- East Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = East Ham South
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1974
members = oneEast Ham South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the
East Ham district ofLondon , which was inEssex until 1965. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom , elected by thefirst 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 ofEssex . It comprised theBeckton andNorth 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 division 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 inGreater 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.
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