Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leyton Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour | |
| 1965 | Ronald Buxton | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Patrick Gordon Walker | Labour | |
| 1974 | Bryan Magee | Labour | |
| 1983 | Harry Cohen | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Leyton and Wanstead | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] 1960s
| Leyton by-election, 1965 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
