Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leyton and Wanstead
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Leyton and Wanstead 2023 Constituency.svg
Location within Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 71,330 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Calvin Bailey (Labour Party)
SeatsOne
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]

Contents

History

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. [2]

Constituency profile

This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton [3] 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. [4]

Boundaries

Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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.

1997–2024: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Snaresbrook and Wanstead; and the London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Leyton, and Leytonstone.

2024–present: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of South Woodford, Wanstead Park, and Wanstead Village; and the London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Hoe Street (part), Leyton (part), and Leytonstone. [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1997 Harry Cohen Labour
2010 John Cryer
2024 Calvin Bailey

Elections

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Election results 1997-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leyton and Wanstead [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Calvin Bailey 20,755 47.5 −15.6
Green Charlotte Lafferty6,79115.5+11.7
Conservative Gloria Croxall4,84611.1−8.8
Independent Shanell Johnson4,1739.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Tara Copeland2,8156.4−4.3
Reform UK David Sandground2,4755.7+4.0
Workers Party Mahtab Anwar Aziz1,6333.7N/A
Rejoin EU Simon Bezer2440.6N/A
Majority13,96432.0−16.7
Turnout 43,73259.6–8.9
Registered electors 73,366
Labour hold Swing −13.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Labour 30,82363.1
Conservative 9,70219.9
Liberal Democrats 5,20910.7
Green 1,8683.8
Brexit Party 8361.7
Others4270.9
Turnout48,86568.5
Electorate71,330
General election 2019: Leyton and Wanstead [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cryer 28,836 64.7 –5.1
Conservative Noshaba Khiljee8,02818.0–2.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims4,66610.5+4.1
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,8054.1+1.2
Brexit Party Zulf Jannaty7851.7N/A
Independent Henry Scott4271.0N/A
Majority20,80846.7–2.3
Turnout 44,54768.7–2.2
Registered electors 64,852
Labour hold Swing –1.2
General election 2017: Leyton and Wanstead [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cryer 32,234 69.8 +11.2
Conservative Laura Farris 9,62720.8–1.2
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims2,9616.4+0.7
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,3512.9–4.4
Majority22,60749.0+12.4
Turnout 46,17370.9+7.9
Registered electors 65,149
Labour hold Swing +6.2
General election 2015: Leyton and Wanstead [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cryer 23,858 58.6 +15.0
Conservative Matthew Scott 8,93922.0–0.2
Green Ashley Gunstock [16] 2,9747.3+5.9
UKIP Rosamund Beattie [17] 2,3415.8+3.1
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam [18] 2,3045.7–21.9
Independent Mahtab Aziz2890.7N/A
Majority14,91936.6+20.6
Turnout 40,70563.0–0.2
Registered electors 64,580
Labour hold Swing +7.6
General election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cryer 17,511 43.6 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Farooq Qureshi11,09527.6+2.9
Conservative Ed Northover8,92822.2−0.5
UKIP Graham Wood1,0802.7+0.9
Green Ashley Gunstock 5621.4−3.0
BNP Jim Clift5611.4N/A
Christian Sonika Bhatti3420.9N/A
Independents Federation UKMartin Levin800.2N/A
Majority6,41616.0−4.6
Turnout 40,15963.2+9.3
Registered electors 63,541
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 15,234 45.8 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Meher Khan8,37725.2+9.2
Conservative Julien Foster7,39322.2+2.5
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,5224.6+1.5
UKIP Nick Jones5911.8+0.7
Independent Marc Robertson1550.5N/A
Majority6,85720.6−17.7
Turnout 33,27255.0+0.2
Registered electors 60,444
Labour hold Swing −10.7
General election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 19,558 58.0 −2.8
Conservative Edward G. Heckels6,65419.7−2.5
Liberal Democrats Alexander I.M.C. Wilcock5,38916.0+0.9
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,0303.1N/A
Socialist Alliance Sally A. Labern7092.1N/A
UKIP Michael J. D'Ingurthorpe3781.1N/A
Majority12,90438.3−0.3
Turnout 33,71854.8−8.4
Registered electors 61,549
Labour hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Leyton and Wanstead [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Cohen 23,922 60.8
Conservative Robert Vaudry8,73622.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Anglin5,92015.1
ProLife Alliance Sean Duffy4881.2
Independent Abdul Mian2560.7
Majority15,18638.6
Turnout 39,32263.2
Registered electors 62,176
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "New Seat Details – Leyton and Wanstead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  7. ↑ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Waltham Forest. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Leyton and Wanstead - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ https://walthamforest.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Leyton%20%26%20Wanstead%20-%20SOPN%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf [ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Leyton & Wanstead parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Leyton and Wanstead". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "General Election 2019 candidates".
  17. ↑ "Rosamund Beattie". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  21. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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