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*[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]
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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

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
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

Leyton by-election, 1965
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

References