Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newham North West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974–1997
Seatsone
Created from West Ham North
Replaced by West Ham

Newham North West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Newham. It returned one Member of Parliament, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then merged with part of the constituency of Newham South to form the new constituency of West Ham.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham North West electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Newham wards of Forest Gate, New Town, Park, Plashet, Stratford, Upton, and West Ham.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
Feb 1974 Arthur Lewis Labour
1983 Tony Banks Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Newham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Lewis 18,898 59.9
Liberal D.C. Bigg6,35020.1
Conservative David Atkinson 6,30120.0
Majority12,54839.8
Turnout 31,54959.3
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Newham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Lewis 18,388 66.6 +6.7
Conservative R. Brown5,00718.1−1.9
Liberal A. Hetherington4,20115.2−4.9
Majority13,38148.5+8.7
Turnout 27,59651.6−7.7
Labour hold Swing +4.3
General election 1979: Newham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Lewis 18,392 61.5 −5.1
Conservative David Amess 7,93726.5+8.4
Liberal Brian McCarthy [2] 2,3777.9−7.3
National Front Michael Maloney [2] 1,2174.1New
Majority10,45535.0-13.5
Turnout 29,92355.4+3.8
Labour hold Swing −6.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newham North West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Banks 13,042 46.6 −14.9
Conservative Keith D. Irons6,12421.9−4.6
SDP Alec Kellaway5,20418.6+10.7
Independent Labour Arthur Lewis 3,07411.0New
National Front M. Hipperson5251.9−2.2
Majority6,91824.7-10.3
Turnout 27,96956.2+0.8
Labour hold Swing −5.2
General election 1987: Newham North West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Banks 15,677 55.4 +8.8
Conservative John Wylie7,18125.4+3.5
SDP Richard Redden4,92017.4−1.2
Green Varyah De Grandis-Harrison4971.8New
Majority8,49630.0+5.3
Turnout 28,27559.4+3.2
Labour hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newham North West [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Banks 15,911 61.1 +5.7
Conservative Mark Prisk 6,74025.9+0.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sawdon2,4459.4−8.0
Green Amanda Sandford5872.3+0.5
Raving Loony Green Giant Lord Toby Jug 2521.0New
International CommunistDavid O'Sullivan1000.4New
Majority9,17135.2+5.2
Turnout 26,03556.0−3.4
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 18. ISBN   0102374805.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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