Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leyton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1997
Seatsone
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.

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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.

In 1991, Leyton was 62% White, 15.3% Asian and 17.9% Black. [1]

Boundaries

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

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
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

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leyton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Sorensen 35,702 54.59
Conservative Peter Williams24,05236.77
Liberal Cyril Oliver Appleton5,6508.64
Majority 11,65017.72
Turnout 65,40483.33
Registered electors 78,491
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: Leyton [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Sorensen 37,728 57.78 +3.19
Conservative Peter Williams27,56342.22+5.45
Majority 10,16515.56−2.14
Turnout 65,29182.18−1.15
Registered electors 79,445
Labour hold Swing -1.13
General election 1955: Leyton [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Sorensen 29,747 53.40 −4.78
Conservative Ronald Buxton 21,54338.67−3.55
Liberal Evan Laurence Frederick Richards4,4217.94−New
Majority 8,20414.73−0.84
Turnout 55,71174.34−7.84
Registered electors 79,944
Labour hold Swing -0.62
General election 1959: Leyton [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Sorensen 28,367 53.71 +0.31
Conservative Ronald Buxton 24,44846.29+7.62
Majority 3,9197.42−7.31
Turnout 52,81574.39+0.05
Registered electors 70,996
Labour hold Swing -3.7

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Leyton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Sorensen 23,640 50.35 −3.36
Conservative Ronald Buxton 15,71433.47−12.82
Liberal Alistair Mackay7,59816.18New
Majority 7,92616.88+9.46
Turnout 46,59270.18−4.21
Registered electors 66,905
Labour hold Swing -3.36
By-election, 21 Jan 1965 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Buxton 16,544 42.88 +9.41
Labour Patrick Gordon Walker 16,33942.36−8.00
Liberal Alistair Mackay5,38213.95−2.23
UK & Commonwealth PartyJeremiah Lynch1570.41New
DisarmamentGeorge Delf1560.40New
Majority 2050.52N/A
Turnout 38,57857.70−12.48
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.71
General election 1966: Leyton [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Gordon Walker 26,803 54.42 +4.07
Conservative Ronald Buxton 18,15736.87+3.40
Liberal Alistair Mackay3,8517.82−8.36
Independent Labour William Hanley4410.90New
Majority 8,64617.55+0.67
Turnout 49,25276.09+4.91
Registered electors 64,727
Labour hold Swing +0.34

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leyton [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Gordon Walker 23,386 56.64 +2.22
Conservative Ronald Buxton 17,90643.36+6.49
Majority 5,48013.28−4.27
Turnout 41,29261.99−14.10
Registered electors 66,610
Labour hold Swing -2.14
General election February 1974: Leyton [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Magee 22,785 49.07 −7.57
Conservative Barry Dare12,84827.67−15.69
Liberal Timothy Brown8,70718.75New
National Front Sherri Bothwell2,0974.52New
Majority 9,93721.40+8.12
Turnout 46,43772.66+10.67
Registered electors 63,909
Labour hold Swing +4.06
General election October 1974: Leyton [16] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Magee 22,130 54.88 +5.82
Conservative Barry Dare10,61726.33−1.34
Liberal Ralph Scott5,40813.41−5.34
National Front Sherri Bothwell2,1685.38+0.86
Majority 11,51328.55+7.15
Turnout 40,32362.68−9.98
Registered electors 64,328
Labour hold Swing +3.58
General election 1979: Leyton [16] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Magee 21,095 51.38 −3.50
Conservative Anthony Cordle15,36137.41+11.08
Liberal Clyde Kitson3,4258.34−5.07
National Front Peter Pomery-Rudd1,1792.87−2.51
Majority 5,73413.97−14.58
Turnout 41,06069.39+6.71
Registered electors 59,176
Labour hold Swing -7.29

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Leyton [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 16,504 43.5 −7.9
Conservative Waldemar Neilson-Hansen11,98831.6−5.8
SDP Bryan Magee 9,44824.9N/A
Majority 4,51611.9−2.1
Turnout 37,94065.7−3.7
Registered electors 57,770
Labour hold Swing -1.1
General election 1987: Leyton [20] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 16,536 41.21 −2.29
Liberal Simon Banks11,89529.65+4.75
Conservative David Gilmartin11,69229.14−2.46
Majority 4,64111.56−0.32
Turnout 40,12369.58+3.91
Registered electors 57,662
Labour hold Swing -3.52

Election in the 1990s

General election 1992: Leyton [20] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 20,334 52.6 +11.4
Conservative Christine Smith8,88223.0−6.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fryer8,18021.18−8.47
Liberal Louis de Pinna5611.45N/A
Green Khalid Pervez4121.07New
Natural Law Richard Archer2560.66New
Majority 11,45229.64+18.08
Turnout 38,62567.44−2.14
Registered electors 57,272
Labour hold Swing +8.79

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anwar, Muhammad. "Race and Elections: The Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Politics" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  5. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  7. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  9. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  11. ↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  14. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  16. 1 2 3 "'Leyton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  19. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  20. 1 2 3 "'Leyton', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  21. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  22. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  23. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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