Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)

Billericay
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Billericay in Essex in 2005.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
1983 (1983)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Basildon and Billericay
Created from	Basildon
1950 (1950)–February 1974 (February 1974)
Replaced by	Basildon
Created from	South East Essex
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Billericay was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It returned Conservative MPs at every election except 1966.

Boundaries

For the 2010 general election, the seat of Billericay was effectively merged with Basildon to form a new seat of Basildon and Billericay. Billericay has a history of electing somewhat colourful characters to Westminster, namely Harvey Proctor, the rightwing MP who resigned after gay sex charges, and Mrs Teresa Gorman, Maastricht rebel who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism over questions surrounding her registered business dealings.

From 1983 to 1997, the wards of the constituency were Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Laindon, Wickford North, and Wickford South from the district of Basildon, and Corringham and Fobbing, Orsett, Stanford-le-Hope, and The Homesteads from the borough of Thurrock.

From 1997 to 2010, the wards of the constituency were Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch, Laindon Park, Pitsea North West, Pitsea South East, Vange, Wickford Castledon, Wickford North, and Wickford Park.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Bernard Braine	Conservative
	1955	Richard Body	Conservative
	1959	Edward Gardner	Conservative
	1966	Eric Moonman	Labour
	1970	Robert McCrindle	Conservative
	February 1974	constituency abolished. see Basildon

MPs 1983–2010

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Harvey Proctor	Conservative
	1987	Teresa Gorman	Conservative
	2001	John Baron	Conservative
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Basildon & Billericay

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baron	25,487	52.2	+4.8
	Labour	Anneliese Dodds	14,281	29.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hibbs	6,471	13.2	-0.7
	BNP	Bryn Robinson	1,435	2.9	+2.9
	UKIP	Seantino Callaghan	1,184	2.4	0.0
Majority			11,206	22.9
Turnout			48,858	61.4	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

General Election 2001: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baron	21,608	47.4	+7.6
	Labour	Amanda Campbell	16,595	36.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Bellard	6,323	13.9	-1.9
	UKIP	Nick Yeomans	1,072	2.4	N/A
Majority			5,013	11.0
Turnout			45,598	58.1	-14.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	22,033	39.8
	Labour	Paul Richards	20,677	37.3
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Williams	8,763	15.8
	Loyal Conservative	Brian Hughes	3,377	6.1	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	John Buchanan	570	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,356	2.4
Turnout			55,420	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	37,406	56.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	F Bellard	14,912	22.5	-3.1
	Labour	Ms. AF Miller	13,880	21.0	+1.5
Majority			22,494	34.0	+4.6
Turnout			66,198	82.5	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
• Billericay
• Laindon