Newham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Newham South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	East Ham and West Ham
Created from	East Ham South, West Ham South and Woolwich East

Newham South was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

The London Borough of Newham wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South.

The constituency consisted of the southern portion of the London Borough of Newham. It included North Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest of Woolwich on the other side of the River Thames.

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