# Stratford West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

Stratford (strictly the Stratford 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.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Leonard Lyle | Coalition Conservative |
| | 1922 | Thomas Groves | Labour |
| | 1945 | Henry Nicholls | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Nicholls | 11,484 | 74.6 | +11.5 |
| | Conservative | Redvers Michael Prior | 3,162 | 20.5 | −16.4 |
| | Independent | Thomas Groves | 749 | 4.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,322 | 54.1 | +27.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,395 | 60.9 | +3.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 25,295 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +14.0 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 14,427 | 63.1 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | F.H.G.H. Goodhart | 8,452 | 36.9 | −12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,975 | 26.2 | +25.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,879 | 57.1 | −7.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,042 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.7 | |
General election 1931: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 13,925 | 50.4 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | C.G. Wodehouse-Temple | 13,722 | 49.6 | +21.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 0.8 | −29.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,647 | 64.6 | −1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,815 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −14.8 | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 16,665 | 58.6 | +2.6 |
| | Unionist | Henry Procter | 8,018 | 28.2 | −15.8 |
| | Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 3,779 | 13.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,647 | 30.4 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,462 | 66.0 | −3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 43,134 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |
General election 1924: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 13,264 | 56.0 | +0.9 |
| | Unionist | Harold Balfour | 10,414 | 44.0 | +17.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,850 | 12.0 | −16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,678 | 69.0 | +7.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,293 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 | |
General election 1923: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 11,466 | 55.1 | +8.3 |
| | Unionist | Victor Fisher | 5,443 | 26.2 | −14.3 |
| | Liberal | William Crow | 3,888 | 18.7 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,023 | 28.9 | +22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,797 | 61.8 | −3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,664 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.3 | |
General election 1922: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Groves | 10,017 | 46.8 | New |
| | Unionist | Leonard Lyle | 8,641 | 40.5 | −23.3 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Scott | 2,704 | 12.7 | −23.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,376 | 6.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,362 | 64.9 | +22.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,930 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Leonard Lyle | 8,498 | 63.8 | |
| | Liberal | Charles Masterman | 4,821 | 36.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,677 | 27.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,319 | 42.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,458 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||