Borough constituency
| Leyton and Wanstead Borough constituency |
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| Leyton and Wanstead shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Harry Cohen |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Crossing the border of the Redbridge and Waltham Forest boroughs in north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The boundaries of the seat were last changed in 1995, bringing in some parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.
Harry Cohen has been MP for the Leyton area since 1983 and this seat from 1997, representing the Labour Party. With a Labour majority of more than 20% in the 2005 general election, Leyton and Wanstead is one of the safer Labour seats.
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harry Cohen | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Farooq Qureshi | ||||
| General Election 2005: Leyton and Wanstead | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harry Cohen | 15,234 | 45.8 | −12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harry Cohen | 19,558 | 58.0 | -2.8 | |
| Conservative | E. G. Heckels | 6,654 | 19.7 | -2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | A. I. M. C. Wilcock | 5,389 | 16.0 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Ashley Gunstock | 1,030 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | S. A. Labern | 709 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | M. J. Skaife D'Ingerthorp | 378 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,904 | 38.3 | |||
| Turnout | 33,718 | 54.8 | |||
| General Election 1997: Leyton and Wanstead | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harry Cohen | 23,922 | 60.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Vaudry | 8,736 | 22.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Charles Anglin | 5,920 | 15.1 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | Sean Duffy | 488 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Abdul Mian | 256 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,186 | 38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39,322 | 63.2 | |||