East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| East Ham Borough constituency |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| East Ham shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Stephen Timms |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
East Ham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Newham. It was formed in 1997 when Newham North East was merged with part of Newham South.
Contents |
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the eastern half of Newham, including East Ham, Beckton, Little Ilford and Manor Park.
[edit] History
East Ham is generally considered a safe Labour seat; Labour's 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 constituency has the largest proportion of non-white people in the UK; there is a significant Asian population, many of whom are Muslims. As a result the RESPECT Coalition targeted it for the 2005 election, hoping to benefit from opposition to the Iraq war, and taking second place.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1997 – present: Stephen Timms, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: East Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Timms | 21,326 | 53.9 | -19.2 | |
| Respect | Abdul Khaliq Mian | 8,171 | 20.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sarah Macken | 5,196 | 13.1 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 4,296 | 10.9 | +3.9 | |
| Christian Peoples | David Bamber | 580 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,155 | 33.2 | -23.2 | ||
| Turnout | 39.569 | 5,037 | -1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -19.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: East Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Timms | 27,241 | 73.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Campbell | 6,209 | 16.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bridget Fox | 2,600 | 7.0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Roderick Finlayson | 783 | 2.1 | ||
| UK Independence | Johinda Pandhal | 444 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 21,032 | 56.4 | |||
| Turnout | 52.3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: East Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Timms | 25,779 | 64.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Angela Bray | 6,421 | 16.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | I. Khan | 2,697 | 6.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Sole | 2,599 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| British National | C. Smith | 1,258 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | J. McCann | 845 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| National Democrats | G. Hardy | 290 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 19,358 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 60.8 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
