Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after West Ham. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
West Ham RegD/PLU
West Ham ArchD
West Ham CB/MB
West Ham RDean
West Ham LabMkt
West Ham USD
West Ham SubD
West Ham RSD
West Ham St Thomas EP
West Ham St Matthew EP
West Ham EP
West Ham AP/CP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained West Ham.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with West Ham.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
West Ham South PBDivCon	1885	1918
West Ham North PBDivCon	1885	1918
West Ham South BCon	1949	1973
West Ham North BCon	1949	1973
West Ham BCon	1997

Additional constituencies that covered West Ham may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered West Ham:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
West Ham AP/CP
Newham LB
West Ham CB/MB
Newham District
Essex County O41area
West Ham RegD/PLU
Essex AncC
Inner London
Essex RegC
Greater London AdmC
Essex AdmC
London GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered West Ham.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Essex Southern PDivCon	1832	1867
Essex South Essex PDivCon	1868	1884
West Ham North PBDivCon	1885	1917
West Ham Stratford PBDivCon	1918	1948
West Ham North BCon	1949	1973
Newham North West BCon	1974	1996
West Ham BCon	1997	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for West Ham. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.