East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

East Ham South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
East Ham South within Essex from 1918 to 1950
County	1918–1965: Essex 1965–1974: Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Newham North East and Newham South
Created from	Romford

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.

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.

Boundaries

The seat was established in 1918, as a division of the County Borough of East Ham in the south western part of the historic county of Essex. It comprised the Beckton and North Woolwich, Central East and Central West wards.

By the time of the next major redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect in 1950, East Ham had been re-warded. The constituency then comprised Castle, Central, Greatfield, South and Wall End wards.

In 1965 East Ham was joined with other districts to form the London Borough of Newham in Greater London. It is part of east London.

In the 1974 redistribution the constituency was abolished and its area included in the new Newham North East seat.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Allen Clement Edwards	Coalition National Democratic
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
Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Clement Edwards

General Election 1918: East Ham South^[1] Electorate 32,472
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic	Allen Clement Edwards	7,972	42.8	n/a
	Unionist	Robert Frederick Frank Hamlett	5,661	30.3	n/a
	Labour	Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson	5,024	26.9	n/a
Majority			2,311	12.5	n/a
Turnout				57.5	n/a
	National Democratic win

endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Edward Smallwood

General Election 1922: East Ham South^[2] Electorate 33,070
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	10,566	48.1	+21.2
	Liberal	Edward Smallwood	6,567	30.0	n/a
	National Liberal	Allen Clement Edwards	4,793	21.9	-20.9
Majority			3,999	18.1
Turnout				66.3
	Labour gain from National Democratic		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: East Ham South^[3] Electorate 33,837
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	11,402	49.2	+1.1
	Liberal	Edward Smallwood	8,772	37.8	+7.8
	Unionist	Herbert Joseph Ward	3,011	13.0	n/a
Majority			2,630	11.4
Turnout				68.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

General Election 1924: East Ham South^[4] Electorate 34,651
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	13,644	51.9	+2.7
	Liberal	Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney	12,656	48.1	+10.3
Majority			988	3.8	-7.6
Turnout				75.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.8

General Election 1929: East Ham South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	18,956	54.3	+2.4
	Unionist	Hubert John Duggan	8,854	25.4	n/a
	Liberal	Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney	7,085	20.3	-27.8
Majority			10,102	28.9
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: East Ham South^[6] Electorate 48,431
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	18,300	53.8	+28.4
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	15737	46.2	-8.1
Majority			2,563	7.6
Turnout				70.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.2

General Election 1935: East Ham South^[7] Electorate 47,950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	18,949	59.3	+13.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	12,993	40.7	-13.1
Majority			5,956	18.6	26.2
Turnout				66.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: East Ham South^[8] Electorate 37,037
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Barnes	19,168	74.0	+14.7
	Conservative	MG Munthe	6,734	26.0	-14.7
Majority			12,434	48.0	+29.4
Turnout				69.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.7

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: East Ham South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Alfred John Barnes	23,002	62.1
	Conservative	CE Jordan	10,956	29.6
	Liberal	Cecil Arthur Borrott	2,424	6.5
	Communist	ECW Thomas	401	1.1
	Socialist (GB)	Harry Young	256	0.7
Majority			12,046	32.5
Turnout				84.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: East Ham South^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Alfred John Barnes	23,704	64.9
	Conservative	John Wilfred Barter	12,813	35.1
Majority			10,891	29.8
Turnout				82.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: East Ham South^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Oram	19,808	64.1	-0.8
	Conservative	Anthony J Pickford	11,109	35.9	+0.8
Majority			8,699	28.1	-1.6
Turnout			30,917	73.1	-9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

General Election 1959: East Ham South^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Oram	18,230	61.5
	Conservative	Reginald J Watts	11,422	38.5
Majority			6,808	23.0	-5.2
Turnout			29,652	74.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: East Ham South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Oram	17,069	66.0
	Conservative	Reginald J Watts	8,797	34.0
Majority			8,272	32.0
Turnout			25,866	67.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: East Ham South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Oram	17,543	69.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Ivor Robert Stanbrook	7,540	30.1	-3.9
Majority			10,003	39.8	+7.8
Turnout			25,083	65.7	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: East Ham South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Oram	13,638	61.9	-8.0
	Conservative	Christopher Murray Jackson	8,402	38.1	+8.0
Majority			5,236	23.8	-16.0
Turnout			22,040	55.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

References

↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)

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