Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Leyton
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1997
members = one

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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

1960s

Election box begin
title=Leyton by-election, 1965
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Buxton
votes = 16,544
percentage = 42.9
change = +9.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Gordon-Walker
votes = 16,339
percentage = 42.4
change = −8.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Alistair H Mackay
votes = 5,382
percentage = 14.0
change = −2.2
Election box candidate
party = UK & Commonwealth Party
candidate = Jeremiah Lynch
votes = 157
percentage = 0.4
change = N/A
Election box candidate
party = Disarmament
candidate = George Delf
votes = 156
percentage = 0.4
change = N/A
Election box majority
votes = 205
percentage = 0.53
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 38,578
percentage = 57.7
change = −12.5
Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +8.7

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/65.html#leyton British Parliamentary by-elections: Leyton]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk UK General Elections since 1832]
*Rayment


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