Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Bow and Poplar
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Bethnal Green and Bow Stepney and Poplar^[1]
Replaced by	Poplar and Canning Town and Bethnal Green and Bow^[1]

Bow and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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 London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1983	Ian Mikardo	Labour
	1987	Mildred Gordon	Labour

General election 1983: Bow and Poplar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Mikardo	15,878	49.6
	Liberal	Eric Flounders	10,017	31.3
	Conservative	Stephen Eyres	5,129	16.0
	National Front	S. Bartlett	596	1.9
	Independent Labour	A.J. Snookes	266	0.8
	Workers Revolutionary	K.R. Scotcher	117	0.4
Majority			5,861	18.3
Turnout			32,003	55.4
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1987: Bow and Poplar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	15,746	46.4	−3.2
	Liberal	Eric Flounders	11,115	32.7	+1.4
	Conservative	David Hughes	6,810	20.1	+4.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Peter Chappell	274	0.8	+0.4
Majority			4,631	13.6	-4.7
Turnout			33,945	57.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

General election 1992: Bow and Poplar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	18,487	49.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
	Green	Steve Petter	612	1.6	New
	Natural Law	William R. Hite	158	0.4	New
Majority			8,404	22.5	+8.9
Turnout			37,323	65.8	+8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

^ ^a ^b "'Bow and Poplar', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
^ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ "UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.