Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Newham North West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1997
Seats	one
Created from	West Ham North
Replaced by	West Ham

Newham North West 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. It was then merged with part of the constituency of Newham South to form the new constituency of West Ham.

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

Boundaries

The London Borough of Newham wards of Forest Gate, New Town, Park, Plashet, Stratford, Upton, and West Ham.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
Feb 1974	Arthur Lewis	Labour
1983	Tony Banks	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Newham North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Lewis	18,898	59.9
	Liberal	D.C. Bigg	6,350	20.1
	Conservative	David Atkinson	6,301	20.0
Majority			12,548	39.8
Turnout			31,549	59.3
	Labour win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Newham North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Lewis	18,388	66.6	+6.7
	Conservative	R. Brown	5,007	18.1	−1.9
	Liberal	A. Hetherington	4,201	15.2	−4.9
Majority			13,381	48.5	+8.7
Turnout			27,596	51.6	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

General election 1979: Newham North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Lewis	18,392	61.5	−5.1
	Conservative	David Amess	7,937	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal	Brian McCarthy^[2]	2,377	7.9	−7.3
	National Front	Michael Maloney^[2]	1,217	4.1	New
Majority			10,455	35.0	-13.5
Turnout			29,923	55.4	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newham North West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Banks	13,042	46.6	−14.9
	Conservative	Keith D. Irons	6,124	21.9	−4.6
	SDP	Alec Kellaway	5,204	18.6	+10.7
	Independent Labour	Arthur Lewis	3,074	11.0	New
	National Front	M. Hipperson	525	1.9	−2.2
Majority			6,918	24.7	-10.3
Turnout			27,969	56.2	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.2

General election 1987: Newham North West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Banks	15,677	55.4	+8.8
	Conservative	John Wylie	7,181	25.4	+3.5
	SDP	Richard Redden	4,920	17.4	−1.2
	Green	Varyah De Grandis-Harrison	497	1.8	New
Majority			8,496	30.0	+5.3
Turnout			28,275	59.4	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newham North West^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Banks	15,911	61.1	+5.7
	Conservative	Mark Prisk	6,740	25.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sawdon	2,445	9.4	−8.0
	Green	Amanda Sandford	587	2.3	+0.5
	Raving Loony Green Giant	Lord Toby Jug	252	1.0	New
	International Communist	David O'Sullivan	100	0.4	New
Majority			9,171	35.2	+5.2
Turnout			26,035	56.0	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Notes and references

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
^ ^a ^b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 18. 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.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.