Upton (UK Parliament constituency)


Upton was a parliamentary constituency in the Borough of West Ham in the South-West of Essex, 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.

Boundaries

The County Borough of West Ham wards of Park, Upton, and West Ham.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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;