| Newham South | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| February 1974–1997 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | East Ham South,West Ham South andWoolwich East |
| Replaced by | East Ham,West Ham andPoplar and Canning Town |
Newham South was aparliamentary constituency in theLondon Borough of Newham, in east London. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for theFebruary 1974 general election, and abolished for the1997 general election.
The constituency shared boundaries with theNewham South electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
The constituency consisted of the southern portion of theLondon Borough of Newham, the wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South. It includedNorth Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest ofWoolwich on the other side of theRiver Thames.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Elwyn Jones | Labour | |
| 1974 by-election | Nigel Spearing | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elwyn Jones | 23,952 | 66.1 | ||
| Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 5,369 | 14.8 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Fox | 4,422 | 12.2 | ||
| National Front | Michael Lobb | 2,511 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 18,583 | 51.3 | |||
| Turnout | 36,254 | 63.2 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 9,321 | 62.6 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 1,862 | 12.5 | −2.3 | |
| National Front | Michael Lobb | 1,713 | 11.5 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Frank Fox | 1,651 | 11.1 | −1.2 | |
| Independent Labour | Sydney South | 332 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 7,459 | 50.1 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 14,879 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 21,332 | 69.3 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal | Ivor Shipley | 3,611 | 11.7 | −3.1 | |
| Conservative | A.D.C. Gemmill | 3,440 | 11.2 | −1.0 | |
| National Front | Oliver Bayly | 2,412 | 7.8 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 17,721 | 57.6 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 30,795 | 53.4 | −9.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 19,636 | 64.4 | −4.9 | |
| Conservative | Mary-Jo Elphicke | 6,863 | 22.5 | +11.3 | |
| Liberal | John Ozimek | 2,085 | 6.8 | −4.9 | |
| National Front | Ian Anderson | 1,899 | 6.2 | −1.6 | |
| Majority | 12,773 | 41.9 | −15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 30,483 | 57.1 | +3.7 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −8.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 13,561 | 50.2 | −14.2 | |
| SDP | Andrew Reilly | 6,250 | 23.1 | +16.3 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Thompson | 6,212 | 23.0 | +0.5 | |
| National Front | Ian Anderson | 993 | 3.7 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 7,311 | 27.1 | −13.2 | ||
| Turnout | 27,016 | 53.6 | −3.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 12,935 | 43.5 | −6.7 | |
| Conservative | James Farrie | 10,169 | 34.2 | +11.2 | |
| SDP | Alex Kellaway | 6,607 | 22.2 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 2,766 | 9.3 | −17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 29,711 | 59.1 | +5.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −8.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Spearing | 14,358 | 46.6 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Foster | 11,856 | 38.5 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Kellaway | 4,527 | 14.9 | −7.3 | |
| Majority | 2,502 | 8.1 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,786 | 60.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −0.6 | |||