Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentwood and Ongar
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Brentwood and Ongar in Essex for the 2010 general election.

Location of Essex within England.
County Essex
Electorate 71,041 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Eric Pickles (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Brentwood and Ongar 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. It is a safe Conservative seat represented since 1992 by Eric Pickles, currently the Communities and Local Government Secretary.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Brentwood and Ongar constituency, to be fought at the 2010 general election. The electoral wards used to create the seat are;

Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
Feb 1974 Sir Robert McCrindle Conservative
1992 Eric Pickles Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Brentwood and Ongar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 28,792 56.9 +2.9
Liberal Democrat David Kendall 11,872 23.5 -3.4
Labour Heidi Benzing 4,992 9.9 -4.9
UKIP Michael McGough 2,037 4.0 -0.1
BNP Paul Morris 1,447 2.9 -
Green Jess Barnecutt 584 1.2 -
English Democrats Robin Tilbrook 491 1.0 -
Independent James Sapwell 263 0.5 -
Independent Danny Attfield 113 0.2 -
Majority 16,920 33.4
Turnout 50,591 71.9 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 23,609 53.5 +15.5
Liberal Democrat Gavin Stollar 11,997 27.2 +11.6
Labour John Adams 6,579 14.9 +2.3
UKIP Stuart Gulleford 1,805 4.1 +2.7
Independent Anthony Appleton 155 0.4 +0.3
Majority 11,612 26.3
Turnout 44,145 68.4 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General Election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 16,558 38.0 −7.4
Independent Martin Bell 13,737 31.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat David John Kendall 6,772 15.6 −10.7
Labour Diana Johnson 5,505 12.6 −9.5
UKIP Ken Arnold Gulleford 611 1.4 +0.5
Independent Peter Pryke 239 0.5 N/A
Church of the Militant Elvis David Bishop 68 0.2 N/A
Independent Anthony Appleton 52 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,821 6.5
Turnout 43,542 67.3 −9.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Brentwood and Ongar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 32,145 57.6 −2.9
Liberal Democrat Mrs ET Bottomley 17,000 30.5 +5.5
Labour JF Keohane 6,080 10.9 −2.3
Green Ms. C Bartley 555 1.0 −0.3
Majority 15,145 27.2 −8.3
Turnout 55,780 84.7 +5.7
Conservative hold Swing −4.2

See also

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. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  3. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Brentwood & Ongar". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a65.stm. 
  4. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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