Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton and Wanstead
Leyton and Wanstead
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Leyton and Wanstead in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	63,021 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	John Cryer (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Leyton, Wanstead & Woodford

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Cryer of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Straddling the boundary of the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

The seat has electoral wards:

Snaresbrook;^{[n 3]} and Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge:
Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Leyton; and Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

Constituency profile

This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton^[2] with the more affluent, resilient Wanstead area. It is an ethnically diverse area with the biggest minority groups Pakistani British and Caribbean British, however has fewer ethnic minority constituents than in the London Borough of Newham.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Harry Cohen	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	John Cryer	Labour

History

The seat has been Labour since its creation in 1997 - the historical results of its wards present one of the Labour Party's safest seats. Harry Cohen was MP for the Leyton area from 1983 and this seat from 1997. Cohen retired in 2010 when the seat was won by John Cryer.^{[n 4]}

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leyton and Wanstead^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cryer	23,858	58.6	+15.0
	Conservative	Matthew Scott	8,939	22.0	−0.3
	Green	Ashley Gunstock^[7]	2,974	7.3	+5.9
	UKIP	Rosamund Beattie^[8]	2,341	5.8	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Quilliam^[9]	2,304	5.7	−22.0
	Independent	Mahtab Aziz	289	0.7	N/A
Majority			14,919	36.7	+20.7
Turnout			40,705	63.0	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

General Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead^[10]^[11]
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	+1.4
	Christian	Sonika Bhatti	342	0.9	+0.9
	Independents Federation UK	Martin Levin	80	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,416	16.0	−4.6
Turnout			40,159	63.2	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead^[12]
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	N/A
Majority			6,857	20.6
Turnout			33,272	55.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.7

General Election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead^[13]
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	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Sally A. Labern	709	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	Michael J. Skaife D'Ingurthorpe	378	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,904	38.3
Turnout			33,718	54.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leyton and Wanstead^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cohen	23,922	60.8	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Vaudry	8,736	22.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Anglin	5,920	15.1	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Sean Duffy	488	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Mian	256	0.7	N/A
Majority			15,186	38.6	N/A
Turnout			39,322	63.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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.
^ Excluding one polling district of this ward which is in the Ilford North seat
^ Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ 2001 Census
^ 2011 census interactive maps
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Leyton and Wanstead". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ http://www.wfrgreenparty.org.uk/candidates.html
^ http://www.rosamundbeattie.org/
^ "Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

BBC constituency profile

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[4] Excluding one polling district of this ward which is in the Ilford North seat

[8] Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[5] 2001 Census

[6] 2011 census interactive maps

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus2015-9] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[10] "Leyton and Wanstead". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[11] ttp://www.wfrgreenparty.org.uk/candidates.html

[12] ttp://www.rosamundbeattie.org/

[13] "Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[BBC-eln2010-15] "Election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[electoralcalculus2005-16] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-17] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-18] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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