| West Ham South | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| Year2: | 1885 |
| Abolished2: | 1918 |
| Type2: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
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.
1950–1974: The County Borough of West Ham wards of Beckton Road, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and Tidal Basin.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
It was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the February 1974 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Joseph Leicester | Lib-Lab | ||
| 1886 | George Edward Banes | Conservative | ||
| 1892 | Keir Hardie | Independent Labour | ||
| 1893 | Independent Labour Party | |||
| 1895 | George Edward Banes | Conservative | ||
| 1906 | Will Thorne | Labour | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Elwyn Jones | Labour | ||
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Newham South | |||