Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)

South Poplar
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Poplar
Created from	Poplar

Poplar South (strictly South Poplar, although this is an unusual form of official name for a borough constituency) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Poplar district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Poplar South in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was then largely replaced by a new Poplar constituency.

Boundaries

Poplar Metropolitan Borough ward boundaries in 1916

The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar wards of Bromley Central, Bromley South East, Poplar Cubitt Town, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar North West, and Poplar West.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Alfred William Yeo	Liberal
	1922	Samuel March	Labour
	1931	David Adams	Labour
	1942 by-election	William Guy	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Poplar

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Alfred William Yeo	8,571	49.4
	Labour	Samuel March	4,446	25.6
	NFDDSS	Capt. Wilfrid T. Allen	4,339	25.0
Majority			4,125	23.8
Turnout			36,077	48.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	14,484	58.8
	National Liberal	Sir Alfred Yeo	10,146	41.2
Majority			4,338	17.6
Turnout			37,026	66.5
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+20.7

General Election 1923: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	14,537	64.8	+6.0
	Liberal	Harold Heathcote-Williams	7,899	35.2	-6.0
Majority			6,638	29.6	+12.0
Turnout			37,681	59.5	-7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1924: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	16,224	62.6
	Liberal	Harold Heathcote-Williams	9,709	37.4
Majority			6,515	25.2
Turnout			38,336	67.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 1929: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel March	19,696	64.8	+2.2
	Liberal	Harold Heathcote-Williams	7,185	23.6	-13.8
	Unionist	Elliot Marcet Gorst	3,532	11.6	n/a
Majority			12,511	41.2	+16.0
Turnout			47,845	63.6	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Morgan Adams	16,253	57.6
	Liberal	Herbert L.M. Jones	11,965	42.4
Majority			4,288	15.2
Turnout			48,166	58.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.0

General Election 1935: Poplar, South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Morgan Adams	18,715	73.2
	Conservative	Mrs. Diana V.C.E. Spearman	6,862	26.8
Majority			11,853	46.4
Turnout			46,231	55.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

Poplar South by-election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Guy	3,375	86.2
	Christian Socialist	Rev. P.H. Figgis	541	13.8
Majority			2,834	72.4
Turnout			42,034	9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: South Poplar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Guy	11,620	89.2
	Conservative	Joan Helen Vickers	1,403	10.8
Majority			10,217	78.4
Turnout			19,667	66.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)