Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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

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.

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

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	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^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	35,702	54.59
	Conservative	Peter Williams	24,052	36.77
	Liberal	Cyril Oliver Appleton	5,650	8.64
Majority			11,650	17.72
Turnout			65,404	83.33
Registered electors			78,491
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: Leyton^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	37,728	57.78	+3.19
	Conservative	Peter Williams	27,563	42.22	+5.45
Majority			10,165	15.56	−2.14
Turnout			65,291	82.18	−1.15
Registered electors			79,445
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.13

General election 1955: Leyton^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	29,747	53.40	−4.78
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	21,543	38.67	−3.55
	Liberal	Evan Laurence Frederick Richards	4,421	7.94	−New
Majority			8,204	14.73	−0.84
Turnout			55,711	74.34	−7.84
Registered electors			79,944
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.62

General election 1959: Leyton^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	28,367	53.71	+0.31
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	24,448	46.29	+7.62
Majority			3,919	7.42	−7.31
Turnout			52,815	74.39	+0.05
Registered electors			70,996
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Leyton^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Sorensen	23,640	50.35	−3.36
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	15,714	33.47	−12.82
	Liberal	Alistair Mackay	7,598	16.18	New
Majority			7,926	16.88	+9.46
Turnout			46,592	70.18	−4.21
Registered electors			66,905
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.36

By-election, 21 Jan 1965^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	16,544	42.88	+9.41
	Labour	Patrick Gordon Walker	16,339	42.36	−8.00
	Liberal	Alistair Mackay	5,382	13.95	−2.23
	UK & Commonwealth Party	Jeremiah Lynch	157	0.41	New
	Disarmament	George Delf	156	0.40	New
Majority			205	0.52	N/A
Turnout			38,578	57.70	−12.48
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.71

General election 1966: Leyton^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Gordon Walker	26,803	54.42	+4.07
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	18,157	36.87	+3.40
	Liberal	Alistair Mackay	3,851	7.82	−8.36
	Independent Labour	William Hanley	441	0.90	New
Majority			8,646	17.55	+0.67
Turnout			49,252	76.09	+4.91
Registered electors			64,727
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.34

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leyton^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Gordon Walker	23,386	56.64	+2.22
	Conservative	Ronald Buxton	17,906	43.36	+6.49
Majority			5,480	13.28	−4.27
Turnout			41,292	61.99	−14.10
Registered electors			66,610
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.14

General election February 1974: Leyton^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Magee	22,785	49.07	−7.57
	Conservative	Barry Dare	12,848	27.67	−15.69
	Liberal	Timothy Brown	8,707	18.75	New
	National Front	Sherri Bothwell	2,097	4.52	New
Majority			9,937	21.40	+8.12
Turnout			46,437	72.66	+10.67
Registered electors			63,909
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.06

General election October 1974: Leyton^[15][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Magee	22,130	54.88	+5.82
	Conservative	Barry Dare	10,617	26.33	−1.34
	Liberal	Ralph Scott	5,408	13.41	−5.34
	National Front	Sherri Bothwell	2,168	5.38	+0.86
Majority			11,513	28.55	+7.15
Turnout			40,323	62.68	−9.98
Registered electors			64,328
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.58

General election 1979: Leyton^[15][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Magee	21,095	51.38	−3.50
	Conservative	Anthony Cordle	15,361	37.41	+11.08
	Liberal	Clyde Kitson	3,425	8.34	−5.07
	National Front	Peter Pomery-Rudd	1,179	2.87	−2.51
Majority			5,734	13.97	−14.58
Turnout			41,060	69.39	+6.71
Registered electors			59,176
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.29

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Leyton^[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,504	43.5	−7.9
	Conservative	Waldemar Neilson-Hansen	11,988	31.6	−5.8
	SDP	Bryan Magee	9,448	24.9	New
Majority			4,516	11.9	−2.1
Turnout			37,940	65.7	−3.7
Registered electors			57,770
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

General election 1987: Leyton^[19][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	16,536	41.21	−2.29
	Liberal	Simon Banks	11,895	29.65	+4.75
	Conservative	David Gilmartin	11,692	29.14	−2.46
Majority			4,641	11.56	−0.32
Turnout			40,123	69.58	+3.91
Registered electors			57,662
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.52

Election in the 1990s

General election 1992: Leyton^[19][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	20,334	52.6	+11.4
	Conservative	Christine Smith	8,882	23.0	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Fryer	8,180	21.18	−8.47
	Liberal	Louis de Pinna	561	1.45	New
	Green	Khalid Pervez	412	1.07	New
	Natural Law	Richard Archer	256	0.66	New
Majority			11,452	29.64	+18.08
Turnout			38,625	67.44	−2.14
Registered electors			57,272
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.79

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London