Newham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newham South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974–1997
Seatsone
Created from East Ham South, West Ham South and Woolwich East
Replaced by East Ham, West Ham and Poplar and Canning Town

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

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History

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

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

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the southern portion of the London Borough of Newham, the wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South. It included North Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest of Woolwich on the other side of the River Thames.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974 Elwyn Jones Labour
1974 by-election Nigel Spearing Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Newham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elwyn Jones 23,952 66.1
Liberal Ivor Shipley5,36914.8
Conservative Frank Fox4,42212.2
National Front Michael Lobb2,5116.9
Majority18,58351.3
Turnout 36,25463.2
Labour win (new seat)
By-election 1974: Newham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 9,321 62.6 −3.5
Liberal Ivor Shipley1,86212.5−2.3
National Front Michael Lobb1,71311.5+3.6
Conservative Frank Fox1,65111.1−1.2
Independent Labour Sydney South3322.2New
Majority7,45950.1−1.2
Turnout 14,879
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Newham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 21,332 69.3 +3.2
Liberal Ivor Shipley3,61111.7−3.1
Conservative A.D.C. Gemmill3,44011.2−1.0
National Front Oliver Bayly2,4127.8+0.9
Majority17,72157.6+6.3
Turnout 30,79553.4−9.8
Labour hold Swing +3.2
General election 1979: Newham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 19,636 64.4 −4.9
Conservative Mary-Jo Elphicke6,86322.5+11.3
Liberal John Ozimek2,0856.8−4.9
National Front Ian Anderson 1,8996.2−1.6
Majority12,77341.9-15.7
Turnout 30,48357.1+3.7
Labour hold Swing −8.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newham South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 13,561 50.2 −14.2
SDP Andrew Reilly6,25023.1+16.3
Conservative Nicholas Thompson6,21223.0+0.5
National Front Ian Anderson 9933.7−2.5
Majority7,31127.1-13.2
Turnout 27,01653.6−3.5
Labour hold Swing −7.4
General election 1987: Newham South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 12,935 43.5 −6.7
Conservative James Farrie10,16934.2+11.2
SDP Alex Kellaway6,60722.2−0.9
Majority2,7669.3-17.8
Turnout 29,71159.1+5.5
Labour hold Swing −8.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newham South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 14,358 46.6 +3.1
Conservative Jacqueline Foster 11,85638.5+4.3
Liberal Democrats Alec Kellaway4,52714.9−7.3
Majority2,5028.1-1.2
Turnout 30,78660.2+1.1
Labour hold Swing −0.6

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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