Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Southend West Borough constituency |
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| Southend West shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | David Amess |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP 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.
Due to the fact that four members of the Guinness family have held the seat (or its predecessor, Southend) it is often dubbed in the media "Guinness-on-Sea".[1]
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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, to the West by Castle Point, and to the South by the Thames estuary.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Sir Henry Channon | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Paul Channon | Conservative | |
| 1997 | David Amess | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Southend West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Amess | 18,408 | 46.2 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Wexham | 9,449 | 23.7 | -1.2 | |
| Labour | Jan Etienne | 9,072 | 22.8 | -2.3 | |
| UK Independence | Carole Sampson | 1,349 | 3.4 | -0.3 | |
| Independent | Marimutu Velmurgan | 745 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| English Democrats | Jeremy Moss | 701 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Max Power Party | Dan Anslow | 106 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 8,959 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,830 | 51.4 | -6.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Southend West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Amess | 17,313 | 46.3 | +7.6 | |
| Labour | Paul Fisher | 9,372 | 25.1 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard de Ste Croix | 9,319 | 24.9 | -8.2 | |
| UK Independence | Brian Lee | 1,371 | 3.7 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 7,941 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 37,375 | 58.0 | -11.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
