Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Stepney was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stepney 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, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency existed for two separate periods:

• it was first created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election
• from the 1950 general election until its abolition for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Stepney and Poplar.

Boundaries

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Stepney in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885–1918

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Stepney in the County of London, boundaries 1950–74

The constituency was first created in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the Stepney neighbourhood in the East End of London. The area was administered as part of the Tower division of the county of Middlesex.

In 1889 there were administrative changes. The territory of the constituency was severed from Middlesex and included in the new County of London. The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.

In 1900 local government in London was rationalised. The Stepney Board of Works was abolished and the civil parish of Stepney became part of a larger Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1918, the Metropolitan Borough was divided between three constituencies - Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's. The previous Stepney constituency was abolished and largely replaced by Whitechapel and St George's.

In the next major redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, the Stepney constituency was re-created. The 1950 version of the seat comprised the whole of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

In 1965 Stepney became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London. When parliamentary constituencies were next redistributed, for the February 1974 general election, the area was included in the Stepney and Poplar seat.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	John Charles Durant	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886	Frederick Wootton Isaacson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1898	W. C. Steadman	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900	William Evans-Gordon	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1907	Frederick Leverton Harris	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910 Dec.	William Glyn-Jones	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

MPs 1950–1974

Constituency re-established 1950

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950	Walter Edwards	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1964	Peter Shore	Labour
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Greenway	4,922	19.4
		Solly Kaye	1,468	5.8
Majority			14,071	55.4
Turnout			25,383	44.9
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Beryl Phyllis Cooper	5,049	16.6
		Solly Kaye	2,209	7.3
Majority			18,049	59.5
Turnout			30,356	50.7
	hold		Swing

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General election 1964: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ian F Hay Davison	6,466	20.7
		Solly Kaye	2,454	7.9
Majority			15,818	50.7
Turnout			31,104	51.3
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		P Brian Calwell	8,566	22.6
		Solly Kaye	2,548	6.7
Majority			18,309	48.2
Turnout			37,989	59.4
	hold		Swing

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General election 1955: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lillian F Sutton	5,733	15.1
		Solly Kaye	2,888	7.6
		Fred Winckless	1,615	4.3
Majority			21,944	57.9
Turnout			37,913	57.8
	hold		Swing

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General election 1951: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Martin Herbert Bernhard Solomon	7,586	16.2
		Ted Bramley	3,436	7.3
Majority			28,263	60.3
Turnout			46,871	70.9
	hold		Swing

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General election 1950: Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Martin Herbert Bernhard Solomon	6,238	13.1
		Phil Piratin	5,991	12.5
		John Henry Maynard	2,105	4.4
Majority			27,237	56.9
Turnout			47,809	72.5

Elections in the 1910s

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WS Glyn-Jones

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General election December 1910: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Preston	1,812	48.5
Majority			114	3.0
Turnout			3,738	80.3
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" |	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.5

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General election January 1910: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Glyn-Jones	1,861	47.0
Majority			241	6.0
Turnout			3,963	85.2
	hold		Swing	−4.3

Elections in the 1900s

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1907 Stepney by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ben Cooper	1,350	37.0
Majority			949	26.0
Turnout			3,649	64.9
	hold		Swing	+5.7

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General election 1906: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Durham Stokes	1,853	42.7
Majority			637	14.6
Turnout			4,343	83.9
	hold		Swing	-4.5

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General election 1900: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. C. Steadman	1,718	38.2
Majority			1,065	23.6
Turnout			4,501	76.6
	hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1890s

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Steadman

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By-election, 9 Mar 1898: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Evans-Gordon	2,472	49.8
Majority			20	0.4
Turnout			4,964	77.7
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Dickinson

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General election 1895: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Willoughby Dickinson	1,876	44.4
Majority			470	11.2
Turnout			4,222	69.8
	hold		Swing	+4.6

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Isaacson

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General election 1892: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson	2,203	49.0
Majority			89	2.0
Turnout			4,495	74.1
	hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Samuel Wright	1,735	43.7
Majority			502	12.6
Turnout			3,972	57.4
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General election 1885: Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Isaacson	2,035	49.9
Majority			10	0.2
Turnout			4,080	58.9

The initial count for this election had Durant on 2,141 votes and Isaacson on 2,119 votes; a re-count then led to Durant on 2,052 votes and Isaacson on 2,051 votes. Further scrutiny then led to the above results.

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