Leyton and Wanstead | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Leyton and Wanstead in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 71,330 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Calvin Bailey (Labour Party) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leyton, Wanstead & Woodford |
Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Calvin Bailey of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
[edit]Historic
[edit]Uniting for general elections areas from the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead & Leytonstone. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the formerly safe Conservative Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.
1997–2017: The following electoral wards:
- Snaresbrook; and Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge:
- Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Leyton; and Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest
2017–2024: Following a review of ward boundaries which became effective in May 2017,[2] the parts in the London Borough of Redbridge comprised the Wanstead Village ward, most of the Wanstead Park ward and part of the South Woodford ward.
Current
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Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was expanded to include the whole of the Wanstead Park and South Woodford wards.[3]
Following a local government boundary review in Waltham Forest which came into effect in May 2022,[4][5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
- The London Borough of Redbridge wards of: South Woodford; Wanstead Park; Wanstead Village.
- The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of: Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Hoe Street (small part); Leyton (most); Leytonstone.[6]
History
[edit]The seat arose from the enacting of the recommendations of the fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies of the Boundary Commission for England to take account of demographic population change and seek to equalise electorates whilst in preference retaining the historic connections with the local authorities of the United Kingdom.
- Political history
The constituency has consistently elected Labour Party MPs (Members of Parliament); the narrowest winning majority was 16%; the greatest, 49%, in 2017. Harry Cohen was MP for the Leyton area from 1983 and this seat from 1997. Cohen retired before the 2010 election, after which the seat was retained by John Cryer.[n 3] At the time of the 2015 result, the seat was the 46th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[7]
Constituency profile
[edit]This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton[8] with the more affluent, resilient Wanstead area. It is an ethnically diverse area, with the biggest minority groups being Pakistani British and Caribbean British, although it has fewer ethnic minority constituents than in the London Borough of Newham.[9]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[10] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Harry Cohen | Labour | |
2010 | John Cryer | ||
2024 | Calvin Bailey |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Calvin Bailey | 20,755 | 47.5 | −15.6 | |
Green | Charlotte Lafferty | 6,791 | 15.5 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Gloria Croxall | 4,846 | 11.1 | −8.8 | |
Independent | Shanell Johnson | 4,173 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tara Copeland | 2,815 | 6.4 | −4.3 | |
Reform UK | David Sandground | 2,475 | 5.7 | +4.0 | |
Workers Party | Mahtab Anwar Aziz | 1,633 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Rejoin EU | Simon Bezer | 244 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,964 | 32.0 | −16.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,732 | 59.6 | –8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 73,366 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 30,823 | 63.1 | |
Conservative | 9,702 | 19.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,209 | 10.7 | |
Green | 1,868 | 3.8 | |
Brexit Party | 836 | 1.7 | |
Others | 427 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 48,865 | 68.5 | |
Electorate | 71,330 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cryer | 28,836 | 64.7 | –5.1 | |
Conservative | Noshaba Khiljee | 8,028 | 18.0 | –2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Sims | 4,666 | 10.5 | +4.1 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 1,805 | 4.1 | +1.2 | |
Brexit Party | Zulf Jannaty | 785 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Henry Scott | 427 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,808 | 46.7 | –2.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,547 | 68.7 | –2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 64,852 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | –1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cryer | 32,234 | 69.8 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Laura Farris | 9,627 | 20.8 | –1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Sims | 2,961 | 6.4 | +0.7 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 1,351 | 2.9 | –4.4 | |
Majority | 22,607 | 49.0 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,173 | 70.9 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 65,149 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cryer | 23,858 | 58.6 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Matthew Scott | 8,939 | 22.0 | –0.2 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock[19] | 2,974 | 7.3 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | Rosamund Beattie[20] | 2,341 | 5.8 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carl Quilliam[21] | 2,304 | 5.7 | –21.9 | |
Independent | Mahtab Aziz | 289 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,919 | 36.6 | +20.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,705 | 63.0 | –0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 64,580 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cryer | 17,511 | 43.6 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Farooq Qureshi | 11,095 | 27.6 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Ed Northover | 8,928 | 22.2 | −0.5 | |
UKIP | Graham Wood | 1,080 | 2.7 | +0.9 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 562 | 1.4 | −3.0 | |
BNP | Jim Clift | 561 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Christian | Sonika Bhatti | 342 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independents Federation UK | Martin Levin | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,416 | 16.0 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,159 | 63.2 | +9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 63,541 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Cohen | 15,234 | 45.8 | −12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Meher Khan | 8,377 | 25.2 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Julien Foster | 7,393 | 22.2 | +2.5 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 1,522 | 4.6 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Nick Jones | 591 | 1.8 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Marc Robertson | 155 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,857 | 20.6 | −17.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,272 | 55.0 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 60,444 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Cohen | 19,558 | 58.0 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Edward G. Heckels | 6,654 | 19.7 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander I.M.C. Wilcock | 5,389 | 16.0 | +0.9 | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 1,030 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Sally A. Labern | 709 | 2.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael J. D'Ingurthorpe | 378 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,904 | 38.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,718 | 54.8 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 61,549 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Cohen | 23,922 | 60.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert Vaudry | 8,736 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Anglin | 5,920 | 15.1 | ||
ProLife Alliance | Sean Duffy | 488 | 1.2 | ||
Independent | Abdul Mian | 256 | 0.7 | ||
Majority | 15,186 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,322 | 63.2 | |||
Registered electors | 62,176 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ LGBCE. "Redbridge | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ LGBCE. "Waltham Forest | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "The London Borough of Waltham Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Leyton and Wanstead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Waltham Forest. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ https://walthamforest.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Leyton%20%26%20Wanstead%20-%20SOPN%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Leyton & Wanstead parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Leyton and Wanstead". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "General Election 2019 candidates".
- ^ "Rosamund Beattie". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- BBC constituency profile
- Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK