East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)
East Ham | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of East Ham in GreaterLondon | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 91,531 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Stephen Timms (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newham North East, Newham South |
East Ham is a constituency[n 1] in the London Borough of Newham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Stephen Timms of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
The seat was formed in 1997 when Newham North East was replaced by the seat and by part of Newham South.
East Ham's wards have long been Labour strongholds: Ron Leighton was MP for the old Newham North East from 1979 until his death in 1994, Stephen Timms has represented the seat since. The RESPECT Coalition stood a candidate once, hoping to benefit from opposition to the Iraq war in the 2005 general election which saw elsewhere their first MP, and took second place.[n 3] At the 2010 general election, Stephen Timms received the most individual votes of any MP (35,471) and largest majority (27,826) of any MP.
Constituency profile
Comprising the eastern part of the London Borough of Newham, East Ham is, as at 2010, the safest Labour seat in London and sixth safest in the country. Every component ward has only Labour councillors (resulting from local elections), and their general election candidates have achieved an absolute majority on all four elections against a wide assortment of political parties at each election.
The constituency has the largest proportion of non-white people in the UK; Greater London's highest proportion of British Asian, many of whom are Muslims live in the seat. In the London Borough of Newham 43.5% of people are British Asian in 2011.[n 4]
The constituency takes in several run-down, deprived, lower working class areas with low incomes and high unemployment that in 2000 ranked high in the Index of Multiple Deprivation[2] including Beckton, Silvertown and East Ham itself. London City Airport is in the seat, as are the former Royal Docks where modern luxury housing is springing up.
Around two thirds of constituents are non-white, and more than 40% of the population are immigrants to the UK.
Boundaries
1997-2010: The London Borough of Newham wards of Castle, Central, Greatfield, Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, Monega, St Stephen's, South, and Wall End.
2010–present: The London Borough of Newham wards of Beckton, Boleyn, East Ham Central, East Ham North, East Ham South, Green Street East, Little Ilford, Manor Park, Royal Docks, and Wall End.
The constituency covers the eastern half of Newham, including East Ham, Beckton, Little Ilford and Manor Park.
Based on the 2010 list of eligible electors compiled by local authorities, this seat has the second largest electorate of any in the UK, behind only the Isle of Wight. This will make the seat at an extreme of malapportionment - based on the figures compiled in 2010, it will have more than four times the electorate of the smallest constituency.[3]
Member of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Stephen Timms | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Timms | 40,563 | 77.6 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Samir Jassal | 6,311 | 12.1 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Daniel Oxley | 2,622 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Green | Tamsin Omond[6] | 1,299 | 2.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Thorpe | 856 | 1.6 | −10.0 | |
Communities United | Mohammed Aslam | 409 | 0.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Lois Austin [7] | 230 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 34,252 | 65.5 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,290 | 59.8 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Timms | 35,471 | 70.4 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Shea | 7,645 | 15.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Brice | 5,849 | 11.6 | +0.8 | |
English Democrat | Barry O'Connor | 822 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Green | Judy Maciejowska | 586 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 27,826 | 55.2 | +22 | ||
Turnout | 50,373 | 55.6 | +8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 |
This was the largest numerical majority of any seat in the 2010 general election.
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Timms | 21,326 | 53.9 | −19.2 | |
Respect | Abdul Khaliq Mian | 8,171 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Miss Sarah L. Macken | 5,196 | 13.1 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Ann M. Haigh | 4,296 | 10.9 | +3.9 | |
CPA | David J. Bamber | 580 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,155 | 33.2 | −23.2 | ||
Turnout | 39.569 | 50.7 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −20.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Timms | 27,241 | 73.1 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Peter John Campbell | 6,209 | 16.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Bridget C. Fox | 2,600 | 7.0 | +0.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Roderick Finlayson | 783 | 2.1 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Johinda Pandhal | 444 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,032 | 56.4 | |||
Turnout | 37,277 | 52.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Timms | 25,779 | 64.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Angela Bray | 6,421 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Imran Khan | 2,697 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike J. Sole | 2,599 | 6.5 | N/A | |
BNP | Colin Smith | 1,258 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Mrs. Joy E. McCann | 845 | 2.1 | N/A | |
National Democrats | Graham G. Hardy | 290 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,358 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,889 | 60.3 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ On a 19.95% swing (Lab-Res)
- ^ see 2011 census data release: Ethnicity
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/2015/01/meet-the-green-party-candidates-you-ll-want-to-be-bffs-with#.VNI6XmNVK1E
- ^ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated, Newham Council