Poplar and Canning Town (UK Parliament constituency)

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Poplar and Canning Town
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
PoplarCanningTownConstituency.svg
Boundary of Poplar and Canning Town in Greater Londonfor the 2005 general election
County Greater London
1997–2010
SeatsOne
Created from Bow and Poplar, Newham South
Replaced by Poplar and Limehouse, West Ham

Poplar and Canning Town was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by using the first past the post system of election.

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History

The constituency was created in the 1997 general election from the constituencies of Bow and Poplar and Newham South, and was divided at the 2010 general election between the realigned seat of Poplar and Limehouse and the neighbouring West Ham seat. It was held by the Labour Party for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

As the constituency's name suggested, it covered Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs. The breakdown of wards was:

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of an altered Poplar and Limehouse seat, to be fought at the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1997 Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
2010 Constituency abolished: see Poplar and Limehouse

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Poplar and Canning Town [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 24,807 63.2
Conservative Bene't Steinberg5,89215.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow4,07210.4
BNP John Tyndall 2,8497.3
Referendum Ian Hare1,0912.8
Socialist Labour Jacklyn Joseph5511.4
Majority18,91548.2
Turnout 39,26258.5
Labour hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Poplar and Canning Town [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 20,866 61.2 −2.0
Conservative Robert Marr6,75819.8+4.8
Liberal Democrats Alexi Sugden3,79511.1+0.7
BNP Paul Borg1,7335.1−2.2
Socialist Alliance Kambiz Boomla9502.8New
Majority14,10841.4−6.8
Turnout 34,10244.9−13.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Poplar and Canning Town [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 15,628 40.1 −21.1
Conservative Tim Archer8,49921.8+2.0
Respect Oliur Rahman6,57316.8New
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow5,42013.9+2.8
Green Terry McGrenera9552.4New
Independent Md. Aminul Hoque8152.1New
Veritas Tony Smith6501.7New
CPA Simeon Ademolake4701.2New
Majority7,12918.7−22.7
Turnout 39,01047.8+2.9
Labour hold Swing −11.4

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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