Boundaries
The Urban District of Leyton wards of Cann Hall, Grove Green, Harrow Green, Leytonstone, and Wanstead Slip.
| 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.
The Urban District of Leyton wards of Cann Hall, Grove Green, Harrow Green, Leytonstone, and Wanstead Slip.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Cecil Malone | Liberal | |
| 1919 | British Socialist | ||
| 1920 | Communist | ||
| 1922 | Ernest Edward Alexander | Unionist | |
| 1923 | Archibald Church | Labour | |
| 1924 | Ernest Edward Alexander | Unionist | |
| 1929 | Fenner Brockway | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Frederick Mills | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Albert Bechervaise | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Leyton | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Cecil Malone | 4,319 | 35.7 | |
| Unionist | Ernest Edward Alexander | 4,119 | 34.0 | ||
| Labour | William Carter | 3,668 | 30.3 | ||
| Majority | 200 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 12,106 | 45.3 | |||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Ernest Edward Alexander | 7,866 | 38.6 | +4.6 | |
| Labour | William Carter | 6,300 | 30.9 | +0.6 | |
| National Liberal | Walter Gibbons | 4,568 | 22.4 | New | |
| Liberal | Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe | 1,650 | 8.1 | −27.6 | |
| Majority | 1,566 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,384 | 72.2 | +26.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 28,232 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Archibald Church | 7,944 | 39.5 | +8.6 | |
| Unionist | Ernest Edward Alexander | 6,533 | 32.4 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Broad | 5,669 | 28.1 | +20.0 | |
| Majority | 1,411 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,146 | 69.1 | −3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,166 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Ernest Edward Alexander | 10,649 | 46.4 | +14.0 | |
| Labour | Archibald Church | 9,087 | 39.7 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal | R.W. Puddicombe | 3,174 | 13.9 | −14.2 | |
| Majority | 1,562 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 22,190 | 77.6 | +8.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,506 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fenner Brockway | 11,111 | 42.9 | +3.2 | |
| Unionist | Ernest Edward Alexander | 8,691 | 33.6 | −12.8 | |
| Liberal | Frank Wynne Davies | 6,096 | 23.5 | +9.6 | |
| Majority | 2,420 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 25,898 | 72.6 | −5.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,680 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Mills | 17,285 | 62.4 | +28.8 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 10,433 | 37.6 | New | |
| Majority | 6,852 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 27,718 | 75.7 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Mills | 10,836 | 46.1 | -16.3 | |
| Labour | Albert Bechervaise | 10,507 | 44.7 | New | |
| Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 2,161 | 9.2 | New | |
| Majority | 329 | 1.4 | -23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,504 | 67.1 | -8.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Bechervaise | 13,048 | 65.7 | +21.0 | |
| Conservative | Bernard Braine | 6,802 | 34.3 | -11.8 | |
| Majority | 6,246 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 19,850 | 68.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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