Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)

Bow and Poplar
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1983–1997
Number of members	One

Bow 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 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was made up of ten electoral wards of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1983	Ian Mikardo	Labour
	1987	Mildred Gordon	Labour

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Bow and Poplar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	18,487	49.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Hughes	10,083	27.0	−5.7
	Conservative	Simon N.C. Pearce	6,876	18.4	−1.7
	BNP	John Tyndall	1,107	3.0	N/A
	Green	Steve Petter	612	1.6	N/A
	Natural Law	William R. Hite	158	0.4	N/A
Majority			8,404	22.5
Turnout			37,321	65.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bow and Poplar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	15,746	46.4	−3.2
	Liberal	Eric Flounders	11,115	32.7	+1.4
	Conservative	David Campbell Hughes	6,810	20.1	+4.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Peter Simon Chappell	274	0.8	+0.4
Majority			4,631	13.6
Turnout			33,945	57.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 1983: Bow and Poplar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mikardo	15,878	49.6	N/A
	Liberal	Eric Flounders	10,017	31.3	N/A
	Conservative	S.R. Eyres	5,129	16.0	N/A
	National Front	Mrs S. Bartlett	596	1.9	N/A
	Independent Labour	A.J. Snookes	266	0.8	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	K.R. Scotcher	117	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,861	18.3	N/A
Turnout			32,003	55.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Historic constituencies in London