Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)
Newham North West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1997 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | West Ham North |
Replaced by | West Ham |
Newham North West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Newham. It returned one Member of Parliament, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then merged with part of the constituency of Newham South to form the new constituency of West Ham.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Newham wards of Forest Gate, New Town, Park, Plashet, Stratford, Upton, and West Ham.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Arthur Lewis | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Tony Banks | Labour |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur William John Lewis | 18,898 | 59.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | D.C. Bigg | 6,350 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Atkinson | 6,301 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,548 | 39.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,549 | 59.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur William John Lewis | 18,388 | 66.6 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | R. Brown | 5,007 | 18.1 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | A. Hetherington | 4,201 | 15.2 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 13,381 | 48.5 | |||
Turnout | 27,596 | 51.6 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur William John Lewis | 18,392 | 61.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | David Anthony Andrew Amess | 7,937 | 26.5 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | B. McCarthy | 2,377 | 7.9 | −7.3 | |
National Front | M. Maloney | 1,217 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,455 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 29,923 | 55.4 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Louis Banks | 13,042 | 46.6 | −14.9 | |
Conservative | K.D. Irons | 6,124 | 21.9 | −4.6 | |
SDP | Alex James Kellaway | 5,204 | 18.6 | +10.7 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Arthur Lewis | 3,074 | 11.0 | N/A | |
National Front | M. Hipperson | 525 | 1.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 6,918 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,969 | 56.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Louis Banks | 15,677 | 55.4 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | John Christopher Wylie | 7,181 | 25.4 | +3.5 | |
SDP | Richard Henry Redden | 4,920 | 17.4 | −1.2 | |
Green | Varyah Annette De Grandis-Harrison | 497 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,496 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 28,275 | 59.4 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Louis Banks | 15,911 | 61.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Mark Prisk | 6,740 | 25.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew John Sawdon | 2,445 | 9.4 | −8.0 | |
Green | Amanda Jane Sandford | 587 | 2.3 | +0.5 | |
Raving Loony Green Giant | Lord Toby Jug | 252 | 1.0 | N/A | |
International Communist | David Andrew O'Sullivan | 100 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,171 | 35.2 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,035 | 56.0 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.