Poplar and Limehouse | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 75,814 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Canary Wharf, Limehouse, Poplar, Wapping |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Apsana Begum (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Poplar & Canning Town, Bethnal Green & Bow |
Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency[n 1] which was first created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Apsana Begum, who was elected as a Labour Party MP.[n 2] However, the whip was withdrawn on 23 July 2024, as a result of her voting to scrap the two child benefit cap, and she was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party. Begum now sits as an Independent MP until the whip is re-established.
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