# Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Fulham East was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.
At the 1918 general election the previous Fulham constituency was divided into two constituencies, Fulham East and Fulham West; the two halves were re-united for the 1955 general election. At the 1997 general election, the Fulham constituency was replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham.

## Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham wards of Barons Court, Lillie, Sands End, and Walham.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1918 | Henry Norris | Unionist |
| 1922 | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | Unionist |
| 1933 b-e | John Wilmot | Labour |
| 1935 | William Astor | Conservative |
| 1945 | Michael Stewart | Labour |
| 1955 | constituency abolished: see Fulham | constituency abolished: see Fulham |

## Election results
### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Henry Norris | 10,242 | 69.4 | |
| | Independent Labour | David Cook | 2,883 | 19.5 | |
| | Liberal | Frederick L. Coysh | 1,644 | 11.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,359 | 49.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,769 | 40.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 36,228 | | |
| | 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. ||||||

### Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 13,282 | 61.5 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | John Palmer | 5,393 | 35.0 | New |
| | Liberal | Maurice Gordon Liverman | 2,907 | 13.5 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,889 | 36.5 | −13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,582 | 58.0 | +17.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,180 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −5.2 | |
General election 1923: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 9,757 | 43.9 | −17.6 |
| | Labour | John Palmer | 7,683 | 34.5 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal | Robert Crawford Hawkin | 4,817 | 21.6 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,074 | 9.4 | −27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,257 | 58.0 | 0.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,403 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −13.6 | |
General election 1924: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 16,657 | 61.6 | +17.7 |
| | Labour | John Palmer | 10,403 | 38.4 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,254 | 23.2 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,060 | 69.1 | +11.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 39,151 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +6.9 | |
General election 1929: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 15,130 | 44.3 | −17.3 |
| | Labour | John Palmer | 13,425 | 39.4 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | John Henry Greenwood | 5,551 | 16.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,705 | 4.9 | −18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,106 | 66.8 | −2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 51,066 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −9.2 | |

### Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 23,438 | 68.7 | +14.4 |
| | Labour | John Maynard | 8,917 | 26.1 | −13.3 |
| | Liberal | John Henry Greenwood | 1,788 | 5.2 | −11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,521 | 42.6 | +37.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,143 | 66.1 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1933 Fulham East by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Wilmot | 17,790 | 57.9 | +31.8 |
| | Conservative | William James Waldron | 12,950 | 42.1 | −26.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,840 | 15.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,740 | 59.5 | −7.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +29.2 | |
General election 1935: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Astor | 18,743 | 51.4 | −16.3 |
| | Labour | John Wilmot | 17,689 | 48.6 | +22.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,054 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,433 | 71.9 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Stewart | 15,662 | 55.4 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | William Astor | 10,309 | 36.4 | −15.0 |
| | Liberal | Philip Montague Syrett | 2,315 | 8.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,353 | 19.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,286 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Stewart | 18,998 | 50.1 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Vyvyan Adams | 16,233 | 42.9 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal | Frank Victor Jacoby | 2,214 | 5.9 | −2.3 |
| | Communist | Roy Ellwood Elsmere | 399 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,765 | 7.2 | −11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,764 | 84.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Fulham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Stewart | 20,279 | 53.2 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | John Hall | 17,806 | 46.8 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,473 | 6.4 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,085 | 84.5 | +0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |