# Leyton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton West 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.

## History

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

## Boundaries

The Urban District of Leyton wards of Central, Forest, Lea Bridge, and Leyton.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Harry Wrightson | Unionist |
| | 1919 | Alfred Newbould | Liberal |
| | 1922 | James Cassels | Unionist |
| | 1929 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour |
| | 1931 | Sir Wilfrid Sugden | Conservative |
| | 1935 | Reginald Sorensen | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished: see Leyton | constituency abolished: see Leyton |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Harry Wrightson | 10,956 | 67.4 | |
| | Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 5,288 | 32.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,668 | 34.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,244 | 49.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,567 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
1919 Leyton West by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 7,934 | 57.3 | +24.7 |
| C | Unionist | James Francis Mason | 5,915 | 42.7 | −24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,019 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,849 | 42.5 | −7.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,567 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +24.7 | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Cassels | 11,157 | 46.8 | −20.6 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 7,021 | 29.4 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Alfred Smith | 5,673 | 23.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,136 | 17.4 | −17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,851 | 69.0 | +19.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,549 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −8.7 | |
General election 1923: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Cassels | 8,349 | 34.5 | −12.3 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 8,285 | 34.3 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Alfred Smith | 7,536 | 31.2 | +7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 0.2 | −17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,170 | 68.0 | −1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,540 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −8.6 | |
General election 1924: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | James Cassels | 13,212 | 46.7 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | Alfred Smith | 9,809 | 34.7 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Newbould | 5,252 | 18.6 | −15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,403 | 12.0 | +11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,273 | 78.6 | +10.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,958 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
General election 1929: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 14,339 | 42.1 | +7.4 |
| | Unionist | James Cassels | 12,186 | 35.8 | −10.9 |
| | Liberal | James Johnston | 7,526 | 22.1 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,153 | 6.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,051 | 74.8 | −3.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 45,507 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wilfrid Sugden | 23,048 | 63.7 | +27.9 |
| | Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 13,138 | 36.3 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,910 | 27.4 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,086 | 75.0 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 16,408 | 50.2 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Wilfrid Sugden | 16,280 | 49.8 | −13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,688 | 68.0 | −7.0 |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
* Labour: Reginald Sorensen
* Conservative: Eric Hall
General election 1945: Leyton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 17,236 | 58.5 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Felix David Rose | 8,507 | 28.9 | −20.9 |
| | Liberal | Bernard Guyster | 3,708 | 12.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,729 | 29.6 | +29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,451 | 72.7 | +4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |