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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
Election | Member | Party | |
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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
General election 1918: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
C | National Democratic and Labour Party | Clement Edwards | 7,972 | 42.8 | |
Unionist | Robert Frederick Frank Hamlett | 5,661 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 5,024 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 2,311 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,657 | 57.5 | |||
National Democratic and Labour Party win | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 10,566 | 48.1 | +21.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Smallwood | 6,567 | 30.0 | New | |
National Liberal | Clement Edwards | 4,793 | 21.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,999 | 18.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,926 | 66.3 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 33,070 | ||||
Labour Co-operative gain from National Democratic and Labour Party | Swing | +21.1 |
General election 1923: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 11,402 | 49.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Smallwood | 8,772 | 37.8 | +7.8 | |
Unionist | Herbert Joseph Ward | 3,011 | 13.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,630 | 11.4 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 23,185 | 68.5 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 33,837 | ||||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | −3.4 |
General election 1924: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred 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 | 26,300 | 75.9 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 34,651 | ||||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | −3.8 |
General election 1929: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 18,956 | 54.3 | +2.4 | |
Unionist | Hubert Duggan | 8,854 | 25.4 | New | |
Liberal | Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney | 7,085 | 20.3 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 10,102 | 28.9 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,895 | 73.8 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 47,261 | ||||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | +15.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: East Ham South
Electorate 48,431 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | 18,300 | 53.8 | +28.4 | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 15,737 | 46.2 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 2,563 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,037 | 70.3 | -3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-operative | Swing | +18.2 |
General election 1935: East Ham South
Electorate 47,950 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 18,949 | 59.3 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | 12,993 | 40.7 | -13.1 | |
Majority | 5,956 | 18.6 | New | ||
Turnout | 31,942 | 66.6 | -3.7 | ||
Labour Co-operative gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.1 |
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: East Ham South
Electorate 37,037 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 19,168 | 74.0 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | MG Munthe | 6,734 | 26.0 | -14.7 | |
Majority | 12,434 | 48.0 | +29.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,902 | 69.9 | +3.3 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | +14.7 |
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 23,002 | 62.1 | -11.9 | |
Conservative | C. E. Jordan | 10,956 | 29.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Cecil Arthur Borrott | 2,424 | 6.5 | New | |
Communist | E. C. W. Thomas | 401 | 1.1 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Harry Young | 256 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,046 | 32.5 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,039 | 84.4 | +14.5 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing |
General election 1951: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alfred Barnes | 23,704 | 64.9 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | John Barter | 12,813 | 35.1 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 10,891 | 29.8 | -2.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,517 | 82.5 | -1.9 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing |
General election 1955: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Oram | 19,808 | 64.1 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Anthony J Pickford | 11,109 | 35.9 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 8,699 | 28.2 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,917 | 73.1 | -9.4 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | -0.8 |
General election 1959: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Oram | 18,230 | 61.5 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Reginald J Watts | 11,422 | 38.5 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 6,808 | 23.0 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,652 | 74.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Oram | 17,069 | 66.0 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Reginald J Watts | 8,797 | 34.0 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 8,272 | 32.0 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,866 | 67.9 | -6.7 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing |
General election 1966: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Oram | 17,543 | 69.9 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Ivor Stanbrook | 7,540 | 30.1 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 10,003 | 39.8 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,083 | 65.7 | -2.2 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: East Ham South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Albert Oram | 13,638 | 61.9 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Jackson | 8,402 | 38.1 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 5,236 | 23.8 | -16.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,040 | 55.1 | -10.6 | ||
Labour Co-operative hold | Swing | -8.0 |