Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bethnal Green and Stepney
Borough constituency
Created: 1983
Abolished: 1997
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Bethnal Green and Stepney was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election, being largely replaced by the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency.

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 1992: Bethnal Green and Stepney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 20,350 55.8 + 7.5
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Shaw 8,120 22.3 - 9.5
Conservative Jane Emmerson 6,507 17.9 - 1.3
British National Richard Edmonds 1,310 3.6 N/A
Communist S. Kelsey 156 0.4 - 0.3
Majority 12,230 33.5 + 17.0
Turnout 65.5 + 7.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1987: Bethnal Green and Stepney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 15,490 48.3 - 2.7
Liberal Jeremy Shaw 10,206 31.8 + 1.4
Conservative Olga Maitland 6,176 19.2 + 5.2
Communist S. L. Gasquoine 232 0.7 - 0.1
Majority 5,284 16.5
Turnout 57.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Bethnal Green and Stepney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 15,740 51.0 N/A
Liberal S. Charters 9,382 30.4 N/A
Conservative Demitri Argyropulo 4,323 14.0 N/A
National Front V. Clark 800 2.6 N/A
Communist J. Rees 243 0.8 N/A
Independent B. N. Chaudhuri 214 0.7 N/A
Independent P. J. Mahoney 136 0.4 N/A
Majority 6,358 20.6
Turnout 55.7
Labour hold Swing

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