Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton
Leyton
	Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1950–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Leyton and Wanstead
Created from	Leyton East and Leyton West

Leyton was a parliamentary constituency, 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.

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.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Leyton.

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.

General Election 1964:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	23,640	50.35
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	15,714	33.74
	Liberal	AH Mackay	7,598	16.18
Majority			7,926	16.88
Turnout			46,952
	Labour hold		Swing

Leyton by-election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	16,544	42.9	+9.4
	Labour	Patrick Gordon-Walker	16,339	42.4	−8.0
	Liberal	Alistair H Mackay	5,382	14.0	−2.2
	UK & Commonwealth Party	Jeremiah Lynch	157	0.4	N/A
	Disarmament	George Delf	156	0.4	N/A
Majority			205	0.53
Turnout			38,578	57.7	−12.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.7

General Election 1966: Leyton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Gordon-Walker	26,803	54.42
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	18,157	36.87
	Liberal	Alistair H Mackay	3,851	7.82
	Independent Labour	W Hanley	441	0.90	N/A
Majority			8,646	17.55
Turnout				76.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Leyton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,504	43.5
	Conservative	W Neilson-Hansen	11,988	31.6
	Social Democratic	Bryan Magee	9,448	24.9
Majority			4,516	11.9
Turnout				65.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Leyton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,536	41.2
	Liberal	Simon Banks	11,895	29.7
	Conservative	David Noel Gilmartin	11,692	29.1
Majority			4,641	11.6
Turnout				69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Leyton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	20,334	52.6	+11.4
	Conservative	Miss C Smith	8,882	23.0	−6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Fryer	8,180	21.2	−8.5
	Liberal	LA De Pinna	561	1.5	−28.2
	Green	K Pervez	412	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	R Archer	256	0.7	+0.7
Majority			11,452	29.6	+18.1
Turnout			38,625	67.4	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Leyton
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Leyton and Wanstead
Created from	Leyton East and Leyton West