UK Parliamentary general election

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Poplar and Limehouse constituency

This election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010.

10 candidates stood in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Turnout	62%

Jim Fitzpatrick

Elected

Labour Party
18,679 votes
Tim Archer

Conservative and Unionist Party
12,649 votes
George Galloway

The Respect Party
8,160 votes
Jonathan Fryer

Liberal Democrats
5,209 votes
Wayne Lochner

UK Independence Party (UKIP)
565 votes
Andrew Osborne

English Democrats
470 votes
Chris Smith

Green Party
449 votes
Kabir Mahmud

Independent
293 votes
Mohammed Aminul Hoque

Independent
167 votes
Jim Thornton

Independent
59 votes

Wikipedia

Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency which was first created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Apsana Begum, from the Labour Party MP. Begum was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party on 23 July 2024 for voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. She now sits as an Independent.

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