Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bethnal Green and Stepney Borough constituency |
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| 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.
The constituency was only ever represented by a single man – Peter Shore. Shore held the seat for Labour from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Peter Shore | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1992: Bethnal Green and Stepney | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 20,350 | 55.8 | + 7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Shaw | 8,120 | 22.3 | - 9.5 | |
| Conservative | Jane Emmerson | 6,507 | 17.9 | - 1.3 | |
| British National Party | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
