Upton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Upton Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Upton (strictly the Upton Division of West Ham) was a parliamentary constituency in the Borough of West Ham in in the South-West of Essex (now East London), which returned one Member of Parliament 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Ernest Edward Wild | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | David Margesson | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Benjamin Walter Gardiner | Labour | |
| 1924 | Herbert Paton Holt | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Benjamin Walter Gardiner | Labour | |
| 1931 | Alfred James Chotzner | Conservative | |
| 1934 by-election | Benjamin Walter Gardiner | Labour | |
| 1945 | Arthur Lewis | Labour | |
| 1945 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
