East Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)

East Ham North 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.

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

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

1918–1950: The County Borough of East Ham wards of Manor Park, Plashet East, and Plashet West.

1950–1974: The County Borough of East Ham wards of Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, Plashet, and Woodgrange.

Members of Parliament

Sir John Bethell

Election		Member	Party
	1918	John Bethell	Liberal
	1922	Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative
	1923	Susan Lawrence	Labour
	1924	Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative
	1926 by-election	Susan Lawrence	Labour
	1931	John Mayhew	Conservative
	1945	Percy Daines	Labour Co-operative
	1957 by-election	Reg Prentice	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	John Bethell	9,436	58.30
	National	William Mann	6,748	41.70
Majority			2,688	16.60
Turnout			16,184	47.30
Registered electors			34,219
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Williamson Crook	7,215	29.74	New
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	6,747	27.81	New
	National Liberal	Ernest Edwards	4,775	19.68	−38.62
	People's	Harry Osborn	4,021	16.57	New
	Liberal	Joseph Nathaniel Emery	1,504	6.20	New
Majority			468	1.93	N/A
Turnout			24,262	69.80	+22.50
Registered electors			34,759
	Unionist gain from National Liberal		Swing

General election 1923: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	8,727	35.72	+7.91
	Liberal	Ernest Edwards	8,311	34.02	+27.82
	Unionist	Charles Williamson Crook	7,393	30.26	+0.32
Majority			416	1.70	N/A
Turnout			24,431	68.99	−0.81
Registered electors			35,410
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General election 1924: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Williamson Crook	11,194	39.55	+9.29
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	10,137	35.81	+0.09
	Liberal	Ernest Edwards	6,970	24.63	−9.39
Majority			1,057	3.74	N/A
Turnout			24,431	77.55	+8.56
Registered electors			36,496
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+4.60

29 April 1926 by-election: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	10,798	40.64	+4.83
	Unionist	George Jarrett	9,171	34.51	−5.04
	Liberal	Leslie Burgin	6,603	24.85	+0.22
Majority			1,627	6.13	N/A
Turnout			26,572	71.71	−5.84
Registered electors			37,057
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.94

General election 1929: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	13,969	42.03	+6.22
	Unionist	John Lees-Jones	11,805	35.51	−4.04
	Liberal	Thomas Arnold Evans	7,459	22.44	−2.19
Majority			2,164	6.52	N/A
Turnout			33,233	71.99	−5.56
Registered electors			33,233
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+5.13

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mayhew	22,730	65.89	+30.38
	Labour	Susan Lawrence	11,769	34.11	−7.92
Majority			10,961	31.78	N/A
Turnout			34,499	73.40	+1.41
Registered electors			47,002
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+19.15

General election 1935: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mayhew	15,295	50.89	−15.00
	Labour	Thomas Burden	14,762	49.11	+15.00
Majority			533	1.78	−30.00
Turnout			30,057	64.99	−8.41
Registered electors			46,252
	Conservative hold		Swing	−15.00

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: East Ham North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Percy Daines	18,373	70.16	+21.05
	Conservative	John Mayhew	7,814	29.84	−21.05
Majority			10,559	40.32	N/A
Turnout			26,187	71.17	+6.18
Registered electors			37,794
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.05

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: East Ham North^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Percy Daines	20,497	57.14	−13.02
	Conservative	John Mayhew	11,856	33.05	+3.21
	Liberal	John Joseph Carroll	3,521	9.81	New
Majority			8,641	24.09	−16.23
Turnout			35,874	84.16	+12.99
Registered electors			42,624
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−8.12

General election 1951: East Ham North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Percy Daines	21,444	60.36	+3.22
	Conservative	James Dundas Hamilton	14,085	39.64	+6.59
Majority			7,359	20.72	−2.37
Turnout			35,529	83.28	−0.88
Registered electors			42,662
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.69

General election 1955: East Ham North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Percy Daines	17,961	59.13	−1.23
	Conservative	Arnold Silverstone	12,416	40.87	+1.23
Majority			5,545	18.26	−2.45
Turnout			30,377	74.92	−8.36
Registered electors			40,548
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.23

30 May 1957 by-election: East Ham North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Prentice	12,546	56.26	−2.87
	Conservative	John Henry Samuel Bangay	6,567	29.45	−11.42
	People's League	Edward Martell	2,730	12.24	New
	Ind. Labour Party	William Henry Christopher	458	2.05	New
Majority			5,979	26.81	+8.55
Turnout			22,301	57.30	−17.62
Registered electors			38,920
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.28

General election 1959: East Ham North^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Prentice	16,001	56.79	−2.34
	Conservative	John Henry Samuel Bangay	12,175	43.21	+2.34
Majority			3,826	13.58	−4.68
Turnout			28,176	74.12	−0.80
Registered electors			38,014
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.34

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: East Ham North^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Prentice	14,501	60.36	+3.57
	Conservative	John Henry Samuel Bangay	9,524	39.64	−3.57
Majority			4,977	20.72	+7.14
Turnout			24,025	67.38	−6.74
Registered electors			35,656
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.57

General election 1966: East Ham North^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Prentice	14,911	65.86	+5.50
	Conservative	Laurence Giovene	7,729	34.14	−5.50
Majority			7,182	31.72	+11.00
Turnout			22,640	64.66	−2.72
Registered electors			35,016
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.50

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: East Ham North^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Prentice	11,557	59.90	−5.96
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	7,735	40.09	+5.95
Majority			3,822	19.81	−11.91
Turnout			19,292	52.57	−12.09
Registered electors			36,695
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.96

References

• 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)