West Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)

West Ham North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1974
Number of members One
Replaced by Newham North West
Newham North East
Created from Stratford and Upton
1885–1918
Number of members One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Replaced by Stratford and Upton
Created from South Essex

West Ham North was a borough constituency in the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now Greater London. 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.

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.

Boundaries

1885–1918

The 1885 act created a new parliamentary borough of West Ham which was divided into two single-member divisions. West Ham, North Division consisted of the part of the Local Government District of West Ham north of a boundary formed by a number of railway lines and roads, described as follows:

From a point where the north side of the present London and Tilbury Railway crosses the west boundary of West Ham Parish; thence in a north-easterly direction along the north side of the said railway to a point where the east side of the present North Woolwich Branch of the Great Eastern Railway crosses it; thence in a northerly direction along the east side of the last-mentioned railway to a point opposite the centre of Abbey Road; thence in a north-easterly and easterly direction along the centres of Abbey Road, Church Street North, Portway, and Plashet Lane to the eastern boundary of West Ham Parish.[1]

1950–1974

West Ham North Borough Constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and was first contested at the 1950 general election. The seat was defined as consisting of eight wards of the County Borough of West Ham: Broadway, Forest Gate, High Street, Newtown, Park, Plashet Road, Upton and West Ham.[2]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Edward Rider Cook Liberal
1886 James Forrest Fulton Conservative
1892 Archibald Grove Liberal
1895 Ernest Gray Conservative
1906 Charles Masterman Liberal
1911 by-election[3] Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest Liberal
1918 constituency abolished: see Stratford and Upton

MPs 1950–1974

ElectionMemberParty
1950 constituency recreated
1950 Arthur Lewis Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Newham North West
and Newham North East

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: West Ham North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Rider Cook 4,219 54.7 n/a
Conservative James Forrest Fulton 3,500 45.3 n/a
Majority 719 9.4 n/a
Turnout 77.0 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: West Ham North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Forrest Fulton 3,920 55.1 +9.8
Liberal Edward Rider Cook 3,193 44.9 -9.8
Majority 727 10.2 19.6
Turnout 70.9 -6.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: West Ham North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove 4,976 50.2
Conservative James Forrest Fulton 4,943 49.8
Majority 33 0.4
Turnout 74.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Ernest Gray
General Election 1895: West Ham North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Gray 5,635 53.3 +3.5
Liberal Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove 4,931 46.7 -3.5
Majority 704 6.6 7.0
Turnout 73.9 -0.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: West Ham North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Gray 6,613 61.5
Liberal John Henry Bethell 4,133 38.5
Majority 2,480 23.0
Turnout 67.8
Conservative hold Swing
Masterman
General Election 1906: West Ham North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman 6,838 57.3 +18.8
Conservative Ernest Gray 5,094 42.7 -18.8
Majority 1,744 14.6 37.6
Turnout 79.0 +11.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +18.8

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: West Ham North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman 7,023 53.4
Conservative Ernest Gray 6,133 46.6
Majority 890 6.8
Turnout 84.0
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: West Ham North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman 6,657 53.6 +02
Conservative Ernest Edward Wild 5,760 46.4 -0.2
Majority 897 7.2 +0.4
Turnout 79.3 -0.7
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
Maurice de Forest
West Ham North by-election, 1911[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest 6,807 54.1 +0.5
Conservative Ernest Edward Wild 5,776 45.9 -0.5
Majority 1,031 8.2 +1.0
Turnout 76.2 -3.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

General Election 1914/15:

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election.

Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 C.23, Sixth Schedule, Divisions of Boroughs
  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948 C.65, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies
  3. ↑ Masterman was re-elected in December 1910, but the election was declared void. A by-election was held in July 1911. See London Gazette, issue 28512 (11 July 1911), page 27.
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig

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