Leyton (ward) explained

Leyton
Constituency Type:electoral ward
Parl Name:Waltham Forest London Borough Council
District Label:Borough
District:Waltham Forest
Region:Greater London
Region Label:County
Year:1965
Members Label:Councillors
Population:13,114 (2021)
Blank1 Name:GSS code
Blank1 Info: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]

Waltham Forest council elections

1964 election

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=46 2006 Leyton results on Waltham Forest council website
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7006231.stm BBC News
  3. http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2046574.mostviewed.leyton_byelection_live_lib_dems_regain_seat_more_reaction.php By-election Result
  4. Web site: Local Election 2022: Results . Welcome to Waltham Forest . London Borough of Waltham Forest . 31 May 2022.