| Rochford | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Essex |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East, Maldon and Chelmsford East |
| Created from | Chelmsford, Maldon, South East Essex |
Rochford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex, centred on the town of Rochford.
It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
It was created from the seats of Chelmsford, Maldon & South East Essex. It was partly replaced by the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East.
Contents |
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Clark | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East and Maldon and Chelmsford East |
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| General Election 1992: Rochford[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Clark | 38,967 | 61.1 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | N Harris | 12,931 | 20.3 | −7.0 | |
| Labour | D Quinn | 10,537 | 16.5 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | Ms. L Farmer | 1,362 | 2.1 | −25.1 | |
| Majority | 26,036 | 40.8 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 63,797 | 83.0 | +4.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||