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| Poplar and Canning Town Borough constituency |
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| 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 borough 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Bow and Poplar & Newham South. As its name suggests, it covers Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs.
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 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Jim Fitzpatrick | Labour | |
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| 2005 | |||
Election results
| General Election 2005: Poplar and Canning Town | |||||
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| 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 Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Fitzpatrick | 20,866 | 61.2 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Robert Marr | 6,758 | 19.8 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alexi Sugden | 3,795 | 11.1 | +0.8 | |
| BNP | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jim Fitzpatrick | 24,807 | 63.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Bene't Steinberg | 5,892 | 15.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Janet Ludlow | 4,072 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| BNP | 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 | 39,262 | 58.5 | N/A | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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