East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Ham South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950. EastHamSouth1918.png
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950.
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950
County 1918–1965: Essex
1965–1974: Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Newham North East and Newham South
Created from Romford

East Ham South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the East Ham district of London, which was in Essex until 1965. 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 voting system.

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History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The seat was established in 1918, as a division of the County Borough of East Ham in the south western part of the historic county of Essex. It comprised the Beckton and North Woolwich, Central East and Central West wards.

By the time of the next major redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect in 1950, East Ham had been re-warded. The constituency then comprised Castle, Central, Greatfield, South and Wall End wards.

In 1965 East Ham was joined with other districts to form the London Borough of Newham in Greater London. It is part of east London.

In the 1974 redistribution the constituency was abolished and its area included in the new Newham North East seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Clement Edwards Coalition National Democratic
1922 Alfred Barnes Labour
1931 Malcolm Campbell-Johnston Conservative
1935 Alfred Barnes Labour Co-operative
1955 Albert Oram Labour Co-operative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Clement Edwards Clement Edwards MP.jpg
Clement Edwards
General election 1918: East Ham South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C National Democratic Clement Edwards 7,97242.8
Unionist Robert Frederick Frank Hamlett5,66130.3
Labour Arthur Henderson 5,02426.9
Majority2,31112.5
Turnout 18,65757.5
National Democratic win
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Smallwood 1922 Edward Smallwood.jpg
Smallwood
General election 1922: East Ham South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 10,566 48.1 +21.2
Liberal Edward Smallwood 6,56730.0New
National Liberal Clement Edwards 4,79321.9New
Majority3,99918.1N/A
Turnout 21,92666.3+8.8
Registered electors 33,070
Labour gain from National Democratic Swing +21.1
General election 1923: East Ham South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 11,402 49.2 +1.1
Liberal Edward Smallwood 8,77237.8+7.8
Unionist Herbert Joseph Ward3,01113.0New
Majority2,63011.4−6.7
Turnout 23,18568.5+2.2
Registered electors 33,837
Labour hold Swing −3.4
General election 1924: East Ham South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 13,644 51.9 +2.7
Liberal Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney12,65648.1+10.3
Majority9883.8−7.6
Turnout 26,30075.9+7.4
Registered electors 34,651
Labour hold Swing −3.8
General election 1929: East Ham South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 18,956 54.3 +2.4
Unionist Hubert Duggan 8,85425.4New
Liberal Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney7,08520.3−27.8
Majority10,10228.9+25.1
Turnout 34,89573.8−2.1
Registered electors 47,261
Labour hold Swing +15.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: East Ham South [6] Electorate 48,431
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 18,300 53.8 +28.4
Labour Alfred Barnes 15,73746.2-8.1
Majority2,5637.6N/A
Turnout 34,03770.3-3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18.2
General election 1935: East Ham South [7] Electorate 47,950
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 18,949 59.3 +13.1
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 12,99340.7-13.1
Majority5,95618.6New
Turnout 31,94266.6-3.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.1

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: East Ham South [8] Electorate 37,037
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 19,168 74.0 +14.7
Conservative MG Munthe6,73426.0-14.7
Majority12,43448.0+29.4
Turnout 25,90269.9+3.3
Labour hold Swing +14.7

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: East Ham South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 23,002 62.1 -11.9
Conservative C. E. Jordan10,95629.6+3.6
Liberal Cecil Arthur Borrott2,4246.5New
Communist E. C. W. Thomas4011.1New
Socialist (GB) Harry Young 2560.7New
Majority12,04632.5-15.5
Turnout 37,03984.4+14.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: East Ham South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Barnes 23,704 64.9 +2.8
Conservative John Barter 12,81335.1+5.5
Majority10,89129.8-2.7
Turnout 36,51782.5-1.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: East Ham South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Oram 19,808 64.1 -0.8
Conservative Anthony J Pickford11,10935.9+0.8
Majority8,69928.2-1.6
Turnout 30,91773.1-9.4
Labour hold Swing -0.8
General election 1959: East Ham South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Oram 18,230 61.5 -2.6
Conservative Reginald J Watts11,42238.5+2.6
Majority6,80823.0-5.2
Turnout 29,65274.6+1.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: East Ham South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Oram 17,069 66.0 +4.5
Conservative Reginald J Watts8,79734.0-4.5
Majority8,27232.0+9.0
Turnout 25,86667.9-6.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: East Ham South [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Oram 17,543 69.9 +3.9
Conservative Ivor Stanbrook 7,54030.1-3.9
Majority10,00339.8+7.8
Turnout 25,08365.7-2.2
Labour hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: East Ham South [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Oram 13,638 61.9 -8.0
Conservative Christopher Jackson 8,40238.1+8.0
Majority5,23623.8-16.0
Turnout 22,04055.1-10.6
Labour hold Swing -8.0

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References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  12. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  13. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  14. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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