West Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Ham North Borough constituency
Created:	1885, 1950
Abolished:	1918, 1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

West Ham North was a borough constituency in the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1885-1950 2.2 MPs 1950-1974 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

It was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the February 1974 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Edward Rider Cook
	1886	James Forrest Fulton
	1892	Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove
	1895	Ernest Gray
	1906	Charles Masterman	Liberal
	1911[1]	Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished: see Plaistow

[edit] MPs 1950-1974

Election		Member	Party
1950		constituency recreated
	1950	Arthur William John Lewis	Labour
1974		constituency abolished: see Newham North West and Newham North East

[edit] Election results

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[edit] See also

• West Ham South, 1918–1950

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page