Stepney and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stepney and Poplar
Borough constituency
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

[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

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