Leyton (ward)

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
Leyton (3)
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
Leyton (3)
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

References
  1. 2006 Leyton results on Waltham Forest council website
  2. BBC News
  3. By-election Result Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Local Election 2022: Results". Welcome to Waltham Forest. London Borough of Waltham Forest. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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