The Borough of Poplar wards of Bromley Central, Bromley South East, Poplar Cubitt Town, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar North West, and Poplar West.
^Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
April 12, 2024
poplar, south, parliament, constituency, poplar, south, strictly, south, poplar, although, this, unusual, form, official, name, borough, constituency, parliamentary, constituency, centred, poplar, district, east, london, returned, member, parliament, house, co. Poplar South strictly South Poplar although this is an unusual form of official name for a borough constituency was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Poplar district of the East End of London It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom South PoplarFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsPoplar South in the County of London1918 1950SeatsoneCreated fromPoplarReplaced byPoplarThe constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election It was then largely replaced by a new Poplar constituency Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1910s 3 2 Elections in the 1920s 3 3 Elections in the 1930s 3 4 Elections in the 1940s 4 ReferencesBoundaries edit nbsp The Borough of Poplar wards of Bromley Central Bromley South East Poplar Cubitt Town Poplar East Poplar Millwall Poplar North West and Poplar West Members of Parliament editElection Member Party1918 Alfred Yeo Liberal1922 Samuel March Labour1931 David Adams Labour1942 by election William Guy Labour1950 constituency abolished see PoplarElection results editElections in the 1910s edit nbsp YeoGeneral election 1918 South Poplar 1 2 Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Alfred Yeo 8 571 49 4Labour Samuel March 4 446 25 6Unionist Wilfrid T Allen 4 339 25 0Majority 4 125 23 8Turnout 36 077 48 1Liberal win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Samuel March 14 484 58 8 33 2National Liberal Alfred Yeo 10 146 41 2 NewMajority 4 338 17 6 N ATurnout 37 026 66 5 18 4Labour gain from Liberal Swing 20 7General election 1923 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Samuel March 14 537 64 8 6 0Liberal Harold Heathcote Williams 7 899 35 2 6 0Majority 6 638 29 6 12 0Turnout 37 681 59 5 7 0Labour hold Swing 6 0General election 1924 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Samuel March 16 224 62 6 2 2Liberal Harold Heathcote Williams 9 709 37 4 2 2Majority 6 515 25 2 4 4Turnout 38 336 67 6 8 1Labour hold Swing 2 2General election 1929 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Samuel March 19 696 64 8 2 2Liberal Harold Heathcote Williams 7 185 23 6 13 8Unionist Elliot Marcet Gorst 3 532 11 6 NewMajority 12 511 41 2 16 0Turnout 47 845 63 6 4 0Labour hold Swing 8 0Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour David Morgan Adams 16 253 57 6 7 2Liberal Herbert Leonard M Jones 11 965 42 4 18 8Majority 4 288 15 2 26 0Turnout 48 166 58 6 5 0Labour hold Swing 13 0General election 1935 Poplar South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour David Morgan Adams 18 715 73 2 15 6Conservative Diana Spearman 6 862 26 8 NewMajority 11 853 46 4 31 2Turnout 46 231 55 3 3 3Labour hold Swing N AElections in the 1940s edit 1942 Poplar South by election 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour William Henry Guy 3 375 86 2 13 0Christian Socialist P H Figgis 541 13 8 NewMajority 2 834 72 4 26 0Turnout 3 916 8 5Labour hold Swing N AGeneral election 1945 South Poplar 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour William Henry Guy 11 620 89 2 16 0National Liberal Joan Vickers 1 403 10 8 16 0Majority 10 217 78 4 32 0Turnout 19 667 66 2 10 9Labour hold Swing N AReferences edit a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig 1983 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X Debrett s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with P part 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Poplar South UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1169834044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
