Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)

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Poplar and Limehouse
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Poplar and Limehouse in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 74,919 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Poplar, Limehouse, Canary Wharf, Wapping, Bromley-by-Bow
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Apsana Begum (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Poplar & Canning Town, Bethnal Green & Bow

Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency [n 1] created in 2010 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Apsana Begum of the Labour Party. [n 2] From its creation until 2019, it was represented by Jim Fitzpatrick, also of Labour.

Contents

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

Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

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.

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:

Proposed

Poplar and Limehouse in 2023 Poplar and Limehouse 2023 Constituency.svg
Poplar and Limehouse in 2023

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward boundaries in place at 1 December 2020, and enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries will be changed for the next general election, due by January 2025. In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the Shadwell and part Whitechapel wards will be transferred to the re-established seat of Bethnal Green and Stepney, and the Bromley North ward will go 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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Poplar and Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Nathalie Bienfait [12]
Reform UK Tony Glover [13]
Workers Party Kamran Khan [14]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Poplar and Limehouse [15] [16] [17]
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 Cui1,4932.4New
Independent Andy Erlam3760.6New
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 [18] [19]
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 Rahman1,4772.5New
Green Bethan Lant9891.7-3.1
UKIP Nicholas McQueen8491.4-4.7
Independent David Barker1360.2New
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 [20] [21]
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 Pierre3670.7New
Red Flag Anti-Corruption Rene Claudel Mugenzi 890.2New
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 [22] [23] [24] [25]
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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