| Poplar and Canning Town | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | PoplarCanningTown |
| Map Entity: | Greater London |
| Map Year: | 2005 |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Abolished: | 2010 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Region: | England |
| European: | London |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
Poplar and Canning Town was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was created in the 1997 general election from the constituencies of Bow and Poplar and Newham South, and was divided at the 2010 general election between the realigned seat of Poplar and Limehouse and the neighbouring West Ham seat. It was held by the Labour Party for the entire period of its existence.
As the constituency's name suggested, it covered Poplar and Canning Town, as well as Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs. The breakdown of wards was:
Beckton, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Ordnance.
Blackwall, Bromley, East India, Lansbury, Limehouse, Millwall, Shadwell.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of an altered Poplar and Limehouse seat, to be fought at the 2010 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jim Fitzpatrick | Labour | ||
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Poplar and Limehouse | |||