Stratford West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stratford
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Stratford in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
County Essex
19181950
SeatsOne
Created from West Ham North
Replaced by West Ham North

Stratford (strictly the Stratford Division of West Ham) was a parliamentary constituency in the Borough of West Ham in the South-West of Essex (now East London), which 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.

Contents

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Leonard Lyle Coalition Conservative
1922 Thomas Groves Labour
1945 Henry Nicholls Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Nicholls 11,484 74.6 +11.5
Conservative Redvers Michael Prior 3,16220.516.4
Independent Thomas Groves 7494.9New
Majority 8,32254.1+27.9
Turnout 15,39560.9+3.8
Registered electors 25,295
Labour hold Swing +14.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 14,427 63.1 +12.7
Conservative F.H.G.H. Goodhart8,45236.912.7
Majority 5,97526.2+25.4
Turnout 22,87957.17.5
Registered electors 40,042
Labour hold Swing +12.7
General election 1931: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 13,925 50.4 8.2
Conservative C.G. Wodehouse-Temple13,72249.6+21.4
Majority 2030.829.6
Turnout 27,64764.61.4
Registered electors 42,815
Labour hold Swing 14.8

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 16,665 58.6 +2.6
Unionist Henry Procter 8,01828.215.8
Liberal Albert Charles Crane3,77913.3New
Majority 8,64730.4+18.4
Turnout 28,46266.03.0
Registered electors 43,134
Labour hold Swing +9.2
General election 1924: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 13,264 56.0 +0.9
Unionist Harold Balfour 10,41444.0+17.8
Majority 2,85012.016.9
Turnout 23,67869.0+7.2
Registered electors 34,293
Labour hold Swing 8.5
General election 1923: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 11,466 55.1 +8.3
Unionist Victor Fisher 5,44326.214.3
Liberal William Crow3,88818.7+6.0
Majority 6,02328.9+22.6
Turnout 20,79761.83.1
Registered electors 33,664
Labour hold Swing +11.3
General election 1922: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Groves 10,017 46.8 New
Unionist Leonard Lyle 8,64140.523.3
Liberal Alfred Scott 2,70412.723.5
Majority 1,3766.3N/A
Turnout 21,36264.9+22.6
Registered electors 32,930
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stratford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Leonard Lyle 8,49863.8
Liberal Charles Masterman 4,82136.2
Majority 3,67727.6
Turnout 13,31942.3
Registered electors 31,458
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  274. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.