Rochford and Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Rochford and Southend East | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Rochford and Southend East in Essex. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| Electorate | 71,131 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | James Duddridge (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Southend East, Rochford |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Rochford and Southend East is a county 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Rochford and the eastern part of Southend, such as Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness. It has been a safe Conservative seat since it's creation in 1997.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | |
| 2005 | James Duddridge | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Rochford and Southend East[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Duddridge | 19,509 | 46.9 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Kevin Bonavia [4] | 8,459 | 20.3 | -11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Longley[5] | 8,084 | 19.4 | +4.7 | |
| UKIP | James Moyies[6] | 2,405 | 5.8 | +0.9 | |
| BNP | Geoff Strobridge[7] | 1,856 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Andrew Vaughan[8] | 707 | 1.7 | -1.8 | |
| Independent | Anthony Brian Chytry | 611 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,050 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 41,631 | 58.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Rochford and Southend East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Duddridge | 17,874 | 45.3 | -8.3 | |
| Labour | Fred Grindrod | 12,384 | 31.4 | -3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Longley | 5,967 | 15.1 | +7.7 | |
| UKIP | John Croft | 1,913 | 4.8 | ||
| Green | Andrew Vaughan | 1,328 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 5,490 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 39,466 | 55.4 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Rochford and Southend East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 20,058 | 53.6 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Chris Dandridge | 13,024 | 34.8 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Newton | 2,780 | 7.4 | -2.0 | |
| Green | Adrian Hedges | 990 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Brian Lynch | 600 | 1.6 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,034 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,452 | 52.7 | -10.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Rochford and Southend East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 22,683 | 48.7 | ||
| Labour | Nigel Smith | 18,458 | 39.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Paula Smith | 4,387 | 9.4 | ||
| Liberal | Brian Lynch | 1,007 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,225 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 46,535 | 63.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[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 "R" (part 2)
- ^ BBC News, 7 May 2010
- ^ "Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Labour Party. http://www.labour.org.uk/ppc/kevin_bonavia/70/. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Rochford and Southend East & Southend West". Liberal Democrats. http://southendlibdems.co.uk/pages/Parliamentary-Candidates.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Eastern Counties Region". UKIP. http://www.ukip.org/easterncounties/page/?id=43®ion=2. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ "Rochford and Southend East Announces Its BNP Parliamentary Candidate". BNP. 6 December 2009. http://bnp.org.uk/2009/12/rochford-and-southend-east-announces-its-bnp-parliamentary-candidate/. Retrieved 15 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Green Party Parlimentary Candidate". South East Essex Green Party. 6 May 2010 [sic]. http://seessex.greenparty.org.uk/news/22. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°49′E / 51.55°N 0.81°E
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