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.
| 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] |
It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Ian Mikardo | Labour | |
| 1987 | Mildred Gordon | Labour | |
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Notes and references
- ^ 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.