Stepney and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stepney and Poplar Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1974 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Stepney and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the February 1974 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1974 – 1983: Peter Shore
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1979: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 19,576 | 62.6 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Gurth Hughes | 6,561 | 21.0 | ||
| Liberal | Rif Winfield | 2,234 | 7.2 | ||
| National Front | V. Clarke | 1,571 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| Independent Labour | E. Johns | 672 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 413 | 1.3 | ||
| Workers' Revolutionary | P. Chappell | 235 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,015 | 41.6 | |||
| Turnout | 53.3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 24,159 | 77.6 | ||
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 3,183 | 10.2 | ||
| Liberal | F. W. Alexander | 3,181 | 10.2 | N/A | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 617 | 2.0 | ||
| Majority | 20,976 | 67.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 28,869 | 80.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 5,539 | 15.5 | N/A | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 1,278 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23,330 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 59.4 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
