West Ham North was a borough constituency in the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now Greater London. 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 under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
It was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918 The 1885 act created a new parliamentary borough of West Ham which was divided into two single-member divisions. West Ham, North Division consisted of the part of the Local Government District of West Ham north of a boundary formed by a number of railway lines and roads, described as follows: From a point where the north side of the present London and Tilbury Railway crosses the west boundary of West Ham Parish; thence in a north-easterly direction along the north side of the said railway to a point where the east side of the present North Woolwich Branch of the Great Eastern Railway crosses it; thence in a northerly direction along the east side of the last-mentioned railway to a point opposite the centre of Abbey Road; thence in a north-easterly and easterly direction along the centres of Abbey Road, Church Street North, Portway, and Plashet Lane to the eastern boundary of West Ham Parish.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 C.23, Sixth Schedule, Divisions of Boroughs
1950–1974 West Ham North Borough Constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and was first contested at the 1950 general election. The seat was defined as consisting of eight wards of the County Borough of West Ham: Broadway, Forest Gate, High Street, Newtown, Park, Plashet Road, Upton and West Ham.Representation of the People Act 1948 C.65, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1918 ElectionMemberParty 1885 Edward Rider Cook Liberal 1886 Forrest Fulton Conservative 1892 Archibald Grove Liberal 1895 Ernest Gray Conservative 1906 Charles Masterman Liberal 1911 by-electionMasterman was re-elected in December 1910, but the election was declared void. A by-election was held in July 1911. See London Gazette, issue 28512 (11 July 1911), p. 27. Maurice de Forest Liberal 1918 constituency abolished: see Stratford and Upton
MPs 1950–1974 ElectionMemberParty 1950 constituency recreated 1950 Arthur Lewis LabourFeb 1974 constituency abolished: see Newham North Westand Newham North East
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Liberal: Maurice de Forest Unionist: Ernest Wild Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
See also West Ham South, 1918–1950
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