Bethnal Green and Stepney was a
parliamentary constituency in east
London, which returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from
1983
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until it was abolished for the
1997 general election.
History
The constituency was only ever represented by the former cabinet minister
Peter Shore, who held the seat for the
Labour Party from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997.
Boundaries
The constituency was made up of nine electoral wards of the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London boroughs, London borough covering much of the traditional East End of London, East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropol ...
: Holy Trinity, Redcoat, St Dunstan's, St James', St Katharine's, St Mary's, St Peter's, Spitalfields, and Weavers. It was abolished in 1997, and largely replaced by the larger
Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, in line with the
Boundary Commission's recommendation that one seat should be lost in the paired boroughs of Tower Hamlets and
Newham. 297 electors moved to the new
Cities of London and Westminster
Cities of London and Westminster (also known as City of London and Westminster South from 1974 to 1997) is a constituency returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. It is a borough ...
constituency.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in London
The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
Constituencie ...
Notes and references
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
Bethnal Green
Stepney