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East Ham South
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950.
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950.
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950
County1918–1965: Essex
1965–1974: Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created fromRomford
Replaced byNewham North East and Newham South

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.

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

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | 1918 Allen Clement Edwards Coalition National Democratic
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1922 Alfred John Barnes Labour Co-operative
1923
1924
1929
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Malcolm Campbell-Johnston Conservative
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1935 Alfred John Barnes Labour Co-operative
1945
1950
1951
rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1955 Albert Edward Oram Labour Co-operative
1959
1964
1966
1970
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Clement Edwards
General Election 1918: East Ham South[1] Electorate 32,472
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic 7,972 42.8 n/a
Unionist Robert Frederick Frank Hamlett 5,661 30.3 n/a
Labour Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson 5,024 26.9 n/a
Majority 2,311 12.5 n/a
Turnout 57.5 n/a
National Democratic win
  • endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Edward Smallwood
General Election 1922: East Ham South[2] Electorate 33,070
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 10,566 48.1 +21.2
Liberal Edward Smallwood 6,567 30.0 n/a
National Liberal Allen Clement Edwards 4,793 21.9 −20.9
Majority 3,999 18.1
Turnout 66.3
Labour gain from National Democratic Swing n/a
General Election 1923: East Ham South[3] Electorate 33,837
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 11,402 49.2 +1.1
Liberal Edward Smallwood 8,772 37.8 +7.8
Unionist Herbert Joseph Ward 3,011 13.0 n/a
Majority 2,630 11.4
Turnout 68.5
Labour hold Swing -3.4
General Election 1924: East Ham South[4] Electorate 34,651
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 13,644 51.9 +2.7
Liberal Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney 12,656 48.1 +10.3
Majority 988 3.8 −7.6
Turnout 75.9
Labour hold Swing -3.8
General Election 1929: East Ham South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 18,956 54.3 +2.4
Unionist Hubert John Duggan 8,854 25.4 n/a
Liberal Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney 7,085 20.3 −27.8
Majority 10,102 28.9
Turnout 73.8
Labour hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: East Ham South[6] Electorate 48,431
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 18,300 53.8 +28.4
Labour Alfred John Barnes 15737 46.2 −8.1
Majority 2,563 7.6
Turnout 70.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18.2
General Election 1935: East Ham South[7] Electorate 47,950
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 18,949 59.3 +13.1
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 12,993 40.7 −13.1
Majority 5,956 18.6 26.2
Turnout 66.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: East Ham South[8] Electorate 37,037
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred John Barnes 19,168 74.0 +14.7
Conservative MG Munthe 6,734 26.0 −14.7
Majority 12,434 48.0 +29.4
Turnout 69.9
Labour hold Swing +14.7

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: East Ham South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rt Hon. Alfred John Barnes 23,002 62.1
Conservative CE Jordan 10,956 29.6
Liberal Cecil Arthur Borrott 2,424 6.5
Communist ECW Thomas 401 1.1
Socialist (GB) Harry Young 256 0.7
Majority 12,046 32.5
Turnout 84.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: East Ham South[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rt Hon. Alfred John Barnes 23,704 64.9
Conservative John Wilfred Barter 12,813 35.1
Majority 10,891 29.8
Turnout 82.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: East Ham South[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Edward Oram 19,808 64.1 −0.8
Conservative Anthony J Pickford 11,109 35.9 +0.8
Majority 8,699 28.1 −1.6
Turnout 30,917 73.1 −9.4
Labour hold Swing -0.8
General Election 1959: East Ham South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Edward Oram 18,230 61.5
Conservative Reginald J Watts 11,422 38.5
Majority 6,808 23.0 −5.2
Turnout 29,652 74.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: East Ham South[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Edward Oram 17,069 66.0
Conservative Reginald J Watts 8,797 34.0
Majority 8,272 32.0
Turnout 25,866 67.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: East Ham South[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Edward Oram 17,543 69.9 +3.9
Conservative Ivor Robert Stanbrook 7,540 30.1 −3.9
Majority 10,003 39.8 +7.8
Turnout 25,083 65.7 −2.2
Labour hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: East Ham South[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Edward Oram 13,638 61.9 −8.0
Conservative Christopher Murray Jackson 8,402 38.1 +8.0
Majority 5,236 23.8 −16.0
Turnout 22,040 55.1
Labour hold Swing -8.0

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
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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