parliamentary by-elections: Leyton
- UK General Elections since 1832
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
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- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
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- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
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- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
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