| Stepney and Poplar | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | February 1974 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Previous: | Poplar and Stepney |
| Next: | Bow & Poplar and Bethnal Green & Stepney[1] |
Stepney and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the February 1974 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Stepney and Poplar electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Limehouse, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar South, Poplar West, Redcoat, St Dunstan's, St Katharine's, St Mary's, and Shadwell.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Peter Shore | Labour | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green and Stepney | |||