Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southend West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Southend West in Essex.
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Location of Essex within England.
County Essex
Electorate 66,780 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament David Amess (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Southend
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Southend West 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.

Because four members of the Guinness family have held the seat (or its predecessor, Southend) it has been dubbed in the media as "Guinness-on-Sea".[2]

It is currently represented by David Amess, previously MP for Basildon.

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[edit] Boundaries

It comprises a small part of the West of Southend-on-Sea, and includes Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea. It is bounded to the North and East by Rochford and Southend East, to the North by Rayleigh and Wickford, to the West by Castle Point, and to the South by the Thames estuary.

Southend West is made up of 9 wards. These consist of:

Belfairs, Blenheim Park, Chalkwell, Eastwood Park, Leigh, Prittlewell, St Laurence, West Leigh and Westborough.

Currently the 27 Council seats held in Southend West are 15 Conservative, 10 Liberal Democrat and 2 Independent.[3]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member [4] Party
1950 Sir Henry Channon Conservative
1959 by-election Paul Channon Conservative
1997 David Amess Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Southend West [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Amess 20,086 46.1 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Welch[6] 12,816 29.4 +5.4
Labour Thomas Flynn[7] 5,850 13.4 -9.2
UKIP Garry Cockrill[8] 1,714 3.9 +0.5
BNP Tony Gladwin 1,333 3.1 N/A
Green Barry Bolton[9] 644 1.5 N/A
Independent Dr Vel (Marimutu Velmurgan) 617 1.4 N/A
English Democrats Terry Phillips[10] 546 1.3 -0.5
Majority 7,270 16.7
Turnout 43,606 65.1 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing −2.8

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Southend West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Amess 18,408 46.2 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Wexham 9,449 23.7 -1.2
Labour Jan Etienne 9,072 22.8 -2.3
UKIP Carole Sampson 1,349 3.4 -0.3
Independent Marimutu Velmurgan 745 1.9 N/A
English Democrats Jeremy Moss 701 1.8 N/A
Max Power Party Dan Anslow 106 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,959 22.5
Turnout 39,830 51.4 -6.6
Conservative hold Swing 0.5
General Election 2001: Southend West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Amess 17,313 46.3 +7.6
Labour Paul Fisher 9,372 25.1 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Richard de Ste Croix 9,319 24.9 -8.2
UKIP Brian Lee 1,371 3.7 +2.3
Majority 7,941 21.2
Turnout 37,375 58.0 -11.9
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Southend West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Amess 18,029 38.8 -15.9
Liberal Democrat Nina Stimson 15,414 33.1 +2.2
Labour Alan Harley 10,600 22.8 +10.5
The Referendum Party C Webster 1,734 3.7 N/A
UK Independent B Lee 636 1.4 N/A
Natural Law P Warburton 101 0.2 -0.1
Majority 2,615 5.6
Turnout 46,515 70.0 -7.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992: Southend West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Channon 27,319 54.7 +0.3
Liberal Democrat Nina Stimson 15,417 30.9 -7.2
Labour Geoffrey Viney 6,139 12.3 +4.7
Liberal A Farmer 495 1.0 N/A
Green Chris Keene 451 0.9 N/A
Natural Law P Warburton 127 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,902 23.8 +7.5
Turnout 49,948 77.8 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.8

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ Roth, Andrew (31 January 2007). "Lord Kelvedon". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2002349,00.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Councillors & Wards - From Southend Borough Council website.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)[self-published source?][better source needed]
  5. ^ Tinlin, R. "Notice of Poll". Southend Council. http://www.southend.gov.uk/resources/statementofpersonsnominatedukp.pdf. Retrieved 24 April 2010. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Rochford and Southend East & Southend West". Liberal Democrats. http://southendlibdems.co.uk/pages/Parliamentary-Candidates.html. Retrieved 1 February 2010. 
  7. ^ "Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Labour Party. http://www.labour.org.uk/ppc/thomas_flynn/79/. Retrieved 1 February 2010. 
  8. ^ "Eastern Counties Region". UKIP. http://www.ukip.org/easterncounties/page/?id=43&region=2. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  9. ^ "Green Party Parliamentary Candidate". Green Party. http://seessex.greenparty.org.uk/news. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 
  10. ^ "General Election Candidates". English Democrats. http://englishdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=409&Itemid=143. Retrieved 1 February 2010. [dead link]
  11. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i18.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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Constituencies in the East of England (58)
Conservative (52)
Liberal Democrats (4)
Labour (2)

Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°40′E / 51.55°N 0.66°E / 51.55; 0.66

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