East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Ham South Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Allen Clement Edwards	Coalition NDP
	1922	Alfred John Barnes	Labour Co-operative
	1923
	1924
	1929
	1931	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	Conservative
	1935	Alfred John Barnes	Labour Co-operative
	1945
	1950
	1951
	1955	Albert Edward Oram	Labour Co-operative
	1959
	1964
	1966
	1970
1974		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.