Leyton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Walthamstow
Replaced by	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

Leyton East in Essex 1918-1950

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

Elections

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Cecil Malone	4,319	35.7
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	4,119	34.0
	Labour	William Carter	3,668	30.3
Majority			200	1.7
Turnout			12,106	45.3
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	7,866	38.6	+4.6
	Labour	William Carter	6,300	30.9	+0.6
	National Liberal	Walter Gibbons	4,568	22.4	New
	Liberal	Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe	1,650	8.1	−27.6
Majority			1,566	7.7	N/A
Turnout			20,384	72.2	+26.9
Registered electors			28,232
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+16.1

General election 1923: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald Church	7,944	39.5	+8.6
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	6,533	32.4	−6.2
	Liberal	Thomas Broad	5,669	28.1	+20.0
Majority			1,411	7.1	N/A
Turnout			20,146	69.1	−3.1
Registered electors			29,166
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.4

General election 1924: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	10,649	46.4	+14.0
	Labour	Archibald Church	9,087	39.7	+0.2
	Liberal	R.W. Puddicombe	3,174	13.9	−14.2
Majority			1,562	6.7	N/A
Turnout			22,190	77.6	+8.5
Registered electors			29,506
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+6.9

General election 1929: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fenner Brockway	11,111	42.9	+3.2
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	8,691	33.6	−12.8
	Liberal	Frank Wynne Davies	6,096	23.5	+9.6
Majority			2,420	9.3	N/A
Turnout			25,898	72.6	−5.0
Registered electors			35,680
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Mills	17,285	62.4	+28.8
	Ind. Labour Party	Fenner Brockway	10,433	37.6	New
Majority			6,852	24.8	N/A
Turnout			27,718	75.7	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Mills	10,836	46.1	−16.3
	Labour	Albert Bechervaise	10,507	44.7	New
	Liberal	Edwin Malindine	2,161	9.2	New
Majority			329	1.4	−23.4
Turnout			23,504	67.1	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Leyton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bechervaise	13,048	65.7	+21.0
	Conservative	Bernard Braine	6,802	34.3	−11.8
Majority			6,246	31.4	N/A
Turnout			19,850	68.2	+1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• 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)