| Poplar | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Poplar in London, 1885-1918 | |
 Poplar in London, 1950-74 | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Tower Hamlets |
| Replaced by | Poplar South |
| 1950–1974 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Bow and Bromley and Poplar South |
| Replaced by | Stepney and Poplar |
Poplar was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Poplar district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when with very minor boundary changes it was replaced by the new constituency of Poplar South. A small amount of the constituency's territory was added to Bow and Bromley.
It was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the February 1974 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Stepney and Poplar constituency.
1885–1918: In 1885 the area was administered as part of the county of Middlesex. It was located in the Tower division, in the east of the historic county. The suburban neighbourhood of Poplar formed a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets.
In 1889 the Tower division of Middlesex was severed from the county, for administrative purposes. It became part of the County of London. In 1900 the lower tier of local government in London was re-modelled. Poplar constituency became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
1950–1974: When a re-distribution of parliamentary seats took effect in 1950, the constituency was re-created. It then included the whole of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
In 1965 the Metropolitan Borough was incorporated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Henry Green | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Sydney Buxton | Liberal | |
| 1914 b-e | Alfred Yeo | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Poplar South & Bow and Bromley | ||
| 1950 | constituency re-created | ||
| 1950 | Charles Key | Labour | |
| 1964 | Ian Mikardo | Labour | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Stepney and Poplar | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Green | 4,090 | 65.9 | ||
| Conservative | Denzil Onslow | 2,113 | 34.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,977 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,203 | 68.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,041 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 2,903 | 50.7 | −15.2 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Welby | 2,827 | 49.3 | +15.2 | |
| Majority | 76 | 1.4 | −30.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,730 | 63.4 | −5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,041 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -15.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 5,007 | 62.7 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Welby | 2,975 | 37.3 | −12.0 | |
| Majority | 2,032 | 25.4 | +24.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,982 | 77.1 | +13.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,348 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 3,939 | 55.9 | −6.8 | |
| Conservative | William Pelham Bullivant | 3,110 | 44.1 | +6.8 | |
| Majority | 829 | 11.8 | −13.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,049 | 72.8 | −4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,684 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 3,992 | 58.4 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | William Pelham Bullivant | 2,840 | 41.6 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 1,152 | 16.8 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,832 | 68.3 | −4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,009 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 4,546 | 67.0 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | George Borwick | 2,235 | 33.0 | −8.6 | |
| Majority | 2,311 | 34.0 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 6,781 | 74.6 | +6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,088 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 4,172 | 57.2 | −9.8 | |
| Conservative | Leslie Wilson | 3,125 | 42.8 | +9.8 | |
| Majority | 1,047 | 14.4 | −19.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,297 | 82.4 | +7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,857 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sydney Buxton | 3,977 | 64.9 | +7.7 | |
| Conservative | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | 2,148 | 35.1 | −7.7 | |
| Majority | 1,829 | 29.8 | +15.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,125 | 69.2 | −13.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,857 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Yeo | 3,548 | 46.0 | −18.9 | |
| Conservative | Robin S. Kerr-Clark | 3,270 | 42.4 | +7.3 | |
| British Socialist Party | Jack Jones | 893 | 11.6 | New | |
| Majority | 278 | 3.6 | −26.2 | ||
| Turnout | 7,711 | 79.8 | +10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,658 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -13.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Key | 30,756 | 78.23 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Lonsdale | 6,088 | 15.48 | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Frederick Purkis | 1,933 | 4.92 | ||
| Communist | Harry Watson [3] | 540 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | 24,668 | 62.74 | |||
| Turnout | 39,317 | 78.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 50,154 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Key | 31,377 | 82.03 | +3.80 | |
| Conservative | Peter Emery | 6,875 | 17.97 | +2.49 | |
| Majority | 24,502 | 64.06 | +1.32 | ||
| Turnout | 38,252 | 75.73 | -2.66 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,509 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.66 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Key | 25,642 | 81.52 | -0.51 | |
| Conservative | Gerard Vaughan | 5,814 | 18.48 | +0.51 | |
| Majority | 19,828 | 63.04 | -1.02 | ||
| Turnout | 31,456 | 64.15 | -11.58 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,038 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.51 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Key | 22,506 | 77.23 | -4.29 | |
| Conservative | Peter Blair Black | 6,635 | 22.77 | +4.29 | |
| Majority | 15,871 | 54.46 | -8.57 | ||
| Turnout | 29,141 | 65.62 | +1.58 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,412 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.29 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mikardo | 20,271 | 77.71 | +0.48 | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 5,813 | 22.29 | -0.48 | |
| Majority | 14,458 | 55.42 | +0.96 | ||
| Turnout | 26,084 | 58.28 | -7.34 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,756 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.48 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mikardo | 21,071 | 84.51 | +6.80 | |
| Conservative | Roger Holloway | 3,863 | 15.49 | -6.80 | |
| Majority | 17,208 | 69.02 | +13.60 | ||
| Turnout | 24,934 | 57.67 | -0.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 43,236 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.80 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mikardo | 16,520 | 80.37 | -4.14 | |
| Conservative | Ronald C Denney | 4,036 | 19.63 | +4.14 | |
| Majority | 12,484 | 60.74 | -8.28 | ||
| Turnout | 20,556 | 49.05 | -8.62 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,908 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.14 | |||
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