Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Newham North West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Banks	15,911	61.1	+5.7
	Conservative	MM Prisk	6,740	25.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	AJ Sawdon	2,445	9.4	-8.0
	Green	Miss AJ Standford	587	2.3	+0.5
	Raving Loony Green Giant	Toby Jug	252	1.0	+1.0
	International Communist	DA O'Sullivan	100	0.4	+0.4
Majority			9,171	35.2	+5.2
Turnout			26,035	56.0	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.