West_Ham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

West Ham South
West Ham South
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1950–1974
Seats	One
Created from	Plaistow and Silvertown
Replaced by	Newham South
1885–1918
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	South Essex
Replaced by	Plaistow and Silvertown

West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974

West Ham South was a parliamentary 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.

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Election		Member	Party
	1950	Elwyn Jones	Labour
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Newham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Banes	2,778	52.9	+11.0
	Lib-Lab	Joseph Leicester	2,472	47.1	-11.0
Majority			306	5.8	N/A
Turnout			5,250	58.7	-9.2
Registered electors			8,942
	Conservative gain from Lib-Lab		Swing	+11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Keir Hardie	5,268	56.6	+9.5
	Conservative	George Edward Banes	4,036	43.4	-9.5
Majority			1,232	13.2	N/A
Turnout			9,304	59.8	+1.1
Registered electors			15,548
	Independent Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.5

West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)

West Ham South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1974 (1974)
Seats	One
Created from	Plaistow and Silvertown
Replaced by	Newham South
1885–1918
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	South Essex
Replaced by	Plaistow and Silvertown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Banes	4,750	54.4	+11.0
	Ind. Labour Party	Keir Hardie	3,975	45.6	-11.0
Majority			775	8.8	N/A
Turnout			8,725	55.4	-4.4
Registered electors			15,745
	Conservative gain from Independent Labour		Swing	+11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Banes	5,615	55.8	+1.4
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Will Thorne	4,439	44.2	-1.4
Majority			1,176	11.6	+2.8
Turnout			10,054	51.2	-4.2
Registered electors			19,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Will Thorne	10,210	67.2	+23.0
	Conservative	Sir John Gardiner Nutting, 1st Baronet	4,973	32.8	-23.0
Majority			5,237	34.4	N/A
Turnout			15,183	66.7	+15.5
Registered electors			22,753
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	+23.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Thorne	11,791	63.1	-4.1
	Conservative	James Grimwood	6,909	36.9	+4.1
Majority			4,882	26.2	-8.2
Turnout			18,700	70.1	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Thorne	9,508	66.4	+3.3
	Conservative	Thomas Walter Colby Carthew	4,820	33.6	-3.3
Majority			4,688	32.8	+6.6
Turnout			14,328	53.7	-16.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	36,754	82.42
	Conservative	Mabel de la Motte	5,422	12.16
	Liberal	Geoffrey George Young	1,686	3.78
	Communist	W Norris	730	1.64
Majority			31,332	70.26
Turnout			44,592	77.89
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	37,195	84.96	+2.54
	Conservative	Mabel de la Motte	6,586	15.04	+2.88
Majority			30,609	69.92	-0.34
Turnout			43,781	77.31	-0.58
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	29,451	83.08	-1.88
	Conservative	Elias J Emden	5,997	16.92	+1.88
Majority			23,454	66.16	-2.76
Turnout			35,448	65.81	-11.50
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	28,017	75.26	-7.82
	Conservative	Peter Goldman	5,188	13.94	-2.98
	Liberal	Oliver French	4,020	10.80	New
Majority			22,829	61.32	-2.86
Turnout			37,225	71.12	+5.31
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.42

General election 1964: West Ham South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	23,599	74.45	-0.81
	Liberal	Eugene Johnson	4,264	13.45	+2.65
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	3,835	12.10	-1.84
Majority			19,335	61.00	-0.32
Turnout			31,698	63.94	-7.18
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.73

General election 1966: West Ham South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	22,902	77.17	+2.72
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	3,410	11.49	-0.61
	Liberal	Eugene Johnson	3,367	11.34	-2.11
Majority			19,492	65.68	+4.68
Turnout			29,679	61.84	-2.10
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.67

General election 1970: West Ham South^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	18,899	77.71	+0.54
	Conservative	Brian C Balcomb	5,422	22.29	+10.80
Majority			13,477	55.42	-10.26
Turnout			24,321	48.84	-13.00
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.13