Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)
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Billericay County constituency |
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Billericay shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
Created: | 1950, 1983 |
MP: | John Baron |
Party: | Conservative |
Type: | House of Commons |
County: | Essex |
EP constituency: | East of England |
Billericay is a 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 strongly inclined to elect Conservative MPs.
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[edit] Boundaries
In time for the next United Kingdom general election the seat of Billericay is to effectively merge with Basildon to form a new seat of Basildon and Billericay
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1955: Bernard Braine, Conservative
- 1955 – 1959: Richard Body, Conservative
- 1959 – 1966: Edward Gardner, Conservative
- 1966 – 1970: Eric Moonman, Labour
- 1970 – 1974: Robert McCrindle, Conservative
1974 constituency abolished (see Basildon)
1983 constituency recreated
- 1983 – 1987: Harvey Proctor, Conservative
- 1987 – 2001: Teresa Gorman, Conservative
- 2001 – "present": John Baron, Conservative
[edit] Election results
General Election 2005: Billericay | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Baron | 25,487 | 52.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Anneliese Dodds | 14,281 | 29.2 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hibbs | 6,471 | 13.2 | -0.7 | |
British National | Bryn Robinson | 1,435 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Baron | 21,608 | 47.4 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Amanda Campbell | 16,595 | 36.4 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Bellard | 6,323 | 13.9 | -1.9 | |
UK Independence | Nick Yeomans | 1,072 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,013 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,598 | 58.1 | -14.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |