Rochford and Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochford and Southend East
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Rochford and Southend East in Essex.

Location of Essex within England.
County Essex
Electorate 71,131 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament James Duddridge (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Southend East, Rochford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Rochford and Southend East is a county 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.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers the town of Rochford and the eastern part of Southend, such as Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness. It has been a safe Conservative seat since it's creation in 1997.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1997 Teddy Taylor Conservative
2005 James Duddridge Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Rochford and Southend East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Duddridge 19,509 46.9 +1.5
Labour Kevin Bonavia [4] 8,459 20.3 -11.3
Liberal Democrat Graham Longley[5] 8,084 19.4 +4.7
UKIP James Moyies[6] 2,405 5.8 +0.9
BNP Geoff Strobridge[7] 1,856 4.5 N/A
Green Andrew Vaughan[8] 707 1.7 -1.8
Independent Anthony Brian Chytry 611 1.5 N/A
Majority 11,050 26.6
Turnout 41,631 58.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rochford and Southend East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Duddridge 17,874 45.3 -8.3
Labour Fred Grindrod 12,384 31.4 -3.4
Liberal Democrat Graham Longley 5,967 15.1 +7.7
UKIP John Croft 1,913 4.8
Green Andrew Vaughan 1,328 3.4 +0.8
Majority 5,490 13.9
Turnout 39,466 55.4 +2.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
General Election 2001: Rochford and Southend East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Teddy Taylor 20,058 53.6 +4.8
Labour Chris Dandridge 13,024 34.8 -4.9
Liberal Democrat Stephen Newton 2,780 7.4 -2.0
Green Adrian Hedges 990 2.6 N/A
Liberal Brian Lynch 600 1.6 -0.6
Majority 7,034 18.8
Turnout 37,452 52.7 -10.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rochford and Southend East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Teddy Taylor 22,683 48.7
Labour Nigel Smith 18,458 39.7
Liberal Democrat Paula Smith 4,387 9.4
Liberal Brian Lynch 1,007 2.2
Majority 4,225 9.1
Turnout 46,535 63.7
Conservative hold Swing

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 "R" (part 2)
  3. ^ BBC News, 7 May 2010
  4. ^ "Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Labour Party. http://www.labour.org.uk/ppc/kevin_bonavia/70/. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Rochford and Southend East & Southend West". Liberal Democrats. http://southendlibdems.co.uk/pages/Parliamentary-Candidates.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Eastern Counties Region". UKIP. http://www.ukip.org/easterncounties/page/?id=43&region=2. Retrieved 15 March 2010. 
  7. ^ "Rochford and Southend East Announces Its BNP Parliamentary Candidate". BNP. 6 December 2009. http://bnp.org.uk/2009/12/rochford-and-southend-east-announces-its-bnp-parliamentary-candidate/. Retrieved 15 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Green Party Parlimentary Candidate". South East Essex Green Party. 6 May 2010 [sic]. http://seessex.greenparty.org.uk/news/22. Retrieved 3 April 2010. 
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