Poplar and Limehouse
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards
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, a 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 then sat as an Independent, before being readmitted to Labour in September 2025.
Constituency profile
Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency in Greater London in England, within the Borough of Tower Hamlets. It covers the neighbourhoods of Poplar, Limehouse, Wapping, Mile End, Canary Wharf, Millwall and Cubitt Town.
This constituency covers an inner-city area around 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the centre of London. Its position along the River Thames gave the area a maritime history with many large docks. Most of the docks and warehouses are no longer in use and have since been repurposed, most notably at Canary Wharf which began redevelopment in the 1980s and is today one of London's main financial centres with a number of skyscrapers; the district contains six of the UK's ten tallest buildings. This constituency also contains the Tower of London and the north end of Tower Bridge, two of the UK's most popular tourist attractions.
The area's importance as a maritime centre made it a target for the Luftwaffe during the Blitz of World War II. This resulted in significant post-war development including the large Lansbury council housing estate and many dense terraces and blocks of flats.
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