Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181950
Number of members one
Replaced by Leyton
Created from Walthamstow

Leyton East was a parliamentary constituency in the Municipal Borough of Leyton, then part of Essex but now in Greater 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.

Boundaries

Leyton East in Essex 1918-1950

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Cecil L'Estrange Malone Liberal
1919 British Socialist
1920 Communist
1922 Ernest Edward Alexander Unionist
1923 Archibald George Church Labour
1924 Ernest Edward Alexander Unionist
1929 Fenner Brockway Labour
1931 Sir Frederick Mills Conservative
1945 Albert Eric Bechervaise Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Leyton

Elections

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Leyton East [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Archibald George Church 7,944 39.5 +8.6
Unionist Ernest Edward Alexander 6,533 32.4
Liberal Thomas Tucker Broad 5,669 28.1
Majority 1,411 7.1
Turnout 69.1 -3.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1929: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Archibald Fenner Brockway 11,111 42.9
Unionist Ernest Edward Alexander 8,691 33.6
Liberal Frank Wynne Davies 6,096 23.5
Majority 2,420 9.3
Turnout 72.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick Mills 17,285 62.4
Ind. Labour Party Archibald Fenner Brockway 10,433 37.6
Majority 6,852 24.8
Turnout 75.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick Mills 10,836 46.1
Labour Albert Eric Bechervaise 10,507 44.7
Liberal Edwin Thomas Malindine 2,161 9.2
Majority 329 1.4
Turnout 67.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Leyton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Albert Eric Bechervaise 13,048 65.7
Conservative Bernard Richard Braine 6,802 34.3
Majority 6,246 31.5
Turnout 68.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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