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Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°36′N 0°42′E / 51.6°N 0.7°E / 51.6; 0.7
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Rayleigh and Wickford
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Rayleigh and Wickford in Essex
Outline map
Location of Essex within England
CountyEssex
Electorate76,089 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsHawkwell, Hockley, Rayleigh and Wickford
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentMark Francois (Conservative Party)
SeatsOne
Created fromRayleigh

Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois, a Conservative.[n 2]

Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which added to Essex an extra seat for the 2010 general election and the seat has electoral wards:[2]

  • Wickford Castledon, Wickford North, and Wickford Park in the Basildon District[n 3]
  • Ashingdon and Canewdon, Downhall and Rawreth, Grange, Hawkwell North, Hawkwell South, Hawkwell West, Hockley Central, Hockley North, Hockley West, Hullbridge, Rayleigh Central, Sweyne Park, Trinity, Wheatley and Whitehouse in the Rochford District[n 4]

The previous Rayleigh seat was abolished as a consequence of these changes.

Constituency profile

This small-town studded portion of rural Essex reaches out almost as far as the North Sea beside Rochford and has income levels on average slightly above the national average, low unemployment[3] and little reliance on social housing.[4][5]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[6] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2010 Mark Francois Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Rayleigh and Wickford[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Francois 29,088 54.7 −3.1
UKIP John Hayter[8] 11,858 22.3 +18.1
Labour David Hough 6,705 12.6 −1.9
Independent Linda Kendall[9] 2,418 4.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Pitt[10] 1,622 3.0 −12.1
Green Sarah Yapp[11] 1,529 2.9 N/A
Majority 17,230 32.4
Turnout 53,220 68.3 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing −10.6
General Election 2010: Rayleigh and Wickford[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Francois* 30,257 57.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Gaszczak 7,919 15.1 −0.3
Labour Michael Le Surf 7,577 14.5 −12.0
English Democrat John Hayter 2,219 4.2 +4.2
UKIP Tino Callaghan 2,211 4.2 +0.1
BNP Tony Evennett 2,160 4.1 +4.1
Majority 22,338 42.7 +15.3
Turnout 50,132 65.9
Conservative hold Swing +8.0
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ from Billericay.[1]
  4. ^ from Rayleigh[2]
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ Boundary Commission for England, accessed 9 May 2010
  3. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ^ 2001 Census
  5. ^ 2011 census interactive maps
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  7. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Election Campaign". UKIP Rayleigh and Wickford. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. ^ Nizinskyj, Paul (10 March 2015). "Campaigner Linda wants to be an MP". Echo. Southend.
  10. ^ "Candidates (PPCs) for Rayleigh and Wickford". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Candidates". Eastern Green Party. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
  13. ^ 2010 election result, BBC News, 7 May 2010

51°36′N 0°42′E / 51.6°N 0.7°E / 51.6; 0.7

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