2017–2024: 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.
Following a local government boundary review in Waltham Forest which came into effect in May 2022,[4][5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
The London Borough of Redbridge wards of: South Woodford; Wanstead Park; Wanstead Village.
The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of: Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Hoe Street (small part); Leyton (most); Leytonstone.[6]
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.[7]
Constituency profile
This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton[8] 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.[9]
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^LGBCE. "Redbridge | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
^LGBCE. "Waltham Forest | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^"The London Borough of Waltham Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
^"New Seat Details - Leyton and Wanstead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 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.
^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.
^"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.
^"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 [7 April 2018]. 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