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Created from East Ham South, West Ham South and Woolwich East Replaced by East Ham South, West Ham South, Woolwich East, East Ham, West Ham | ||
Newham South was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Newham wards of Beckton, Bemersyde, Canning Town and Grange, Custom House and Silvertown, Hudsons, Ordnance, Plaistow, and South.
The constituency consisted of the southern portion of the London Borough of Newham. It included North Woolwich, which had previously been included in seats with the rest of Woolwich on the other side of the River Thames.
References
Newham South (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA