| Leyton | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Waltham Forest London Borough Council | |
| Borough | Waltham Forest |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 13,114 (2021)[a] |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 1965 |
| GSS code | E05013896 |
Leyton ward is one of the electoral wards of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, situated in London, England. The ward is the known district of Leyton and is part of the parliamentary constituency of Leyton and Wanstead and the London Assembly constituency of North East. Leyton ward returns three borough councillors.
Landmarks
Prominent landmarks are Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road ground and New Spitalfields Market.
Councillors
In the council elections of 2006, the ward returned three councillors, two Liberal Democrats and one Labour in the third position.[1] In 2002, Leyton had returned three Liberal Democrats with large majorities. In the 2006 election, the Labour candidate, Miranda Grell made spurious and potentially libellous allegations about her opponent, the gay Liberal Democrat candidate Barry Smith. While Smith's Liberal Democrat running mates were elected, he was not, and Grell was elected to the third position. Grell was found guilty of making false statements to aid her campaign, in which she accused him of being a paedophile in her canvassing with local residents.
Presiding Judge Woolard said he did not accept her conspiracy theory, as "on two occasions in making statements that were untrue and damaging to one of your fellow candidates", and found her guilty of falsely slurring her opponent.[2]
The by-election for Leyton ward on 14 February 2008 was won by Liberal Democrat Winnie Smith.[3]
The councillors elected in the 2022 election were:[4]
- Rhiannon Eglin (Labour)
- Whitney Ihenachor (Labour)
- Terry Wheeler (Labour)
Waltham Forest council elections
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rhiannon Eglin | 1,610 | 71.9 | ||
| Labour | Whitney Ihenachor | 1,478 | 66.0 | ||
| Labour | Terry Wheeler | 1,291 | 57.7 | ||
| Green | Rob Gardner | 511 | 22.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Shaukat Ali | 456 | 20.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Meera Chadha | 390 | 17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevo Stone | 313 | 14.0 | ||
| Conservative | Lauren Maske | 217 | 9.7 | ||
| Conservative | Eliz Karamehmet | 209 | 9.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ehsanullah Mohammed | 170 | 7.6 | ||
| TUSC | Martin Reynolds | 71 | 3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 25.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
2018 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jacob Stewart Edwards | 2,122 | 57.4 | ||
| Labour | Whitney Ihenachor | 2,114 | 57.2 | ||
| Labour | Simon John Miller | 1,943 | 52.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Sullivan | 1,253 | 33.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Bird | 1,167 | 31.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Farooq Qureshi | 1,162 | 31.4 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Branagan | 192 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative | Rommel Moseley | 190 | 5.1 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Caplan | 176 | 4.8 | ||
| Duma Polska | Bogusława Anna Danielewicz | 96 | 2.6 | ||
| TUSC | Cédric Henri Dany Gérôme | 85 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 36.18% | ||||
| Majority | 690 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
2010 election
2006 election
2002 election
1998 election
1994 election
1990 election
1986 election
1982 election
1978 election
1974 election
1971 election
1968 election
1964 election
Notes
- ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
References
- ^ 2006 Leyton results on Waltham Forest council website
- ^ BBC News
- ^ By-election Result Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Local Election 2022: Results". Welcome to Waltham Forest. London Borough of Waltham Forest. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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