# East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1918 | Clement Edwards | Coalition National Democratic |
| 1922 | Alfred Barnes | Labour |
| 1931 | Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | Conservative |
| 1935 | Alfred Barnes | Labour Co-operative |
| 1955 | Albert Oram | Labour Co-operative |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | National Democratic | Clement Edwards | 7,972 | 42.8 | |
| | Unionist | Robert Frederick Frank Hamlett | 5,661 | 30.3 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Henderson | 5,024 | 26.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,311 | 12.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,657 | 57.5 | |
| | National Democratic win | National Democratic win | National Democratic win | National Democratic win | National Democratic win |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 10,566 | 48.1 | +21.2 |
| | Liberal | Edward Smallwood | 6,567 | 30.0 | New |
| | National Liberal | Clement Edwards | 4,793 | 21.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,999 | 18.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,926 | 66.3 | +8.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,070 | | |
| | Labour Co-op gain from National Democratic | Labour Co-op gain from National Democratic | Swing | +21.1 | |
General election 1923: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 11,402 | 49.2 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal | Edward Smallwood | 8,772 | 37.8 | +7.8 |
| | Unionist | Herbert Joseph Ward | 3,011 | 13.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,630 | 11.4 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,185 | 68.5 | +2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,837 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −3.4 | |
General election 1924: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 13,644 | 51.9 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal | Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney | 12,656 | 48.1 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 3.8 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,300 | 75.9 | +7.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,651 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −3.8 | |
General election 1929: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 18,956 | 54.3 | +2.4 |
| | Unionist | Hubert Duggan | 8,854 | 25.4 | New |
| | Liberal | Edward Maynard Coningsby Denney | 7,085 | 20.3 | −27.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,102 | 28.9 | +25.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,895 | 73.8 | −2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 47,261 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +15.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: East Ham South Electorate 48,431 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | 18,300 | 53.8 | +28.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 15,737 | 46.2 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,563 | 7.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,037 | 70.3 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +18.2 | |
General election 1935: East Ham South Electorate 47,950 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 18,949 | 59.3 | +13.1 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | 12,993 | 40.7 | −13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,956 | 18.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,942 | 66.6 | −3.7 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.1 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: East Ham South Electorate 37,037 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 19,168 | 74.0 | +14.7 |
| | Conservative | MG Munthe | 6,734 | 26.0 | −14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,434 | 48.0 | +29.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,902 | 69.9 | +3.3 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +14.7 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 23,002 | 62.1 | −11.9 |
| | Conservative | C. E. Jordan | 10,956 | 29.6 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal | Cecil Arthur Borrott | 2,424 | 6.5 | New |
| | Communist | E. C. W. Thomas | 401 | 1.1 | New |
| | Socialist (GB) | Harry Young | 256 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,046 | 32.5 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,039 | 84.4 | +14.5 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alfred Barnes | 23,704 | 64.9 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | John Barter | 12,813 | 35.1 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,891 | 29.8 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,517 | 82.5 | −1.9 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 19,808 | 64.1 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Anthony J Pickford | 11,109 | 35.9 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,699 | 28.2 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,917 | 73.1 | −9.4 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
General election 1959: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 18,230 | 61.5 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Reginald J Watts | 11,422 | 38.5 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,808 | 23.0 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,652 | 74.6 | +1.5 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 17,069 | 66.0 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Reginald J Watts | 8,797 | 34.0 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,272 | 32.0 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,866 | 67.9 | −6.7 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 17,543 | 69.9 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Ivor Stanbrook | 7,540 | 30.1 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,003 | 39.8 | +7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,083 | 65.7 | −2.2 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.9 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: East Ham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 13,638 | 61.9 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Jackson | 8,402 | 38.1 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,236 | 23.8 | −16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,040 | 55.1 | −10.6 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -8.0 | |