Poplar and Canning Town (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Poplar and Canning Town
|parliament = uk
|map1 = PoplarCanningTown
|map2 =
|map_entity = Greater London
|map_year = 2005
|map_size = 200px
|year = 1997
|abolished = 2010
|type = Borough
|previous = Bow and Poplar, Newham South
|next = Poplar and Limehouse, West Ham
|region = England
|county = Greater London
|european = London
|elects_howmany = One
}}
Poplar and Canning Town was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by using the first past the post system of election.
History
The constituency was created in the 1997 general election from the constituencies of Bow and Poplar and Newham South, and was divided at the 2010 general election between the realigned seat of Poplar and Limehouse and the neighbouring West Ham seat. It was held by the Labour Party for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries
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As the constituency's name suggested, it covered Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs. The breakdown of wards was:
- London Borough of Newham: Beckton, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Ordnance.
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Blackwall, Bromley, East India, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Shadwell.
=Boundary review=
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of an altered Poplar and Limehouse seat, to be fought at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Election | Member {{Rayment-hc|p|2|date=March 2012}}
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1997 | Labour | |
| | 2010
| colspan="2" | Constituency abolished: see Poplar and Limehouse |
Elections
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: Poplar and Canning Town{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Fitzpatrick
|votes = 24,807
|percentage = 63.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bene't Steinberg
|votes = 5,892
|percentage = 15.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Ludlow
|votes = 4,072
|percentage = 10.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John Tyndall
|votes = 2,849
|percentage = 7.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Ian Hare
|votes = 1,091
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacklyn Joseph
|votes = 551
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 18,915
|percentage = 48.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,262
|percentage = 58.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +13.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: Poplar and Canning Town{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Fitzpatrick
|votes = 20,866
|percentage = 61.2
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Marr
|votes = 6,758
|percentage = 19.8
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alexi Sugden
|votes = 3,795
|percentage = 11.1
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Paul Borg
|votes = 1,733
|percentage = 5.1
|change = −2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = Kambiz Boomla
|votes = 950
|percentage = 2.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,108
|percentage = 41.4
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 34,102
|percentage = 44.9
|change = −13.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: Poplar and Canning Town{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Fitzpatrick
|votes = 15,628
|percentage = 40.1
|change = −21.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tim Archer
|votes = 8,499
|percentage = 21.8
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Respect Party
|candidate = Oliur Rahman
|votes = 6,573
|percentage = 16.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Ludlow
|votes = 5,420
|percentage = 13.9
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Terry McGrenera
|votes = 955
|percentage = 2.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Md. Aminul Hoque
|votes = 815
|percentage = 2.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Veritas (political party)
|candidate = Tony Smith
|votes = 650
|percentage = 1.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|candidate = Simeon Ademolake
|votes = 470
|percentage = 1.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,129
|percentage = 18.7
|change = -22.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,010
|percentage = 47.8
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −11.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13304.html Poplar and Canning Town UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
{{Historic constituencies in London
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| 1997 = y
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Category:Politics of the London Borough of Newham
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