Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Leyton and Wanstead


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1997
MP = Harry Cohen
Party = Labour
EP = London

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Crossing the border of the Redbridge and Waltham Forest boroughs in north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The boundaries of the seat were last changed in 1995, bringing in some parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

Member of Parliament

* 1997 — "present": Harry Cohen

History

Harry Cohen has been MP for the Leyton area since 1983 and this seat from 1997, representing the Labour Party. With a Labour majority of more than 20% in the 2005 general election, Leyton and Wanstead is one of the safer Labour seats.

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Cohen
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Farooq Qureshi
votes =
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Cohen
votes = 15,234
percentage = 45.8
change = −12.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Meher Khan
votes = 8,377
percentage = 25.2
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julien Foster
votes = 7,393
percentage = 22.2
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ashley Gunstock
votes = 1,522
percentage = 4.6
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Nick Jones
votes = 591
percentage = 1.8
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Marc Robertson
votes = 155
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,857
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 33,272
percentage = 55.0
change = +0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −10.7

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead
id=371Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Cohen
votes = 19,558
percentage = 58.0
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E. G. Heckels
votes = 6,654
percentage = 19.7
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = A. I. M. C. Wilcock
votes = 5,389
percentage = 16.0
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ashley Gunstock
votes = 1,030
percentage = 3.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = S. A. Labern
votes = 709
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = M. J. Skaife D'Ingerthorp
votes = 378
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 12,904
percentage = 38.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 33,718
percentage = 54.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Cohen
votes = 23,922
percentage = 60.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Vaudry
votes = 8,736
percentage = 22.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Anglin
votes = 5,920
percentage = 15.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Sean Duffy
votes = 488
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Abdul Mian
votes = 256
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 15,186
percentage = 38.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 39,322
percentage = 63.2
change =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/371.stm BBC constituency profile]