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Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950

Field	Value
name	Leyton East
type	Borough
parliament	uk
year	1918
abolished	1950
elects_howmany	one
previous	Walthamstow
next	Leyton

|}} 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

The Urban District of Leyton wards of Cann Hall, Grove Green, Harrow Green, Leytonstone, and Wanstead Slip.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1918	Cecil Malone
	1919	British Socialist
Communist Party of Great Britain}}"		1920	Communist
Unionist Party (UK)}}"		1922	Ernest Edward Alexander
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1923	Archibald Church
Unionist Party (UK)}}"		1924	Ernest Edward Alexander
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1929	Fenner Brockway
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1931	Sir Frederick Mills
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1945	Albert Bechervaise
1950	constituency abolished: see Leyton

Elections

Election in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 28,232 |reg. electors = 29,166 |reg. electors = 29,506 |reg. electors = 35,680

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

References

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

Wikipedia Source

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