| Newham North East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| February 1974–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | East Ham North and East Ham South |
| Replaced by | East Ham |
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[edit]
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; the 1991 census showed 53.4% of the constituency was of minority ethnic.[1]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1974 | Reg Prentice | Labour | |
| 1977 | Conservative | ||
| 1979 | Ron Leighton | Labour | |
| 1994 by-election | Stephen Timms | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Reg Prentice | 24,200 | 54.4 | ||
| Conservative | T.J. Stroud | 10,869 | 24.4 | ||
| Liberal | L.H. Cohen | 8,486 | 19.1 | ||
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 760 | 1.7 | ||
| International Marxist | John Ross | 202 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 13,331 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,517 | 68.0 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Reg Prentice | 22,205 | 56.9 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | T.J. Stroud | 8,664 | 22.2 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal | L.H. Cohen | 4,880 | 12.5 | −6.6 | |
| National Front | J. Newham | 2,715 | 7.0 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 572 | 1.5 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 13,541 | 34.7 | +4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 39,036 | 59.2 | −8.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 22,818 | 54.5 | −2.4 | |
| Conservative | Cynthia Kay Wood | 12,778 | 30.5 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal | David J. Corney | 4,027 | 9.6 | −2.9 | |
| National Front | William Northcott[3] | 1,769 | 4.2 | −2.8 | |
| Independent | John Regan[3] | 208 | 0.5 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Michael Banda | 154 | 0.4 | −1.1 | |
| Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | William Boaks | 118 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 10,040 | 24.0 | -10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 41,872 | 63.1 | +3.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 19,282 | 49.7 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Helen Gardener | 10,773 | 27.8 | −2.7 | |
| Liberal | Ann Winfield | 7,943 | 20.5 | +10.9 | |
| National Front | F.R. Adams | 794 | 2.0 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 8,509 | 21.9 | -2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 38,792 | 62.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 20,220 | 51.9 | +2.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Davis | 11,984 | 30.7 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal | Harriet Steele | 6,772 | 17.4 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 8,236 | 21.2 | -0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38,976 | 64.1 | +2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 20,952 | 58.3 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy H. Galbraith | 10,966 | 30.5 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan J. Aves | 4,020 | 11.2 | −6.2 | |
| Majority | 9,986 | 27.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,938 | 60.3 | −3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Timms | 14,688 | 75.0 | +16.7 | |
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 2,850 | 14.6 | −15.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Kellaway | 821 | 4.2 | −7.0 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Scholefield | 509 | 2.6 | New | |
| House Homeless People | Jo Homeless | 342 | 1.8 | New | |
| Natural Law | Richard Archer | 228 | 1.2 | New | |
| Buy the Daily Sport | Vida Garman | 155 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 11,838 | 60.4 | +32.6 | ||
| Turnout | 19,593 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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[8]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Anwar, Muhammad (July 1994). "Race and Elections: The Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Politics" (PDF). Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations. University of Warwick. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 19. ISBN 0102374805.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Broughton, David. British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1995. p. 182.