| Newham North West |
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Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons |
| February 1974–1997 |
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| Number of members | one |
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| Replaced by | West Ham |
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| Created from | West Ham North |
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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
The London Borough of Newham wards of Forest Gate, New Town, Park, Plashet, Stratford, Upton, and West Ham.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party |
| | Feb 1974 | Arthur Lewis | Labour |
| | 1983 | Tony Banks | Labour |
| | 1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
General election February 1974: Newham North West | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Arthur Lewis | 18,898 | 59.9 | |
| | Liberal | D.C. Bigg | 6,350 | 20.1 | |
| | Conservative | David Atkinson | 6,301 | 20.0 | |
| Majority | 12,548 | 39.8 | |
| Turnout | 31,549 | 59.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) |
General election October 1974: Newham North West | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Arthur Lewis | 18,388 | 66.6 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | R. Brown | 5,007 | 18.1 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal | A. Hetherington | 4,201 | 15.2 | −4.9 |
| Majority | 13,381 | 48.5 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | 27,596 | 51.6 | −7.7 |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |
General election 1979: Newham North West | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Arthur Lewis | 18,392 | 61.5 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | David Amess | 7,937 | 26.5 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal | B. McCarthy | 2,377 | 7.9 | −7.3 |
| | National Front | M. Maloney | 1,217 | 4.1 | New |
| Majority | 10,455 | 35.0 | -13.5 |
| Turnout | 29,923 | 55.4 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Swing | −6.8 | |
Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Newham North West[2] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Tony Banks | 13,042 | 46.6 | −14.9 |
| | Conservative | Keith D. Irons | 6,124 | 21.9 | −4.6 |
| | SDP | Alex Kellaway | 5,204 | 18.6 | +10.7 |
| | Independent Labour | Arthur Lewis | 3,074 | 11.0 | New |
| | National Front | M. Hipperson | 525 | 1.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | 6,918 | 24.7 | -10.3 |
| Turnout | 27,969 | 56.2 | +0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 | |
General election 1987: Newham North West[3] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Tony Banks | 15,677 | 55.4 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | John Wylie | 7,181 | 25.4 | +3.5 |
| | SDP | Richard Redden | 4,920 | 17.4 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Varyah De Grandis-Harrison | 497 | 1.8 | New |
| Majority | 8,496 | 30.0 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | 28,275 | 59.4 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Newham North West[4][5] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Labour | Tony Banks | 15,911 | 61.1 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Mark Prisk | 6,740 | 25.9 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sawdon | 2,445 | 9.4 | −8.0 |
| | Green | Amanda Sandford | 587 | 2.3 | +0.5 |
| | Raving Loony Green Giant | Lord Toby Jug | 252 | 1.0 | New |
| | International Communist | David O'Sullivan | 100 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | 9,171 | 35.2 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | 26,035 | 56.0 | −3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
Notes and references