Leyton and Wanstead
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Leyton and Wanstead in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate63,021 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentJohn Cryer (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromLeyton, Wanstead & Woodford

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Cryer of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

Map
Map of present boundaries

Uniting for general elections areas from the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead & Leytonstone. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the formerly safe Conservative Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

1997–2017: The following electoral wards:

2017–present: Following a review of ward boundaries which became effective in May 2017,[2] the parts in the London Borough of Redbridge comprised the Wanstead Village ward, most of the Wanstead Park ward and part of the South Woodford ward.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be expanded to include the whole of the Wanstead Park and South Woodford wards.[3]

History

The seat arose from the enacting of the recommendations of the fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies of the Boundary Commission for England to take account of demographic population change and seek to equalise electorates whilst in preference retaining the historic connections with the local authorities of the United Kingdom.

Political history

The constituency has consistently elected Labour Party MPs (Members of Parliament); the narrowest winning majority was 16%; the greatest, 49%, in 2017. Harry Cohen was MP for the Leyton area from 1983 and this seat from 1997. Cohen retired before the 2010 election, after which the seat was retained by John Cryer.[n 3] At the time of the 2015 result, the seat was the 46th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[4]

Constituency profile

This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton[5] with the more affluent, resilient Wanstead area. It is an ethnically diverse area, with the biggest minority groups being Pakistani British and Caribbean British, although it has fewer ethnic minority constituents than in the London Borough of Newham.[6]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[7] Party
1997 Harry Cohen Labour
2010 John Cryer

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Leyton and Wanstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Leyton and Wanstead[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cryer 28,836 64.7 Decrease5.1
Conservative Noshaba Khiljee 8,028 18.0 Decrease2.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims 4,666 10.5 Increase4.1
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,805 4.1 Increase1.2
Brexit Party Zulf Jannaty 785 1.7 New
Independent Henry Scott 427 1.0 New
Majority 20,808 46.7 Decrease2.3
Turnout 44,547 68.7 Decrease2.2
Registered electors 64,852
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.2
General election 2017: Leyton and Wanstead[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cryer 32,234 69.8 Increase11.2
Conservative Laura Farris 9,627 20.8 Decrease1.2
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims 2,961 6.4 Increase0.7
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,351 2.9 Decrease4.4
Majority 22,607 49.0 Increase12.4
Turnout 46,173 70.9 Increase7.9
Registered electors 65,149
Labour hold Swing Increase6.2
General election 2015: Leyton and Wanstead[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cryer 23,858 58.6 Increase15.0
Conservative Matthew Scott 8,939 22.0 Decrease0.2
Green Ashley Gunstock[14] 2,974 7.3 Increase5.9
UKIP Rosamund Beattie[15] 2,341 5.8 Increase3.1
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam[16] 2,304 5.7 Decrease21.9
Independent Mahtab Aziz 289 0.7 New
Majority 14,919 36.6 Increase20.6
Turnout 40,705 63.0 Decrease0.2
Registered electors 64,580
Labour hold Swing Increase7.6
General election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cryer 17,511 43.6 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Farooq Qureshi 11,095 27.6 +2.9
Conservative Ed Northover 8,928 22.2 -0.5
UKIP Graham Wood 1,080 2.7 +0.9
Green Ashley Gunstock 562 1.4 -3.0
BNP Jim Clift 561 1.4 New
Christian Sonika Bhatti 342 0.9 New
Independents Federation UK Martin Levin 80 0.2 New
Majority 6,416 16.0 -4.6
Turnout 40,159 63.2 +9.3
Registered electors 63,541
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Cohen 15,234 45.8 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Meher Khan 8,377 25.2 +9.2
Conservative Julien Foster 7,393 22.2 +2.5
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,522 4.6 +1.5
UKIP Nick Jones 591 1.8 +0.7
Independent Marc Robertson 155 0.5 New
Majority 6,857 20.6 -17.7
Turnout 33,272 55.0 +0.2
Registered electors 60,444
Labour hold Swing −10.7
General election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Cohen 19,558 58.0 −2.8
Conservative Edward G. Heckels 6,654 19.7 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Alexander I.M.C. Wilcock 5,389 16.0 +0.9
Green Ashley Gunstock 1,030 3.1 New
Socialist Alliance Sally A. Labern 709 2.1 New
UKIP Michael J. D'Ingurthorpe 378 1.1 New
Majority 12,904 38.3 -0.3
Turnout 33,718 54.8 -8.4
Registered electors 61,549
Labour hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Leyton and Wanstead[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Cohen 23,922 60.8
Conservative Robert Vaudry 8,736 22.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Anglin 5,920 15.1
ProLife Alliance Sean Duffy 488 1.2
Independent Abdul Mian 256 0.7
Majority 15,186 38.6
Turnout 39,322 63.2
Registered electors 62,176
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).

References

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ LGBCE. "Redbridge | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  8. ^ https://walthamforest.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Leyton%20%26%20Wanstead%20-%20SOPN%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf[dead link]
  9. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Leyton & Wanstead parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  11. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Leyton and Wanstead". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  14. ^ "General Election 2019 candidates".
  15. ^ "Rosamund Beattie". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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