Newham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Newham South
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1997
Seats	one
Created from	East Ham South, West Ham South and Woolwich East
Replaced by	East Ham, West Ham and Poplar and Canning Town

Newham South was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham South electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the southern portion of the London Borough of Newham, the wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South. It included North Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest of Woolwich on the other side of the River Thames.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
Feb 1974	Elwyn Jones	Labour
1974 by-election	Nigel Spearing	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	23,952	66.1
	Liberal	Ivor Shipley	5,369	14.8
	Conservative	Frank Fox	4,422	12.2
	National Front	Michael Lobb	2,511	6.9
Majority			18,583	51.3
Turnout			36,254	63.2
	Labour win (new seat)

By-election 1974: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	9,321	62.6	−3.5
	Liberal	Ivor Shipley	1,862	12.5	−2.3
	National Front	Michael Lobb	1,713	11.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Frank Fox	1,651	11.1	−1.2
	Independent Labour	Sydney South	332	2.2	New
Majority			7,459	50.1	−1.2
Turnout			14,879
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	21,332	69.3	+3.2
	Liberal	Ivor Shipley	3,611	11.7	−3.1
	Conservative	A.D.C. Gemmill	3,440	11.2	−1.0
	National Front	Oliver Bayly	2,412	7.8	+0.9
Majority			17,721	57.6	+6.3
Turnout			30,795	53.4	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1979: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	19,636	64.4	−4.9
	Conservative	Mary-Jo Elphicke	6,863	22.5	+11.3
	Liberal	John Ozimek	2,085	6.8	−4.9
	National Front	Ian Anderson	1,899	6.2	−1.6
Majority			12,773	41.9	−15.7
Turnout			30,483	57.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	13,561	50.2	−14.2
	SDP	Andrew Reilly	6,250	23.1	+16.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Thompson	6,212	23.0	+0.5
	National Front	Ian Anderson	993	3.7	−2.5
Majority			7,311	27.1	−13.2
Turnout			27,016	53.6	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.4

General election 1987: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	12,935	43.5	−6.7
	Conservative	James Farrie	10,169	34.2	+11.2
	SDP	Alex Kellaway	6,607	22.2	−0.9
Majority			2,766	9.3	−17.8
Turnout			29,711	59.1	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Spearing	14,358	46.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Jacqueline Foster	11,856	38.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Kellaway	4,527	14.9	−7.3
Majority			2,502	8.1	−1.2
Turnout			30,786	60.2	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.6

References

"Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
"Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
"Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

Bibliography

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)

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1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West
1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

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