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Poplar and Canning Town (UK Parliament constituency) 

Poplar and Canning Town
Borough constituency
Poplar and Canning Town shown within Greater London
Created: 1997
MP: Jim Fitzpatrick
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: London

Poplar and Canning Town is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

The seat has existed since 1997, and covers (as the name suggests) Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs. The seat was formed following a 1995 boundary review, from parts of the Tower Hamlets, Bow and Poplar and Newham South constituencies.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of an altered Poplar and Limehouse seat, to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1997 Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
2001
2005

Election results

General Election 2005: Poplar and Canning Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 15,628 40.9 −20.3
Conservative Tim Archer 8,499 22.3 +2.5
Respect Oliur Rahman 6,573 17.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Janet Ludlow 5,420 14.2 +3.1
Green Terry McGrenera 955 2.5 N/A
Veritas Tony Smith 650 1.7 N/A
Christian Peoples Simeon Ademolake 470 1.2 N/A
Majority 7,129 18.7
Turnout 38,195 61.8 +16.9
Labour hold Swing −11.4
General Election 2001: Poplar and Canning Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 20,866 61.2 -2.0
Conservative Robert Marr 6,758 19.8 +4.8
Liberal Democrat Alexi Sugden 3,795 11.1 +0.8
British National Paul Borg 1,733 5.1 -2.2
Socialist Alliance Kambiz Boomla 950 2.8 N/A
Majority 14,108 41.4
Turnout 34,102 44.9 -12.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Poplar and Canning Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick 24,807 63.2 N/A
Conservative Bene't Steinberg 5,892 15.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Janet Ludlow 4,072 10.4 N/A
British National John Tyndall 2,849 7.3 N/A
Referendum Party I. Hare 1,091 2.8 N/A
Socialist Labour J. Joseph 551 1.4 N/A
Majority 18,915 N/A
Turnout 58.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
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Constituencies in Greater London by holding party
Labour

Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Respect
Independent
Conservative
London European constituency
Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1
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