Upton (UK Parliament constituency)

Upton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Upton in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
County Essex
1918 (1918)1950 (1950)
Number of members One
Replaced by West Ham North
Created from West Ham North

Upton (strictly the Upton Division of West Ham) was a parliamentary constituency in the Borough of West Ham in the South-West of Essex (now East London), which 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.

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

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Ernest Edward Wild Coalition Conservative
1922 David Margesson Conservative
1923 Benjamin Walter Gardiner Labour
1924 Herbert Paton Holt Conservative
1929 Benjamin Walter Gardiner Labour
1931 Alfred James Chotzner Conservative
1934 by-election Benjamin Walter Gardiner Labour
1945 Arthur Lewis Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

References