Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Poplar South (strictly South Poplar, although this is an unusual form of official name for a borough constituency) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Poplar district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was then largely replaced by a new Poplar constituency.

Boundaries

File:Poplar Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The Borough of Poplar wards of Bromley Central, Bromley South East, Poplar Cubitt Town, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar North West, and Poplar West.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 Alfred Yeo Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1922 Samuel March Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 David Adams Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1942 by-election William Guy Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Poplar

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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Yeo
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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: South Poplar[1][2]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Samuel March 4,446 25.6
Script error: No such module "Political party". Wilfrid T. Allen 4,339 25.0
Majority 4,125 23.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,077 48.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1922: South Poplar[1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Alfred Yeo 10,146 41.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,338 17.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,026 66.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1923: South Poplar[1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Harold Heathcote-Williams 7,899 35.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,638 29.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,681 59.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1924: South Poplar[1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Harold Heathcote-Williams 9,709 37.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,515 25.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 38,336 67.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1929: South Poplar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harold Heathcote-Williams 7,185 23.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Elliot Marcet Gorst 3,532 11.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,511 41.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,845 63.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +8.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: South Poplar[1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Herbert Leonard M. Jones 11,965 42.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,288 15.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,166 58.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -13.0

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General election 1935: Poplar, South Poplar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Diana Spearman 6,862 26.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,853 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,231 55.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1940s

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1942 Poplar South by-election[1]
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Christian Socialist P.H. Figgis 541 13.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,834 72.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,916 8.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1945: South Poplar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joan Vickers 1,403 10.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,217 78.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 19,667 66.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

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References

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  1. a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.
  2. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench

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