Leyton (ward)

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Leyton
Electoral ward
for the Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Borough Waltham Forest
County Greater London
Population13,114 (2021) [lower-alpha 1]
Current electoral ward
Created1965
GSS code E05013896

Leyton ward is one of the electoral wards of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, situated in London, England. The ward is the known district of Leyton and is part of the parliamentary constituency of Leyton and Wanstead and the London Assembly constituency of North East. Leyton ward returns three borough councillors.

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Landmarks

Prominent landmarks are Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road ground and New Spitalfields Market.

Councillors

In the council elections of 2006, the ward returned three councillors, two Liberal Democrats and one Labour in the third position. [1] In 2002, Leyton had returned three Liberal Democrats with large majorities. In the 2006 election, the Labour candidate, Miranda Grell made spurious and potentially libellous allegations about her opponent, the gay Liberal Democrat candidate Barry Smith. While Smith's Liberal Democrat running mates were elected, he was not, and Grell was elected to the third position. Grell was found guilty of making false statements to aid her campaign, in which she accused him of being a paedophile in her canvassing with local residents.

Presiding Judge Woolard said he did not accept her conspiracy theory, as "on two occasions in making statements that were untrue and damaging to one of your fellow candidates", and found her guilty of falsely slurring her opponent. [2]

The by-election for Leyton ward on 14 February 2008 was won by Liberal Democrat Winnie Smith. [3]

The councillors elected in the 2022 election were: [4]

Waltham Forest council elections

2022 election

Leyton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rhiannon Eglin 1,610 71.9
Labour Whitney Ihenachor 1,478 66.0
Labour Terry Wheeler 1,291 57.7
Green Rob Gardner51122.8
Liberal Democrats Shaukat Ali45620.4
Liberal Democrats Meera Chadha39017.4
Liberal Democrats Trevo Stone31314.0
Conservative Lauren Maske2179.7
Conservative Eliz Karamehmet2099.3
Conservative Ehsanullah Mohammed1707.6
TUSC Martin Reynolds713.2
Turnout 25.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

2018 election

Leyton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacob Stewart Edwards 2,122 57.4
Labour Whitney Ihenachor 2,114 57.2
Labour Simon John Miller 1,943 52.5
Liberal Democrats Bob Sullivan1,25333.9
Liberal Democrats Ed Bird1,16731.6
Liberal Democrats Farooq Qureshi1,16231.4
Conservative Patricia Branagan1925.2
Conservative Rommel Moseley1905.1
Conservative Michael Caplan1764.8
Duma PolskaBogusława Anna Danielewicz962.6
TUSC Cédric Henri Dany Gérôme852.3
Turnout 36.18%
Majority690
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

Notes

  1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

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References

  1. 2006 Leyton results on Waltham Forest council website
  2. BBC News
  3. By-election Result Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Local Election 2022: Results". Welcome to Waltham Forest. London Borough of Waltham Forest. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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