Rayleigh (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Rayleigh County constituency |
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| Rayleigh shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Mark Francois |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Rayleigh 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 the eleventh safest Conservative seat in the United Kingdom and the second safest seat in Essex.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has made radical alterations to existing constituencies to allow for the number of parliamentary seats in the county to be increased to eighteen. These changes include the formation of a number of new constituencies in the southern and eastern parts of the county.
Rayleigh will be modified to form a new constituency of Rayleigh and Wickford.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – 2001: Dr Michael Clark, Conservative
- 2001 – "present": Mark Francois, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Rayleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Francois | 25,609 | 55.4 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 10,883 | 23.6 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sid Cumberland | 7,406 | 16.0 | +0.5 | |
| UK Independence | Janet Davies | 2,295 | 5.0 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 14,726 | 31.9 | |||
| Turnout | 46,193 | 64.2 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Rayleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Francois | 21,434 | 50.1 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Paul Clark | 13,144 | 30.7 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Williams | 6,614 | 15.5 | -4.3 | |
| UK Independence | Colin Morgan | 1,581 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,290 | 19.4 | |||
| Turnout | 42,773 | 60.5 | -13.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
