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.
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 |
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.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham North West electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
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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Feb 1974 | Arthur Lewis | Labour | |
1983 | Tony Banks | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Lewis | 18,898 | 59.9 | ||
Liberal | D.C. Bigg | 6,350 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | David Atkinson | 6,301 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 12,548 | 39.8 | |||
Turnout | 31,549 | 59.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur 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 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,596 | 51.6 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Lewis | 18,392 | 61.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | David Amess | 7,937 | 26.5 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Brian McCarthy[2] | 2,377 | 7.9 | −7.3 | |
National Front | Michael Maloney[2] | 1,217 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 10,455 | 35.0 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,923 | 55.4 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Banks | 13,042 | 46.6 | −14.9 | |
Conservative | Keith D. Irons | 6,124 | 21.9 | −4.6 | |
SDP | Alec Kellaway | 5,204 | 18.6 | +10.7 | |
Independent Labour | Arthur Lewis | 3,074 | 11.0 | New | |
National Front | M. Hipperson | 525 | 1.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 6,918 | 24.7 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 27,969 | 56.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Banks | 15,677 | 55.4 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | John Wylie | 7,181 | 25.4 | +3.5 | |
SDP | Richard Redden | 4,920 | 17.4 | −1.2 | |
Green | Varyah De Grandis-Harrison | 497 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 8,496 | 30.0 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,275 | 59.4 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Banks | 15,911 | 61.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Prisk | 6,740 | 25.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sawdon | 2,445 | 9.4 | −8.0 | |
Green | Amanda Sandford | 587 | 2.3 | +0.5 | |
Raving Loony Green Giant | Lord Toby Jug | 252 | 1.0 | New | |
International Communist | David O'Sullivan | 100 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,171 | 35.2 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,035 | 56.0 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Notes and references
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