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Newham North East

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Field	Value
name	Newham North East
parliament	uk
year	February 1974
abolished	1997
type	Borough
previous	East Ham North and East Ham South
next	East Ham
region	England
county	Greater London
elects_howmany	One

Newham North East 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, when it was partly replaced by the new East Ham constituency.

It was one of the most multicultural constituencies in the United Kingdom; In 1981, 32.6% of the constiuency were non-White. The 1991 census showed 53.4% of the constituency was of minority ethnic.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham North East electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The London Borough of Newham wards of Castle, Central, Greatfield, Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, St Stephens, Wall End, and Woodgrange
1983–1997: The London Borough of Newham wards of Castle, Central, Greatfield, Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, Monega, St Stephens, and Wall End

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"		February 1974	Reg Prentice
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1977	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1979	Ron Leighton
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1994 by-election	Stephen Timms
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Note: Immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election

References

Studlar, Donley T.. (1983-09-01). "The ethnic vote, 1983: Problems of analysis and interpretation". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Anwar, Muhammad. (July 1994). "Race and Elections: The Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Politics". University of Warwick.
{{Rayment-hc. n. 1. (March 2012)
(1980). "Election Expenses". [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
"Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus.
"Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus.
"Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus.
(9 April 1992). "UK General Election results April 1992". Politics Resources.
"British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1995".

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