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January 01, 1970
leyton, parliament, constituency, leyton, parliamentary, constituency, united, kingdom, centred, town, leyton, north, east, london, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, first, past, post, system, leytonformer, bor. 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 LeytonFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1950 1997SeatsoneCreated fromLeyton East and Leyton WestReplaced byLeyton and Wanstead Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1950s 4 2 Elections in the 1960s 4 3 Elections in the 1970s 4 4 Elections in the 1980s 4 5 Election in the 1990s 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory editThe 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 edit1950 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 editElection 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 WansteadElections editElections in the 1950s edit 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 edit 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 amp 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 79See also editList of parliamentary constituencies in LondonReferences editBritish Parliamentary by elections Leyton UK General Elections since 1832 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 2 Kimber Richard UK General Election results February 1950 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results October 1951 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1951 Kimber Richard UK General Election results May 1955 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955 Kimber Richard UK General Election results October 1959 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1959 Kimber Richard UK General Election results October 1964 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1964 1965 By Election Results Archived from the original on 11 October 2008 Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results March 1966 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1966 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1970 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970 a b c Leyton Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results February 1974 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results October 1974 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results May 1979 Political Science Resources Retrieved 24 March 2016 a b c Leyton June 1983 up to May 1997 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 4 April 2016 Retrieved 24 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results June 1983 Political Science 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