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Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)

Bethnal Green and Stepney
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Bethnal Green and Stepney in Greater London for the 2024 general election
CountyGreater London
Electorate77,000 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentRushanara Ali (Labour)
Created fromBethnal Green and Bow (the most part) & Poplar and Limehouse (smaller part)
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromBethnal Green & Bow and Stepney & Poplar
Replaced byBethnal Green and Bow (the most part)
Poplar and Canning Town (small parts)

Bethnal Green and Stepney is a parliamentary constituency in Greater London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, largely based on the existing seat of Bethnal Green and Bow.

The MP for the constituency is Rushanara Ali.

History

In its first incarnation, from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997, the constituency was only ever represented by the former cabinet minister Peter Shore, who held the seat for the Labour Party. Shore was noted for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community.[2]

Boundaries

1983–1997

The constituency was made up of nine electoral wards of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Holy Trinity, Redcoat, St Dunstan's, St James', St Katharine's, St Mary's, St Peter's, Spitalfields, and Weavers. It was abolished in 1997, and largely replaced by the larger Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, in line with the Boundary Commission's recommendation that one seat should be lost in the paired boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham. 297 electors moved to the new Cities of London and Westminster constituency.

Current

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of: Bethnal Green; St. Dunstan’s; St. Peter’s; Shadwell; Spitalfields & Banglatown; Stepney Green; Weavers; Whitechapel.

Apart from Shadwell and a small part of Whitechapel ward, previously part of Poplar and Limehouse, the constituency replaced Bethnal Green and Bow - excluding Bow, which was included in the newly created seat of Stratford and Bow. It is the smallest constituency in the UK by geographical area.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
1983 Peter Shore Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green and Bow
2024 Rushanara Ali Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bethnal Green and Stepney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rushanara Ali 15,896 34.1 Decrease39.4
Independent Ajmal Masroor 14,207 30.5 N/A
Green Phoebe Gill 6,391 13.7 Increase9.5
Liberal Democrats Rabina Khan 4,777 10.2 Increase0.9
Reform UK Peter Sceats 1,964 4.2 Increase2.2
Conservative Oscar Reaney 1,920 4.1 Decrease6.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 348 0.7 Decrease0.2
Independent Sham Uddin 325 0.7 N/A
Independent Md Somon Ahmed 315 0.7 N/A
Independent Reggie Adams 271 0.6 N/A
SDP Jon Mabbutt 233 0.5 N/A
Majority 1,689 3.6 Decrease59.8
Turnout 46,647 56.9 Decrease8.0
Registered electors 81,922
Labour hold

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[5]
Party Vote %
Labour 36,720 73.5
Conservative 5,065 10.1
Liberal Democrats 4,634 9.3
Green 2,101 4.2
Brexit Party 992 2.0
Others 439 0.9
Turnout 49,951 64.9
Electorate 77,000

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Bethnal Green and Stepney[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 20,350 55.8 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Shaw 8,120 22.3 −9.5
Conservative Jane Emmerson 6,507 17.9 −1.3
BNP Richard Edmonds 1,310 3.6 New
Communist (PCC) Stanley Kelsey 156 0.4 −0.3
Majority 12,230 33.5 +17.0
Turnout 36,443 65.5 +7.9
Labour hold Swing +8.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bethnal Green and Stepney[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 15,490 48.3 −2.7
Liberal Jeremy Shaw 10,206 31.8 +1.4
Conservative Olga Maitland 6,176 19.2 +5.2
Communist Sarah Gasquoine 232 0.7 −0.1
Majority 5,284 16.5 −4.1
Turnout 32,104 57.6 +1.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Bethnal Green and Stepney[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Shore 15,740 51.0
Liberal Stephen Charters 9,382 30.4
Conservative Demitri Argyropulo 4,323 14.0
National Front Victor Clark 800 2.6
Communist J. Rees 243 0.8
Independent B. N. Chaudhuri 214 0.7
Independent P. J. Mahoney 136 0.4
Majority 6,358 20.6
Turnout 30,838 55.7
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Shore, Peter David, 1924–2001, Baron Shore of Stepney, politician", Archives in London and the M25 area
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  4. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Bethnal Green and Stepney Constituency". Tower Hamlets Council. 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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