East Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Newham North East
Created from	Romford

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.

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	Sir John Henry Bethell, later Baron Bethell	Liberal
	1922	Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative
	1923	Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour
	1924	Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative
	1926 by-election	Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour
	1929
	1931	John Mayhew	Conservative
	1935
	1945	Percy Daines	Labour Co-operative
	1950
	1951
	1955
	1957 by-election	Reg Prentice	Labour
	1959
	1964
	1966
	1970
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
1918 General Election Electorate: 34,219 Turnout: 16,184 (47.3%)		Coalition Liberal win Majority: 2,688 (16.6%)		Sir John Henry Bethell, Bt.	Coalition Liberal	9,436	58.3
				William Mann	National Party	6,748	41.7
1922 General Election Electorate: 34,759 Turnout: 24,262 (69.8%) +22.5		Conservative gain from Coalition Liberal Majority: 468 (1.9%)		Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative	7,215	29.7
				Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	6,747	27.8
				Ernest Edwards	National Liberal	4,775	19.7	–38.6
				Harry Osborn	Independent	4,021	16.6
				Joseph Nathaniel Emery	Liberal	1,504	6.2
1923 General Election Electorate: 35,410 Turnout: 24,431 (69.0%) –0.8		Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 416 (1.7%)		Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	8,727	35.7	+7.9
				Ernest Edwards	Liberal	8,311	34.0	+27.8
				Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative	7,393	30.3	+0.6
1924 General Election Electorate: 36,496 Turnout: 28,301 (77.5%) +8.5		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,057 (3.8%)		Charles Williamson Crook	Conservative	11,194	39.6	+9.3
				Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	10,137	35.8	+0.1
				Ernest Edwards	Liberal	6,970	24.6	–9.4
29 April 1926 by-election Charles Williamson Crook died on 29 March 1926 Electorate: 37,057 Turnout: 26,572 (71.7%) –5.8		Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 1,627 (6.2%)		Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	10,798	40.7	+4.9
				George William Symonds Jarrett	Conservative	9,171	34.5	–5.1
				Edward Leslie Burgin	Liberal	6,603	24.8	+0.2
1929 General Election Electorate: 46,165 Turnout: 33,233 (72.0%) –4.5		Labour hold Majority: 2,164 (6.6%)		Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	13,969	42.1	+6.3
				John Lees-Jones	Conservative	11,805	35.5	–4.1
				Thomas Arnold Evans	Liberal	7,459	22.4	–2.2
1931 General Election Electorate: 47,002 Turnout: 34,499 (73.4%) +1.4		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 10,961 (31.8%)		Lt.-Col. John Dixon Mayhew, TD	Conservative	22,730	65.9	+30.4
				Arabella Susan Lawrence	Labour	11,769	34.1	–8.0
1935 General Election Electorate: 46,252 Turnout: 30,057 (65.0%) –8.4		Conservative hold Majority: 533 (1.8%)		Lt.-Col. John Dixon Mayhew, TD	Conservative	15,295	50.9	–15.0
				Thomas William Burden	Labour	14,762	49.1	+15.0
1945 General Election Electorate: 36,794 Turnout: 26,187 (71.2%) +6.2		Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Majority: 10,559 (40.4%)		Percy Daines	Labour Co-op	18,373	70.2	+21.1
				Lt.-Col. Sir John Dixon Mayhew, TD, JP, DL	Conservative	7,814	29.8	–21.1
1950 General Election Electorate: 42,624 Turnout: 35,874 (84.2%) +13.0		Labour Co-op hold Majority: 8,641 (24.2%)		Percy Daines	Labour Co-op	20,497	57.2	–13.0
				Lt.-Col. Sir John Dixon Mayhew, TD, JP	Conservative	11,856	33.0	+3.2
				John Joseph Carroll	Liberal	3,521	9.8
1951 General Election Electorate: 42,662 Turnout: 35,529 (83.3%) –0.9		Labour Co-op hold Majority: 7,359 (20.8%)		Percy Daines	Labour Co-op	21,444	60.4	+3.2
				James Dundas Hamilton	Conservative	14,085	39.6	+6.6
1955 General Election Electorate: 40,548 Turnout: 30,377 (74.9%) –8.4		Labour Co-op hold Majority: 5,545 (18.2%)		Percy Daines	Labour Co-op	17,961	59.1	–1.3
				Arnold Silverstone	Conservative	12,416	40.9	+1.3
30 May 1957 by-election[1] Percy Daines died on 3 March 1957 Electorate: 38,920 Turnout: 22,301 (57.3%) –17.6		Labour hold Majority: 5,979 (26.9%)		Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour	12,546	56.3	–2.8
				John Henry Samuel Bangay	Conservative	6,567	29.4	–11.5
				Edward Drewett Martell	People's League	2,730	12.2
				William Henry Christopher	Ind. Labour Party	458	2.1
1959 General Election Electorate: 38,014 Turnout: 28,176 (74.1%) –0.8		Labour hold Majority: 3,826 (13.6%)		Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour	16,001	56.8	–2.3
				John Henry Samuel Bangay	Conservative	12,175	43.2	+2.3
1964 General Election Electorate: 35,656 Turnout: 24,025 (67.4%) –6.7		Labour hold Majority: 4,977 (20.8%)		Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour	14,501	60.4	+3.6
				John Henry Samuel Bangay	Conservative	9,524	39.6	–3.6
1966 General Election Electorate: 35,016 Turnout: 22,640 (64.7%) –2.7		Labour hold Majority: 7,182 (31.8%)		Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour	14,911	65.9	+5.5
				Laurence Giovene	Conservative	7,729	34.1	–5.5
1970 General Election Electorate: 36,695 Turnout: 19,292 (52.6%) –12.1		Labour hold Majority: 3,822 (19.8%)		Rt Hon Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour	11,557	59.9	–6.0
				David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative	7,735	40.1	+6.0

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)

Notes

1. Full results