Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)

Poplar and Limehouse
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Poplar and Limehouse in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	74,919 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Poplar & Canning Town, Bethnal Green & Bow
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Jim Fitzpatrick, a member of the Labour Party.

The predecessors to this constituency (area electing MPs to the House of Commons) (see history of boundaries) since 1992 have elected Labour Party representatives. The 2010 majority of Jim Fitzpatrick was 12.9% over the runner up Conservative Party candidate.

The 2015 re-election of Fitzpatrick made the seat the 66th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which proposed the seat's creation for General Election 2010 since which it has electoral wards:

Alternative names, including "Tower Hamlets South" and "Poplar and Millwall" were rejected following public consultation.

The constituency and its predecessor seats covering the Isle of Dogs have consistently been won by Labour since the 1920s. The district has changed vastly over this time, and great wealth and considerable poverty now coexist side by side.

Once home to shipping and heavy industry, the Docklands area was derelict for many years, before rejuvenation began in the late 1980s. Now the area around Canary Wharf is one of the country's largest financial districts and has several landmark skyscrapers, such as One Canada Square.

The redevelopment of the Docklands has led to the creation of luxury housing in the constituency, which has altered the demographics somewhat. However, in parts of the Isle of Dogs and in the areas north, east and west of Poplar there are still areas of high deprivation.