Poplar and Canning Town was a

borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...

represented in the House of Commons of the

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. It elected one

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(MP) by the

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system of election.

History

The constituency was created in the 1997 general election from the constituencies of Bow and Poplar and Newham South, and was divided at the 2010 general election between the realigned seat of

Poplar and Limehouse Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency created in 2010 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Apsana Begum of the Labour Party. From its creation until 2019, it was represented by Jim Fitzpatrick, also of ...

and the neighbouring

West Ham West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham. The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...

seat. It was held by the Labour Party for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

As the constituency's name suggested, it covered Poplar and

Canning Town Canning Town is a district in the London Borough of Newham, East London. The district is located to the north of the Royal Victoria Dock, and has been described as the "Child of the Victoria Docks" as the timing and nature of its urbanisation ...

, as well as Limehouse and the

Isle of Dogs The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England, which includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Ham ...

. The breakdown of wards was: *

London Borough of Newham The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the s ...

: Beckton, Canning Town and Grange,

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and

Silvertown Silvertown is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, Thames and was historically part of the parishes of West Ham and East Ham, Becontree Hundred, hundred of Becontr ...

, Ordnance. *

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 ...

: Blackwall, Bromley, East India, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Shadwell.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of an altered

seat, to be fought at the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poplar And Canning Town (Uk Parliament Constituency) Politics of the London Borough of Newham Politics of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010 Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Poplar, London Canning Town