Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bow and Poplar
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Bethnal Green and Bow
Stepney and Poplar [1]
Replaced by Poplar and Canning Town and Bethnal Green and Bow [1]

Bow and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1983 Ian Mikardo Labour
1987 Mildred Gordon Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Bow and Poplar [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mikardo 15,878 49.6
Liberal Eric Flounders10,01731.3
Conservative S.R. Eyres5,12916.0
National Front S. Bartlett5961.9
Independent Labour A.J. Snookes2660.8
Workers Revolutionary K.R. Scotcher1170.4
Majority5,86118.3
Turnout 32,00355.4
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Bow and Poplar [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mildred Gordon 15,746 46.4 −3.2
Liberal Eric Flounders11,11532.7+1.4
Conservative David Hughes6,81020.1+4.1
Workers Revolutionary Peter Chappell2740.8+0.4
Majority4,63113.6-4.7
Turnout 33,94557.4+2.0
Labour hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Bow and Poplar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mildred Gordon 18,487 49.5 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Hughes10,08327.0−5.7
Conservative Simon N.C. Pearce6,87618.4−1.7
BNP John Tyndall 1,1073.0New
Green Steve Petter6121.6New
Natural Law William R. Hite1580.4New
Majority8,40422.5+8.9
Turnout 37,32165.8+8.4
Labour hold Swing +4.4

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "'Bow and Poplar', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  3. ↑ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

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