Silvertown (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Silvertown
Borough constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Silvertown (strictly the Silvertown division of West Ham) was a borough constituency in the Silvertown district of what was then the Borough of West Ham in South-West Essex (now East London). It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Contents

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1918 John Joseph Jones National Socialist (1918)
Labour (1918 - 40)
1940 James Henry Hollins Labour
1945 Louis Comyns Labour
1950 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


[edit] References