Constituency profile

West Ham and Beckton

London · Borough constituency · Newham borough

James Asser MP
Sitting MP

James Asser

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Newham council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
47.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -4.8pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +16.9pp
vs Others 18.2%
LondonBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavyDiverse

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.

Leave vote 2016
47.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
41.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
19.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
26.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
70.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
32.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
8.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
44.4%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab hold · majority 9,254 votes (23.7pp) · turnout 46.0%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Newham
76 LSOAs
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
BecktonLabour 45.0%vs Green 14.9%May 2026 Labour 31.9%vs Others 27.3%
Labour share
-13.1pp
30.3%
Canning Town NorthLabour 45.1%vs Others 22.8%May 2026 Labour 31.1%vs Others 25.4%
Labour share
-14.0pp
31.3%
Canning Town SouthLabour 45.0%vs Others 19.8%May 2026 Others 29.2%vs Labour 28.0%
Labour→Others
+23.1pp
31.1%
Custom HouseLabour 49.5%vs Others 16.6%May 2026 Labour 29.8%vs Others 29.0%
Labour share
-19.7pp
31.3%
Plaistow NorthLabour 44.0%vs Others 25.7%May 2026 Others 37.2%vs Labour 30.7%
Labour→Others
+25.3pp
33.7%
Plaistow SouthLabour 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 EastLabour 50.7%vs Others 14.7%May 2026 Labour 32.5%vs Others 27.3%
Labour share
-18.2pp
31.7%
Royal AlbertLabour 43.8%vs Others 27.9%May 2026 Labour 30.6%vs Green 27.7%
Labour share
-13.2pp
28.7%
Royal VictoriaLabour 35.9%vs Others 32.4%May 2026 Green 44.5%vs Labour 23.4%
Labour→Green
+24.1pp
26.7%
West HamLabour 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdStephen Timms East Ham MP70.4%15.2%11.6%-1.2%1.6%27,82655.6%
2015predecessorLab holdStephen Timms East Ham MP77.6%12.1%1.6%5.0% UKIP2.5%1.2%34,25259.8%+4.2
2017predecessorLab holdStephen Timms East Ham MP83.2%12.8%1.2%1.2% UKIP0.8%0.8%39,88367.5%+7.7
2019notionalLabour winnerStephen Timms East Ham MP, pre-review boundary70.7%16.4%6.1%-2.5%4.3%21,93757.3%
2024Lab holdJames Asser45.2%10.4%4.4%7.7% Ref10.7%21.5%9,25446.0%-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.

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 ›

Show full source list
  • 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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