Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)

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Poplar and Limehouse
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Poplar and Limehouse 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Poplar and Limehouse in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 75,814 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Canary Wharf, Limehouse, Poplar, Wapping
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Apsana Begum (Independent)
SeatsOne
Created from Poplar & Canning Town, Bethnal Green & Bow

Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency [n 1] which was first created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Apsana Begum, who was elected as a Labour Party MP. [n 2] The whip was withdrawn on 23 July 2024, as a result of her voting to scrap the two child benefit cap, and she was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party. Begum now sits as an Independent MP until the whip is re-established.

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History

Political history

The predecessors to this constituency (area electing MPs to the House of Commons) (see history of boundaries) since 1992 have elected Labour Party representatives. In 2010, Jim Fitzpatrick had a majority of 12.9% over the runner-up Conservative Party candidate.

The 2015 re-election of Fitzpatrick made the seat the 66th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [2]

In 2019, Apsana Begum, selected to succeed the retiring Fitzpatrick as Labour's candidate, beat the runner-up Conservative Party candidate by 28,904 votes. [3] This was more than Jim Fitzpatrick’s 27,712 vote majority [4] at the 2017 general election, though the majority size in terms of vote share remained stable at 47.2%, and Labour's vote share declined.

Boundaries

2010-2024

Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which proposed the seat's creation for the 2010 general election, since when it has consisted of the following electoral wards:

History of boundaries

Nomenclature

Alternative names, including "Tower Hamlets South" and "Poplar and Millwall" were rejected following public consultation.[ citation needed ]

Local authority boundary review

Following a review of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets which became effective in May 2014, [6] the contents (but not the boundaries) of the constituency were changed to:

Current

Poplar and Limehouse from 2024 Poplar and Limehouse 2023 Constituency.svg
Poplar and Limehouse from 2024

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced to bring the electorate within the permitted range. Shadwell and part of the Whitechapel wards were transferred to the re-established seat of Bethnal Green and Stepney, and the Bromley North ward was moved to the newly created constituency of Stratford and Bow. [7]

Constituency profile

The constituency and its predecessor seats covering the Isle of Dogs have consistently been won by the Labour Party since the 1920s. The district has changed vastly over this time, and great wealth and considerable poverty now co-exist side by side as an example of income inequality.

Once home to shipping and heavy industry, the Docklands area was derelict for many years, before redevelopment began in the late-1980s. Now the area around Canary Wharf is one of the country's largest financial districts and has several landmark skyscrapers, such as One Canada Square.

The redevelopment of the Docklands has led to the construction of luxury housing in the constituency, which has somewhat altered the demographics. However, in parts of the Isle of Dogs and in the areas north, east and west of Poplar, there are still areas of high deprivation.

At the end of 2012, 6% of the population of the constituency were unemployment benefit claimants, ranking sixth among London seats (the highest percentage was Tottenham at 7.9%), and above the London-wide average of 3.9%. [8]

In the 2016 EU referendum, like the majority of London; the constituency voted 65.79% for Remain. [9]

The constituency is religiously diverse: 38.8% of residents are Muslim, 24.2% Christian, 2.8% Hindu, and 1.0% Buddhist. 24.8% claimed no religious affiliation. [10]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [11] Party
2010 Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
2019 Apsana Begum Labour
2024 Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Poplar and Limehouse [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Apsana Begum 18,535 43.1 –17.2
Green Nathalie Bienfait5,97513.9+10.5
Conservative Freddie Downing4,73811.0–6.7
Independent Ehtashamul Haque4,55410.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers4,1899.7–5.8
Reform UK Tony Glover3,4037.9+5.5
Workers Party Kamran Khan1,4633.4N/A
SDP Manny Lawal1940.5N/A
Majority12,56029.2–13.5
Turnout 43,05151.2–17.1
Registered electors 84,116
Labour hold Swing –13.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [13]
PartyVote %
Labour 31,17660.3
Conservative 9,12917.7
Liberal Democrats 8,00915.5
Green 1,7563.4
Brexit Party 1,2192.4
Others3760.7
Turnout51,66568.1
Electorate75,814
General election 2019: Poplar and Limehouse [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Apsana Begum 38,660 63.1 −4.2
Conservative Sheun Oke9,75615.9−4.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cregan8,83214.4+7.7
Green Neil Jameson2,1593.5+1.8
Brexit Party Catherine Cui1,4932.4N/A
Independent Andy Erlam3760.6N/A
Majority28,90447.2Steady2.svg
Turnout 61,27666.7−0.6
Registered electors 91,836
Labour hold Swing 0.0
General election 2017: Poplar and Limehouse [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 39,558 67.3 +8.7
Conservative Chris Wilford11,84620.1−5.3
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw3,9596.7+2.5
Independent Oliur Rahman1,4772.5N/A
Green Bethan Lant9891.7−3.1
UKIP Nicholas McQueen8491.4−4.7
Independent David Barker1360.2N/A
Majority27,71247.2+14.0
Turnout 58,81467.3+5.2
Registered electors 87,331
Labour hold Swing +7.0
General election 2015: Poplar and Limehouse [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 29,886 58.5 +18.6
Conservative Chris Wilford12,96225.4−1.7
UKIP Nicholas McQueen3,1286.1+4.9
Green Maureen Childs2,4634.8+3.9
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw2,1494.2−6.9
TUSC Hugo Pierre3670.7N/A
Red Flag Anti-Corruption Rene Claudel Mugenzi 890.2N/A
Majority16,92433.2+20.2
Turnout 51,04462.2−0.1
Registered electors 82,081
Labour hold Swing +10.1
General election 2010: Poplar and Limehouse [21] [22] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick* 18,679 40.0
Conservative Tim Archer12,64927.1
Respect George Galloway*8,16017.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fryer 5,20911.2
UKIP Wayne Lochner5651.2
English Democrat Andrew Osborne4701.0
Green Chris Smith4491.0
Independent Kabir Mahmud2930.6
Independent Mohammed Hoque1670.4
Independent Jim Thornton590.1
Majority6,03012.9
Turnout 46,70062.3
Registered electors 74,955
Labour win (new seat)
*Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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