Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

Leyton and Wanstead
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,330 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Calvin Bailey (Labour Party)
Seats	One
Created from	Leyton, Wanstead & Woodford

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Calvin Bailey of the Labour Party.

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. At the time of the 2015 result, the seat was the 46th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

Constituency profile

This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton 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.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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.

1997–2024: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Snaresbrook and Wanstead; and the London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Leyton, and Leytonstone.

2024–present: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of South Woodford, Wanstead Park, and Wanstead Village; and the London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Hoe Street (part), Leyton (part), and Leytonstone.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1997	Harry Cohen	Labour
2010	John Cryer
2024	Calvin Bailey

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Calvin Bailey	20,755	47.5	−15.6
	Green	Charlotte Lafferty	6,791	15.5	+11.7
	Conservative	Gloria Croxall	4,846	11.1	−8.8
	Independent	Shanell Johnson	4,173	9.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Copeland	2,815	6.4	−4.3
	Reform UK	David Sandground	2,475	5.7	+4.0
	Workers Party	Mahtab Anwar Aziz	1,633	3.7	N/A
	Rejoin EU	Simon Bezer	244	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,964	32.0	−16.7
Turnout			43,732	59.6	–8.9
Registered electors			73,366
	Labour hold		Swing	−13.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	30,823	63.1
	Conservative	9,702	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	5,209	10.7
	Green	1,868	3.8
	Brexit Party	836	1.7
	Others	427	0.9

Turnout		48,865	68.5
Electorate		71,330

General election 2019: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cryer	28,836	64.7	–5.1
	Conservative	Noshaba Khiljee	8,028	18.0	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Sims	4,666	10.5	+4.1
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	1,805	4.1	+1.2
	Brexit Party	Zulf Jannaty	785	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Henry Scott	427	1.0	N/A
Majority			20,808	46.7	–2.3
Turnout			44,547	68.7	–2.2
Registered electors			64,852
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.2

General election 2017: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cryer	32,234	69.8	+11.2
	Conservative	Laura Farris	9,627	20.8	–1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Sims	2,961	6.4	+0.7
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	1,351	2.9	–4.4
Majority			22,607	49.0	+12.4
Turnout			46,173	70.9	+7.9
Registered electors			65,149
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

General election 2015: Leyton and Wanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cryer	23,858	58.6	+15.0
	Conservative	Matthew Scott	8,939	22.0	–0.2
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	2,974	7.3	+5.9
	UKIP	Rosamund Beattie	2,341	5.8	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Quilliam	2,304	5.7	–21.9
	Independent	Mahtab Aziz	289	0.7	N/A
Majority			14,919	36.6	+20.6
Turnout			40,705	63.0	–0.2
Registered electors			64,580
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

General election 2010: Leyton and Wanstead
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	N/A
	Christian	Sonika Bhatti	342	0.9	N/A
	Independents Federation UK	Martin Levin	80	0.2	N/A
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
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	−17.7
Turnout			33,272	55.0	+0.2
Registered electors			60,444
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.7

General election 2001: Leyton and Wanstead
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. D'Ingurthorpe	378	1.1	N/A
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
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)

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.
Previously MP for Hornchurch (1997 to 2005).

References

"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
"Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
"Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
"2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
"New Seat Details – Leyton and Wanstead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
"STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Waltham Forest. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
"Leyton and Wanstead - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
https://walthamforest.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Leyton%20%26%20Wanstead%20-%20SOPN%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf
"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.
"Leyton & Wanstead parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
"Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
"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.
"General Election 2019 candidates".
"Rosamund Beattie". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
"Carl Quilliam PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"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

Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
BBC constituency profile
Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Leyton and Wanstead UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

v t e Constituencies in London (75)
Labour (57)	Barking Battersea Beckenham and Penge Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent West Brentford and Isleworth Chelsea and Fulham Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Clapham and Brixton Hill Croydon East Croydon West Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Eltham and Chislehurst Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Chiswick Hampstead and Highgate Harrow West Hendon Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Friern Barnet Ilford North Ilford South Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Bayswater Lewisham East Lewisham North Lewisham West and East Dulwich Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Peckham Putney Queen's Park and Maida Vale Southgate and Wood Green Stratford and Bow Streatham and Croydon North Tooting Tottenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Walthamstow West Ham and Beckton
Conservative (9)	Bromley and Biggin Hill Chingford and Woodford Green Croydon South Harrow East Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Liberal Democrats (6)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Wimbledon
Independent (3)	Hayes and Harlington Islington North Poplar and Limehouse

v t e Historic constituencies in London
1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon
2010	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent Central Brent North Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Kilburn Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St. Pancras Hornchurch and Upminster Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Limehouse Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North Wimbledon

Historic constituencies in London

1997

2010

v t e London Borough of Redbridge
Districts	Aldersbrook Chadwell Heath Barkingside (Clayhall, Fairlop, Fullwell Cross, Gants Hill and Hainault) Ilford (including Aldborough Hatch, Cranbrook, Gants Hill, Goodmayes, Little Heath, Loxford, Newbury Park, Redbridge and Seven Kings) Snaresbrook Wanstead Woodford (including South Woodford, Woodford Bridge, Woodford Green and Woodford Wells)
Attractions	Epping Forest Kenneth More Theatre Redbridge Museum (currently closed) Valentines Mansion
Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Ilford North Ilford South Leyton and Wanstead (part)
Parks and open spaces	Clayhall Park Hainault Forest Country Park Hainault Lodge Fairlop Waters Goodmayes Park Roding Valley Park Seven Kings Park South Park Valentines Park Wanstead Flats Wanstead Park
Tube and rail stations	Barkingside Chadwell Heath Fairlop Gants Hill Goodmayes Grange Hill Hainault Ilford Newbury Park Redbridge Roding Valley Seven Kings Snaresbrook South Woodford Wanstead Woodford
History	Embassy Cinema Wanstead Hall Wanstead House Wanstead Manor
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools
Category Commons

v t e London Borough of Waltham Forest
Districts	Cann Hall Chingford (including Chingford Green, Chingford Hatch, Chingford Mount and South Chingford, Friday Hill) Highams Park (including Hale End) Leyton (including Bakers Arms and Lea Bridge) Leytonstone (including Whipps Cross) Temple Mills Walthamstow (including Walthamstow Village and Upper Walthamstow) Woodford (Woodford Green)
Attractions	Brisbane Road football stadium Epping Forest Lee Valley Riding Centre Lee Valley Ice Centre New Spitalfields Market Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Vestry House Museum Waltham Forest Theatre Walthamstow Pump House Museum Walthamstow Stadium William Morris Gallery
Street markets	Walthamstow Market
Parks and open spaces	Larkswood Playing Fields Lee Valley Park WaterWorks Nature Reserve Walthamstow Marshes
Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Leyton and Wanstead (part) Walthamstow
Tube and rail stations	Blackhorse Road Chingford Highams Park Lea Bridge Leyton Leyton Midland Road Leytonstone Leytonstone High Road St James Street Walthamstow Central Walthamstow Queen's Road Wood Street
Other topics	Council Listed buildings Grade II* Grade II People Public art Schools
Category Commons