Poplar and Canning Town was a
borough constituency represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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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 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 ancient ...
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, as well as
Limehouse
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and the
Isle of Dogs
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. The breakdown of wards was:
*
London Borough of Newham: Beckton, Canning Town and Grange,
Custom House and
Silvertown
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, Ordnance.
*
London Borough of Tower Hamlets:
Blackwall, Bromley, East India, Lansbury, Limehouse,
Millwall
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,
Shadwell
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.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
North London
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The term ''nor ...
, the
Boundary Commission for England
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* Boundary Commission for ...
recommended the creation of an altered
Poplar and Limehouse 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