West Ham and Beckton
London · Borough constituency · Newham borough
About the West Ham and Beckton constituency
West Ham and Beckton is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is James Asser (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.2% to 21.5% for other parties, a majority of 9,254 votes on a 46.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 35.1% and other parties on 18.2%, a margin of 16.9 points.
Who lives in West Ham and Beckton? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did West Ham and Beckton vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of West Ham and Beckton
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
West Ham and Beckton within Newham
West Ham and Beckton sits entirely within Newham Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Newham | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckton | Labour 45.0%vs Green 14.9% | May 2026 Labour 31.9%vs Others 27.3% | Labour share -13.1pp | 30.3% |
| Canning Town North | Labour 45.1%vs Others 22.8% | May 2026 Labour 31.1%vs Others 25.4% | Labour share -14.0pp | 31.3% |
| Canning Town South | Labour 45.0%vs Others 19.8% | May 2026 Others 29.2%vs Labour 28.0% | Labour→Others +23.1pp | 31.1% |
| Custom House | Labour 49.5%vs Others 16.6% | May 2026 Labour 29.8%vs Others 29.0% | Labour share -19.7pp | 31.3% |
| Plaistow North | Labour 44.0%vs Others 25.7% | May 2026 Others 37.2%vs Labour 30.7% | Labour→Others +25.3pp | 33.7% |
| Plaistow South | Labour 45.1%vs Others 21.6% | May 2026 Others 37.2%vs Labour 21.9% | Labour→Others +30.2pp | 35.5% |
| Plaistow West & Canning Town East | Labour 50.7%vs Others 14.7% | May 2026 Labour 32.5%vs Others 27.3% | Labour share -18.2pp | 31.7% |
| Royal Albert | Labour 43.8%vs Others 27.9% | May 2026 Labour 30.6%vs Green 27.7% | Labour share -13.2pp | 28.7% |
| Royal Victoria | Labour 35.9%vs Others 32.4% | May 2026 Green 44.5%vs Labour 23.4% | Labour→Green +24.1pp | 26.7% |
| West Ham | Labour 46.5%vs Others 22.3% | May 2026 Labour 32.8%vs Green 30.8% | Labour share -13.6pp | 30.9% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for West Ham and Beckton at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won West Ham and Beckton at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Stephen Timms East Ham MP | 70.4% | 15.2% | 11.6% | 27,826 | 55.6% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Stephen Timms East Ham MP | 77.6% | 12.1% | 1.6% | 34,252 | 59.8%+4.2 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Stephen Timms East Ham MP | 83.2% | 12.8% | 1.2% | 39,883 | 67.5%+7.7 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Stephen Timms East Ham MP, pre-review boundary | 70.7% | 16.4% | 6.1% | 21,937 | 57.3% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | James Asser | 45.2% | 10.4% | 4.4% | 9,254 | 46.0%-11.3 |
West Ham and Beckton was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat East Ham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like West Ham and Beckton
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to West Ham and Beckton. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied26.8 / 34.1vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent36.0 / 35.6vs 20.2
- ↑Social rent34.2 / 28.0vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied26.8 / 27.7vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent36.0 / 37.6vs 20.2
- ↓Age 65+8.6 / 8.0vs 22.7
- ↓Owner-occupied26.8 / 39.9vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent36.0 / 36.1vs 20.2
- ↓Age 65+8.6 / 11.7vs 22.7
- ↓Owner-occupied26.8 / 39.3vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent34.2 / 32.8vs 16.8
- ↓Age 65+8.6 / 10.2vs 22.7
- ↓Owner-occupied26.8 / 27.1vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent34.2 / 38.2vs 16.8
- ↑Private rent36.0 / 33.3vs 20.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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