central government
Freedom of West Ham booklet (5)
Presentation of The Honorary Freedom of The County Borough of West Ham. To The Right Honourable James Ramsey MacDonald LL.D., J.P., M.P. The Prime Minister. July 8th 1930. Page11 of booklet. The Prime Minister.
Newham Heritage & Archives collection
Freedom of West Ham booklet (2)
Presentation of The Honorary Freedom of The County Borough of West Ham. To The Right Honourable James Ramsey MacDonald LL.D., J.P., M.P. The Prime Minister. July 8th 1930. Page 6 of booklet. The Parliamentary Representatives.
Newham Heritage & Archives collection
Frederick Elwyn Jones, MP
The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Elwyn-Jones, CH., PC., MP., was Labour MP for the Plaistow Constituency (later West Ham South) from 1945-1974, during which time he rose to the highest legal offices in the land.
Paliamentary Representation - West Ham
West Ham's MPs - 1885 to 1964.
Will Thorne CBE, MP,JP
Will Thorne, who lived in Plaistow, helped to establish the National Union of Gasworkers & General Labourers. He later became a Councillor, Alderman and Mayor of West Ham.
Stephen Timms MP
The Rt. Hon Stephen first entered Parliament through a by-election in 1994 as MP for Newham North East, being re-elected to the new constituency of East Ham in May, 1997
