West Ham and Beckton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.
[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
[3] The constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Newham (as they existed on 1 December 2020):[4] Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Newham from the 2024 general election: The population of Newham has grown significantly in the 21st century,[8] so its represention increased from two seats to three in the 2023 boundary review.
This seat includes the extensive low-rise suburbs of West Ham and Plaistow, and dockside areas closer to the Thames, including the Royal Docks, which have undergone regeneration since the 1980s including the completion of newer apartment blocks.
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