Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Poplar
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Poplar South in the County of London
1918–1950
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Created from Poplar
Replaced by Poplar

Poplar South (strictly South Poplar, although this is an unusual form of official name for a borough constituency) 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.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was then largely replaced by a new Poplar constituency.

Boundaries

Poplar Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The Borough of Poplar wards of Bromley Central, Bromley South East, Poplar Cubitt Town, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar North West, and Poplar West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Alfred Yeo Liberal
1922 Samuel March Labour
1931 David Adams Labour
1942 by-election William Guy Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Poplar

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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Yeo
General election 1918: South Poplar [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Alfred Yeo 8,57149.4
Labour Samuel March 4,44625.6
Unionist Wilfrid T. Allen4,33925.0
Majority4,12523.8
Turnout 36,07748.1
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel March 14,484 58.8 +33.2
National Liberal Alfred Yeo 10,14641.2New
Majority4,33817.6N/A
Turnout 37,02666.5+18.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +20.7
General election 1923: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel March 14,537 64.8 +6.0
Liberal Harold Heathcote-Williams 7,89935.2-6.0
Majority6,63829.6+12.0
Turnout 37,68159.5-7.0
Labour hold Swing +6.0
General election 1924: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel March 16,224 62.6 -2.2
Liberal Harold Heathcote-Williams 9,70937.4+2.2
Majority6,51525.2-4.4
Turnout 38,33667.6+8.1
Labour hold Swing -2.2
General election 1929: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel March 19,696 64.8 +2.2
Liberal Harold Heathcote-Williams 7,18523.6-13.8
Unionist Elliot Marcet Gorst3,53211.6New
Majority12,51141.2+16.0
Turnout 47,84563.6-4.0
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Morgan Adams 16,253 57.6 -7.2
Liberal Herbert Leonard M. Jones11,96542.4+18.8
Majority4,28815.2-26.0
Turnout 48,16658.6-5.0
Labour hold Swing -13.0
General election 1935: Poplar, South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Morgan Adams 18,715 73.2 +15.6
Conservative Diana Spearman 6,86226.8New
Majority11,85346.4+31.2
Turnout 46,23155.3-3.3
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1942 Poplar South by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Henry Guy 3,375 86.2 +13.0
Christian Socialist P.H. Figgis54113.8New
Majority2,83472.4-26.0
Turnout 3,9168.5
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: South Poplar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Henry Guy 11,620 89.2 +16.0
National Liberal Joan Vickers 1,40310.8-16.0
Majority10,21778.4+32.0
Turnout 19,66766.2+10.9
Labour hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
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