Newham_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Newham North East
Newham North East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
February 1974–1997
Seats	One
Created from	East Ham North and East Ham South
Replaced by	East Ham

Newham North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Newham North East 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.

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Elections

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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
	Labour win (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
	Labour hold		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^[3]	1,769	4.2	−2.8
	Independent	John Regan^[3]	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
	Labour hold		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
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.2

Newham North East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
February 1974–1997
Seats	One
Created from	East Ham North and East Ham South
Replaced by	East Ham

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
	Labour hold		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
	Labour hold		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 the Daily Sport	Vida Garman	155	0.8	New
Majority			11,838	60.4	+32.6
Turnout			19,593
	Labour hold		Swing