A small amount of the constituency's territory was added to Bow and Bromley.

The suburban neighbourhood of Poplar formed a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets.

In 1889 the Tower division of Middlesex was severed from the county, for administrative purposes.

In 1900 the lower tier of local government in London was re-modelled.

1950–1974: When a re-distribution of parliamentary seats took effect in 1950, the constituency was re-created.