# Newham North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

## History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new East Ham constituency.
It was one of the most multicultural constituencies in the United Kingdom; the 1991 census showed 53.4% of the constituency was of minority ethnic.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Newham North East electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

## Boundaries

* 1974–1983: The London Borough of Newham wards of Castle, Central, Greatfield, Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, St Stephens, Wall End, and Woodgrange
* 1983–1997: The London Borough of Newham wards of Castle, Central, Greatfield, Kensington, Little Ilford, Manor Park, Monega, St Stephens, and Wall End

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| February 1974 | Reg Prentice | Labour |
| 1977 | Reg Prentice | Conservative |
| 1979 | Ron Leighton | Labour |
| 1994 by-election | Stephen Timms | Labour |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,331 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,517 | 68.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election October 1974: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,541 | 34.7 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,036 | 59.2 | −8.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
General election 1979: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | 1,769 | 4.2 | −2.8 |
| | Independent | John Regan | 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 | Majority | Majority | 10,040 | 24.0 | −10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,872 | 63.1 | +3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −6.8 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,509 | 21.9 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,792 | 62.1 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 | |
General election 1987: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,236 | 21.2 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,976 | 64.1 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,986 | 27.8 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,938 | 60.3 | −3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
By-election 1994: Newham North East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,838 | 60.4 | +32.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,593 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Note: Immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election