Stratford and Bow | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Stratford and Bow in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 73,849 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Uma Kumaran (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | West Ham, Bethnal Green and Bow & Poplar and Limehouse |
Stratford and Bow is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented in Parliament by Uma Kumaran of the Labour Party, who has served as MP since 2024.. [3]
The population of Newham has grown significantly in the 21st century [4] so its representation increased from two seats to three in the 2023 boundary review. This seat includes Stratford which has undergone extensive regeneration and hosted the 2012 Olympic Games. Bow and Old Ford to the west and Forest Gate to the east have mostly Victorian housing with some post-war housing estates.
The constituency straddles the River Lea in East London and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [5]
Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Newham which came into effect in May 2022, [6] [7] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Uma Kumaran | 19,145 | 44.1 | –26.3 | |
Green | Joe Hudson-Small | 7,511 | 17.3 | +13.6 | |
Workers Party | Halima Khan | 3,274 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kane Blackwell | 3,114 | 7.2 | –7.3 | |
Independent | Nizam Ali | 2,380 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Jeff Evans | 2,093 | 4.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janey Little | 1,926 | 4.4 | –4.6 | |
Independent | Omar Faruk | 1,826 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Fiona Lali [lower-alpha 1] | 1,791 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Steve Hedley | 375 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,634 | 26.8 | –29.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,435 | 53.9 | –10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 80,560 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
2019 notional result [10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 33,368 | 70.4 | |
Conservative | 6,877 | 14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,265 | 9.0 | |
Green | 1,758 | 3.7 | |
Brexit Party | 1,107 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 47,375 | 64.2 | |
Electorate | 73,849 |
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