Leyton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Leyton
Created from	Walthamstow

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.

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

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

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;

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