Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Brentwood and Ongar | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Brentwood and Ongar in Essex for the 2010 general election. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| Electorate | 71,041 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Member of Parliament | Eric Pickles (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Brentwood and Ongar is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a safe Conservative seat represented since 1992 by Eric Pickles, currently the Communities and Local Government Secretary.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Brentwood and Ongar constituency, to be fought at the 2010 general election. The electoral wards used to create the seat are;
- Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford and Shelley from Epping Forest district
- The entire district of Brentwood
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Sir Robert McCrindle | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Eric Pickles | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Brentwood and Ongar[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 28,792 | 56.9 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Kendall | 11,872 | 23.5 | -3.4 | |
| Labour | Heidi Benzing | 4,992 | 9.9 | -4.9 | |
| UKIP | Michael McGough | 2,037 | 4.0 | -0.1 | |
| BNP | Paul Morris | 1,447 | 2.9 | - | |
| Green | Jess Barnecutt | 584 | 1.2 | - | |
| English Democrats | Robin Tilbrook | 491 | 1.0 | - | |
| Independent | James Sapwell | 263 | 0.5 | - | |
| Independent | Danny Attfield | 113 | 0.2 | - | |
| Majority | 16,920 | 33.4 | |||
| Turnout | 50,591 | 71.9 | +4.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 23,609 | 53.5 | +15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gavin Stollar | 11,997 | 27.2 | +11.6 | |
| Labour | John Adams | 6,579 | 14.9 | +2.3 | |
| UKIP | Stuart Gulleford | 1,805 | 4.1 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Anthony Appleton | 155 | 0.4 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,612 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 44,145 | 68.4 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 16,558 | 38.0 | −7.4 | |
| Independent | Martin Bell | 13,737 | 31.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | David John Kendall | 6,772 | 15.6 | −10.7 | |
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 5,505 | 12.6 | −9.5 | |
| UKIP | Ken Arnold Gulleford | 611 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Peter Pryke | 239 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Church of the Militant Elvis | David Bishop | 68 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Anthony Appleton | 52 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,821 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,542 | 67.3 | −9.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Brentwood and Ongar[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 32,145 | 57.6 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs ET Bottomley | 17,000 | 30.5 | +5.5 | |
| Labour | JF Keohane | 6,080 | 10.9 | −2.3 | |
| Green | Ms. C Bartley | 555 | 1.0 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 15,145 | 27.2 | −8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 55,780 | 84.7 | +5.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Brentwood & Ongar". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a65.stm.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
