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*[http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/65.html#leyton British Parliamentary by-elections: Leyton] |
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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
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1965 | Ronald Buxton | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1966 | Patrick Gordon Walker | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1974 | Bryan Magee | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Harry Cohen | Labour |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Leyton and Wanstead |
Election results
1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |