| Bow and Poplar | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bethnal Green and Bow Stepney and Poplar |
| Replaced by | Poplar and Canning Town and Bethnal Green and Bow |
Bow and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Ian Mikardo | Labour | |
| 1987 | Mildred Gordon | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mikardo | 15,878 | 49.6 | ||
| Liberal | Eric Flounders | 10,017 | 31.3 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Eyres | 5,129 | 16.0 | ||
| National Front | S. Bartlett | 596 | 1.9 | ||
| Independent Labour | A.J. Snookes | 266 | 0.8 | ||
| Workers Revolutionary | K.R. Scotcher | 117 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 5,861 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 32,003 | 55.4 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mildred Gordon | 15,746 | 46.4 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal | Eric Flounders | 11,115 | 32.7 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | David Hughes | 6,810 | 20.1 | +4.1 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Peter Chappell | 274 | 0.8 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 4,631 | 13.6 | −4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 33,945 | 57.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mildred Gordon | 18,487 | 49.5 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Hughes | 10,083 | 27.0 | −5.7 | |
| Conservative | Simon N.C. Pearce | 6,876 | 18.4 | −1.7 | |
| BNP | John Tyndall | 1,107 | 3.0 | New | |
| Green | Steve Petter | 612 | 1.6 | New | |
| Natural Law | William R. Hite | 158 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 8,404 | 22.5 | +8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 37,323 | 65.8 | +8.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "'Bow and Poplar', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.