| Newham North East | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| February 1974–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | East Ham North andEast Ham South |
| Replaced by | East Ham |
Newham North East was aparliamentary constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom, in theLondon Borough of Newham. It returned oneMember of Parliament, elected by thefirst past the post system.
The constituency was created for theFebruary 1974 general election, and abolished for the1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the newEast Ham constituency.
It was one of the most multicultural constituencies in the United Kingdom; In 1981, 32.6% of the constiuency were non-White.[1] The 1991 census showed 53.4% of the constituency was ofminority ethnic.[2]
The constituency shared boundaries with theNewham North East electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1974 | Reg Prentice | Labour | |
| 1977 | Conservative | ||
| 1979 | Ron Leighton | Labour | |
| 1994 by-election | Stephen Timms | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Reg Prentice | 24,200 | 54.4 | ||
| Conservative | T.J. Stroud | 10,869 | 24.4 | ||
| Liberal | L.H. Cohen | 8,486 | 19.1 | ||
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 760 | 1.7 | ||
| International Marxist | John Ross | 202 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 13,331 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,517 | 68.0 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Reg Prentice | 22,205 | 56.9 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | T.J. Stroud | 8,664 | 22.2 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal | L.H. Cohen | 4,880 | 12.5 | −6.6 | |
| National Front | J. Newham | 2,715 | 7.0 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 572 | 1.5 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 13,541 | 34.7 | +4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 39,036 | 59.2 | −8.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 22,818 | 54.5 | −2.4 | |
| Conservative | Cynthia Kay Wood | 12,778 | 30.5 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal | David J. Corney | 4,027 | 9.6 | −2.9 | |
| National Front | William Northcott[4] | 1,769 | 4.2 | −2.8 | |
| Independent | John Regan[4] | 208 | 0.5 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Michael Banda | 154 | 0.4 | −1.1 | |
| Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | William Boaks | 118 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 10,040 | 24.0 | −10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 41,872 | 63.1 | +3.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −6.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 19,282 | 49.7 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Helen Gardener | 10,773 | 27.8 | −2.7 | |
| Liberal | Ann Winfield | 7,943 | 20.5 | +10.9 | |
| National Front | F.R. Adams | 794 | 2.0 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 8,509 | 21.9 | −2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 38,792 | 62.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 20,220 | 51.9 | +2.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Davis | 11,984 | 30.7 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal | Harriet Steele | 6,772 | 17.4 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 8,236 | 21.2 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38,976 | 64.1 | +2.0 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 20,952 | 58.3 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy H. Galbraith | 10,966 | 30.5 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan J. Aves | 4,020 | 11.2 | −6.2 | |
| Majority | 9,986 | 27.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,938 | 60.3 | −3.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Timms | 14,688 | 75.0 | +16.7 | |
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 2,850 | 14.6 | −15.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Kellaway | 821 | 4.2 | −7.0 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Scholefield | 509 | 2.6 | New | |
| House Homeless People | Jo Homeless | 342 | 1.8 | New | |
| Natural Law | Richard Archer | 228 | 1.2 | New | |
| Buy theDaily Sport | Vida Garman | 155 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 11,838 | 60.4 | +32.6 | ||
| Turnout | 19,593 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
Note: Immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election[9]