Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
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Bow and Poplar | |
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Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bethnal Green and Bow Stepney and Poplar[1] |
Replaced by | Poplar and Canning TownandBethnal Green and Bow[1] |
Bow and Poplarwas aparliamentary constituencyinLondonwhich returned oneMember of Parliament(MP) to theHouse of Commonsof theParliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the1983 general election,and abolished for the1997 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Ian Mikardo | Labour | |
1987 | Mildred Gordon | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Mikardo | 15,878 | 49.6 | ||
Liberal | Eric Flounders | 10,017 | 31.3 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Eyres | 5,129 | 16.0 | ||
National Front | S. Bartlett | 596 | 1.9 | ||
Independent Labour | A.J. Snookes | 266 | 0.8 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | K.R. Scotcher | 117 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 5,861 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 32,003 | 55.4 | |||
Labourwin(new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mildred Gordon | 15,746 | 46.4 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Eric Flounders | 11,115 | 32.7 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | David Hughes | 6,810 | 20.1 | +4.1 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Peter Chappell | 274 | 0.8 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 4,631 | 13.6 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,945 | 57.4 | +2.0 | ||
Labourhold | Swing | −2.3 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mildred Gordon | 18,487 | 49.5 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Hughes | 10,083 | 27.0 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Simon N.C. Pearce | 6,876 | 18.4 | −1.7 | |
BNP | John Tyndall | 1,107 | 3.0 | New | |
Green | Steve Petter | 612 | 1.6 | New | |
Natural Law | William R. Hite | 158 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,404 | 22.5 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,323 | 65.8 | +8.4 | ||
Labourhold | Swing | +4.4 |
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ab"'Bow and Poplar', June 1983 up to May 1997 ".ElectionWeb Project.Cognitive Computing Ltd. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved1 March2016.
- ^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ^"UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]".politicsresources.net.Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2017.Retrieved1 October2009.
- ^"UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]".politicsresources.net.Archived fromthe originalon 11 August 2011.Retrieved1 October2009.
- ^"UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]".politicsresources.net.Archived fromthe originalon 11 August 2011.Retrieved1 October2009.