General election - Tower Hamlets campaigns

Title

General election - Tower Hamlets campaigns

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:59

Description

Report on campaigns in the East London Tower Hamlets constituencies of Bow and Poplar, and Bethnal Green and Stepney, in the 1983 General Election following boundary changes, with unemployment the major issue. Includes interviews with candidates: Eric Flounders, Liberal Party; Ian Mikardo Labour MP; John Snooks, Independent Labour; Stephen Eyre, Conservative Party; Sylvia Bartlett, National Front; Keith Scotcher, Workers Revolutionary Party. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ian Mikardo; Eric Flounders; John Snooks; Stephen Eyre; Sylvia Bartlett; Keith Scotcher

Keywords

Elections; Politics; London; Labour Party; Social problems; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Unemployment; Political parties; Tower Hamlets; Constituency boundaries; Members of Parliament; National Front; SDP-Liberal Alliance; General elections; Political coalitions; Stepney; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; Bethnal Green; Workers Revolutionary Party; Poplar; Constituencies; Bow; Independent Labour

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