Stratford (strictly the Stratford 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.
Stratford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Stratford in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950. | |
County | Essex |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | West Ham North |
Replaced by | West Ham North |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Leonard Lyle | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Thomas Groves | Labour | |
1945 | Henry Nicholls | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
editElection in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Nicholls | 11,484 | 74.6 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Redvers Michael Prior | 3,162 | 20.5 | −16.4 | |
Independent | Thomas Groves | 749 | 4.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,322 | 54.1 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,395 | 60.9 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 25,295 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 14,427 | 63.1 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | F.H.G.H. Goodhart | 8,452 | 36.9 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 5,975 | 26.2 | +25.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,879 | 57.1 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 40,042 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 13,925 | 50.4 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | C.G. Wodehouse-Temple | 13,722 | 49.6 | +21.4 | |
Majority | 203 | 0.8 | −29.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,647 | 64.6 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 42,815 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −14.8 |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 16,665 | 58.6 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | Henry Procter | 8,018 | 28.2 | −15.8 | |
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 3,779 | 13.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,647 | 30.4 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,462 | 66.0 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,134 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 13,264 | 56.0 | +0.9 | |
Unionist | Harold Balfour | 10,414 | 44.0 | +17.8 | |
Majority | 2,850 | 12.0 | −16.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,678 | 69.0 | +7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,293 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 11,466 | 55.1 | +8.3 | |
Unionist | Victor Fisher | 5,443 | 26.2 | −14.3 | |
Liberal | William Crow | 3,888 | 18.7 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 6,023 | 28.9 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,797 | 61.8 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 33,664 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Groves | 10,017 | 46.8 | New | |
Unionist | Leonard Lyle | 8,641 | 40.5 | −23.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Scott | 2,704 | 12.7 | −23.5 | |
Majority | 1,376 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,362 | 64.9 | +22.6 | ||
Registered electors | 32,930 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Leonard Lyle | 8,498 | 63.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Masterman | 4,821 | 36.2 | ||
Majority | 3,677 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 13,319 | 42.3 | |||
Registered electors | 31,458 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
References
edit- 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 "S" (part 5)
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