Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)

Bow and Poplar
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One

Bow and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament 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 constituency was made up of ten wards of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Blackwall, Bow, Bromley, East India, Grove, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Park, and Shadwell.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Ian Mikardo	Labour
	1987	Mildred Gordon	Labour

Election results

General Election 1992: Bow and Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	18,487	49.53
	Liberal Democrat	P hughes	10,083	27.02
	Conservative	S Pearce	6,876	18.42
	BNP	John Tyndall	1,107	2.97
	Green	S Petter	612	1.64
	Natural Law	W Hite	158	0.42
Majority			8,404	22.52
Turnout			37,321	65.84

General Election 1987: Bow and Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon
	SDP–Liberal Alliance
	Conservative
	Workers Revolutionary
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1983: Bow and Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mildred Gordon
	SDP–Liberal Alliance
	Conservative
	National Front
	Independent Labour
	Workers Revolutionary
Majority
Turnout

See also

• Bethnal Green and Bow
• Poplar and Canning Town
• Poplar and Limehouse