Leyton West (UK Parliament constituency)
Leyton West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Walthamstow |
Replaced by | Leyton |
Leyton West 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.
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/LeytonWest.png/200px-LeytonWest.png)
The Urban District of Leyton wards of Central, Forest, Lea Bridge, and Leyton.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Harry Wrightson | Unionist | |
1919 | Alfred Newbould | Liberal | |
1922 | James Cassels | Unionist | |
1929 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Wilfrid Sugden | Conservative | |
1935 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Leyton |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Harry Wrightson | 10,956 | 67.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 5,288 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 5,668 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 16,244 | 49.9 | |||
Registered electors | 32,567 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 7,934 | 57.3 | +24.7 | |
C | Unionist | James Francis Mason | 5,915 | 42.7 | −24.7 |
Majority | 2,019 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,849 | 42.5 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 32,567 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +24.7 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Cassels | 11,157 | 46.8 | −20.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 7,021 | 29.4 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Alfred Smith | 5,673 | 23.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,136 | 17.4 | −17.4 | ||
Turnout | 23,851 | 69.0 | +19.1 | ||
Registered electors | 34,549 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Cassels | 8,349 | 34.5 | −12.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 8,285 | 34.3 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Alfred Smith | 7,536 | 31.2 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 64 | 0.2 | −17.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,170 | 68.0 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 35,540 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Cassels | 13,212 | 46.7 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Alfred Smith | 9,809 | 34.7 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 5,252 | 18.6 | −15.7 | |
Majority | 3,403 | 12.0 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,273 | 78.6 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,958 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 14,339 | 42.1 | +7.4 | |
Unionist | James Cassels | 12,186 | 35.8 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | James Johnston | 7,526 | 22.1 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 2,153 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,051 | 74.8 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 45,507 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfrid Sugden | 23,048 | 63.7 | +27.9 | |
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 13,138 | 36.3 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 9,910 | 27.4 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 36,086 | 75.0 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 16,408 | 50.2 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Wilfrid Sugden | 16,280 | 49.8 | −13.9 | |
Majority | 128 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,688 | 68.0 | −7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Reginald Sorensen[7]
- Conservative: Eric Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 17,236 | 58.5 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Trevor Felix David Rose | 8,507 | 28.9 | −20.9 | |
Liberal | Bernard Guyster | 3,708 | 12.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,729 | 29.6 | +29.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,451 | 72.7 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)