Newham South | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1997 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | East Ham South, West Ham South and Woolwich East |
Replaced by | East Ham, West Ham and Poplar and Canning Town |
Newham South was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham South electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the southern portion of the London Borough of Newham, the wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South. It included North Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest of Woolwich on the other side of the River Thames.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Elwyn Jones | Labour | |
1974 by-election | Nigel Spearing | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elwyn Jones | 23,952 | 66.1 | ||
Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 5,369 | 14.8 | ||
Conservative | Frank Fox | 4,422 | 12.2 | ||
National Front | Michael Lobb | 2,511 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 18,583 | 51.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,254 | 63.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 9,321 | 62.6 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 1,862 | 12.5 | −2.3 | |
National Front | Michael Lobb | 1,713 | 11.5 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Frank Fox | 1,651 | 11.1 | −1.2 | |
Independent Labour | Sydney South | 332 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,459 | 50.1 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,879 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 21,332 | 69.3 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 3,611 | 11.7 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | A.D.C. Gemmill | 3,440 | 11.2 | −1.0 | |
National Front | Oliver Bayly | 2,412 | 7.8 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 17,721 | 57.6 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,795 | 53.4 | −9.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 19,636 | 64.4 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Mary-Jo Elphicke | 6,863 | 22.5 | +11.3 | |
Liberal | John Ozimek | 2,085 | 6.8 | −4.9 | |
National Front | Ian Anderson | 1,899 | 6.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 12,773 | 41.9 | −15.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,483 | 57.1 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 13,561 | 50.2 | −14.2 | |
SDP | Andrew Reilly | 6,250 | 23.1 | +16.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Thompson | 6,212 | 23.0 | +0.5 | |
National Front | Ian Anderson | 993 | 3.7 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 7,311 | 27.1 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,016 | 53.6 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 12,935 | 43.5 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | James Farrie | 10,169 | 34.2 | +11.2 | |
SDP | Alex Kellaway | 6,607 | 22.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 2,766 | 9.3 | −17.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,711 | 59.1 | +5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 14,358 | 46.6 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Foster | 11,856 | 38.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alec Kellaway | 4,527 | 14.9 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 2,502 | 8.1 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,786 | 60.2 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
References
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.