Upton (UK Parliament constituency)
Upton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Upton in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950. | |
County | Essex |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | West Ham North |
Created from | West Ham North |
Upton (strictly the Upton Division of West Ham) was a parliamentary constituency in the Borough of West Ham in the South-West of Essex (now East London), which 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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries[]
The County Borough of West Ham wards of Park, Upton, and West Ham.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Ernest Wild | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | David Margesson | Conservative | |
1923 | Benjamin Walter Gardner | Labour | |
1924 | Herbert Paton Holt | Conservative | |
1929 | Benjamin Walter Gardner | Labour | |
1931 | Alfred Chotzner | Conservative | |
1934 by-election | Benjamin Walter Gardner | Labour | |
1945 | Arthur Lewis | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Ernest Wild | 8,813 | 61.2 | |
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 3,186 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal | John Charles Nicholson | 2,380 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 5,627 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,379 | 46.8 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | David Margesson | 10,196 | 46.0 | -15.2 | |
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 7,268 | 32.8 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | John Charles Nicholson | 4,692 | 21.2 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 2,928 | 13.2 | -25.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,156 | 69.4 | +22.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 8,656 | 39.3 | +6.5 | |
Unionist | David Margesson | 7,630 | 34.7 | -11.3 | |
Liberal | John Charles Carroll | 5,710 | 26.0 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,996 | 67.2 | -2.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Paton Holt | 13,410 | 54.0 | +19.3 | |
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 11,443 | 46.0 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,967 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,853 | 74.8 | +7.6 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 14,703 | 49.0 | +3.0 | |
Unionist | Morgan Morgan | 9,681 | 32.3 | -21.7 | |
Liberal | W. J. Austin | 5,607 | 18.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,022 | 16.7 | +24.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,991 | 70.8 | -4.0 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.3 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Chotzner | 17,561 | 58.5 | +26.2 | |
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 12,453 | 41.5 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 5,108 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,014 | 70.4 | -0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 11,998 | 56.4 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | John Macnamara | 8,534 | 40.1 | -18.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 748 | 3.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,464 | 16.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,280 | 50.5 | -19.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Gardner | 13,685 | 53.2 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Riou Benson | 12,020 | 46.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,665 | 6.4 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 25,705 | 62.7 | +12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: D. Robert Rees[9]
- Conservative:
- British Union: Arthur Beaven
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Lewis | 14,281 | 74.5 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | CK Collins | 4,885 | 25.5 | -21.3 | |
Majority | 9,396 | 49.0 | +42.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,166 | 67.4 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +21.3 |
References[]
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
Bibliography[]
- 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 "U"
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- History of the London Borough of Newham
- Politics of the London Borough of Newham