Stepney and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)
Stepney and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Stepney and Poplar | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Bow & Poplar and Bethnal Green & Stepney[1] |
| Created from | Poplar and Stepney |
It was created for the February 1974 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Limehouse, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar South, Poplar West, Redcoat, St Dunstan's, St Katharine's, St Mary's, and Shadwell.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Peter Shore | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green and Stepney | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Shore | 19,576 | 62.6 | -15.0 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hughes | 6,561 | 21.0 | +10.8 | |
| Liberal | Rif Winfield | 2,234 | 7.2 | -3.0 | |
| National Front | Victor Clarke | 1,571 | 5.0 | New | |
| Independent Labour | Ted Johns | 672 | 2.2 | New | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 413 | 1.3 | -0.7 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Peter Chappell | 235 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13,015 | 41.6 | -25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 58,637 | 53.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Shore | 24,159 | 77.6 | -3.3 | |
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 3,183 | 10.2 | -5.2 | |
| Liberal | F. W. Alexander | 3,181 | 10.2 | New | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 617 | 2.0 | New | |
| Majority | 20,976 | 67.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 60,458 | 51.5 | -7.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Shore | 28,869 | 80.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 5,539 | 15.5 | N/A | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 1,278 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23,330 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 60,045 | 59.4 | N/A | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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References
- "'Stepney and Poplar', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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