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Poplar and Canning Town Borough constituency
Poplar and Canning Town shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Jim Fitzpatrick
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Poplar and Canning Town is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results

[edit] Boundaries

The seat has existed since 1997, and covers (as the name suggests) Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs. The seat was formed following a 1995 boundary review, from parts of the Tower Hamlets, Bow and Poplar and Newham South constituencies.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of an altered Poplar and Limehouse seat, to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1997 — present: Jim Fitzpatrick

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Poplar and Canning Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Fitzpatrick	15,628	40.9	−20.3
	Conservative	Tim Archer	8,499	22.3	+2.5
	Respect	Oliur Rahman	6,573	17.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ludlow	5,420	14.2	+3.1
	Green	Terry McGrenera	955	2.5	N/A
	Veritas	Tony Smith	650	1.7	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Simeon Ademolake	470	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,129	18.7
Turnout			38,195	61.8	+16.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.4

General Election 2001: Poplar and Canning Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Fitzpatrick	20,866	61.2	-2.0
	Conservative	Robert Marr	6,758	19.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alexi Sugden	3,795	11.1	+0.8
	British National	Paul Borg	1,733	5.1	-2.2
	Socialist Alliance	Kambiz Boomla	950	2.8	N/A
Majority			14,108	41.4
Turnout			34,102	44.9	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Poplar and Canning Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Fitzpatrick	24,807	63.2	N/A
	Conservative	Bene't Steinberg	5,892	15.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ludlow	4,072	10.4	N/A
	British National	John Tyndall	2,849	7.3	N/A
	Referendum Party	I. Hare	1,091	2.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	J. Joseph	551	1.4	N/A
Majority			18,915		N/A
Turnout				58.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking | Battersea | Brent North | Brent South | Brentford and Isleworth | Camberwell and Peckham | Croydon North | Dagenham | Dulwich and West Norwood | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Ealing North | Ealing Southall | East Ham | Edmonton | Eltham | Enfield North | Erith and Thamesmead | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Greenwich and Woolwich | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Hampstead and Highgate | Harrow East | Harrow West | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Holborn and St. Pancras | Ilford South | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury | Lewisham Deptford | Lewisham East | Lewisham West | Leyton and Wanstead | Mitcham and Morden | Poplar and Canning Town | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Streatham | Tooting | Tottenham | Vauxhall | Walthamstow | West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bromley and Chislehurst | Chingford and Woodford Green | Chipping Barnet | Cities of London and Westminster | Croydon Central | Croydon South | Enfield Southgate | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hornchurch | Ilford North | Kensington and Chelsea | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Orpington | Putney | Romford | Ruislip-Northwood | Upminster | Uxbridge | Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East | Carshalton and Wallington | Hornsey and Wood Green | Kingston and Surbiton | Richmond Park | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Sutton and Cheam | Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)