Harlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Harlow
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harlow in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	67,700 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Robert Halfon (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Epping
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Harlow is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Robert Halfon, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Harlow's seat encompasses the 'new town' of Harlow along with the northern wards from Epping Forest district of:

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village; and Lower Sheering.^[2]

History

This seat was created in 1974 from the former seat of Epping and until changes introduced in time for the 2010 election included part of the electoral ward of Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing.^[2]

Constituency profile

The seat has been a bellwether since the result in 1983. Included are above county-average levels of social housing,^[3] underemployment and unemployment as at the 2001 census and the associated 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation^[4] however the new town has brought growth sustained in part by more commuting with an increasingly-used and separate Mill station in the London Commuter Belt and has seen a 9.2% increase in the number of apartments to 2011 which brings the proportion of the housing market made up by flats and apartments to 23.8%.^[3]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[5]	Party
February 1974	Stan Newens	Labour Co-op
1983	Jerry Hayes	Conservative
1997	Bill Rammell	Labour
2010	Robert Halfon	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Harlow ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TUSC	David Brown^[7]
	English Democrats	Eddy Butler
	Conservative	Robert Halfon^[8]
	Green	Murray Sackwild ^[9]
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff
	UKIP	Sam Stopplecamp^[10]
	Labour	Suzy Stride ^[11]

General Election 2010: Harlow^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	19,691	44.9	+4.1
	Labour	Bill Rammell	14,766	33.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrat	David White	5,990	13.7	+0.7
	BNP	Eddy Butler	1,739	4.0	N/A
	UKIP	John Croft	1,591	3.6	+1.1
	Christian	Oluyemi Adeeko	101	0.2	+0.2
Majority			4,925	11.2
Turnout			43,878	65.1	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Rammell	16,453	41.4	−6.4
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	16,356	41.2	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	5,002	12.6	−0.8
	UKIP	John Felgate	981	2.5	−0.5
	Veritas	Anthony Bennett	941	2.4	N/A
Majority			97	0.2
Turnout			39,733	62.6	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.4

General Election 2001: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Rammell	19,169	47.8	−6.3
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	13,941	34.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	5,381	13.4	+4.0
	UKIP	Tony Bennett	1,223	3.0	+2.3
	Socialist Alliance	John Hobbs	401	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,228	13.0
Turnout			40,115	59.7	−14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Rammell	25,861	54.1	+12.3
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	15,347	32.1	−14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	4,523	9.5	−1.8
	Referendum Party	Mark Wells	1,422	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	340	0.7	N/A
	BNP	John Bowles	319	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,514	22.0
Turnout			47,812
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Harlow^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	26,608	47.0	−0.2
	Labour	Bill Rammell	23,668	41.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	6,375	11.3	−4.9
Majority			2,940	5.2
Turnout			56,651	82.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	26,017	47.2	+6.1
	Labour	Stanley Newens	20,140	36.6	+2.3
	Social Democratic	M.C. Eden-Green	8,915	16.2	−8.0
Majority			5,877	10.7
Turnout			55,072	74.1	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 1983: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	21,924	41.1	+1.0
	Labour	Stanley Newens	18,250	34.2	−8.5
	Liberal	John Bastick	12,891	24.2	+8.6
	Independent	J. Ward	256	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,674	6.9
Turnout			53,321	76.5	−2.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Newens	22,698	42.7	−10.0
	Conservative	John Powley	21,306	40.1	+15.8
	Liberal	R. Browne	8,289	15.7	−7.4
Majority			1,392	2.6
Turnout			53,133	78.7	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−12.9

General Election October 1974: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Newens	24,961	52.7	+3.2
	Conservative	J.E. Smith	11,510	24.3	−0.7
	Liberal	Basil Goldstone	10,869	23.0	−2.5
Majority			13,451	28.4
Turnout			47,340	75.2	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election February 1974: Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Newens	25,814	49.5	−11.4
	Liberal	Basil Goldstone	13,280	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	J.E. Smith	13,016	25.0	−14.1
Majority			12,534	24.1
Turnout			52,110	83.9	+10.0
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1970 (Notional): Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		29,453	60.9
	Conservative		18,880	39.1
Majority			10,573	21.8
Turnout			48,333	72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Preceded by Epping	UK Parliament constituency 1974–	Succeeded by Current Incumbent

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 pp308-308 Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
↑ 3.0 3.1 2011 census interactive maps 31.2% of property is socially rented, higher than the other districts in Essex
↑ 2001 Census
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/harlow/
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/harlow-2015.html
↑ http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/Green-Party-select-candidate-Harlow-General/story-23844618-detail/story.html
↑ "Could UKIP’s Sam Stopplecamp be Harlow’s next MP?". Your Harlow. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates
↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Harlow Council
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

External links

BBC News coverage

Constituencies in the East of England (58)

Conservative (51)	Basildon and Billericay Bedford Braintree Brentwood and Ongar Broadland Broxbourne Bury St Edmunds Castle Point Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Chelmsford Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Harwich and North Essex Hemel Hempstead Hertford and Stortford Hertsmere Hitchin and Harpenden Huntingdon Ipswich Maldon Mid Bedfordshire Mid Norfolk North East Bedfordshire North East Cambridgeshire North East Hertfordshire North West Cambridgeshire North West Norfolk Norwich North Peterborough Rayleigh and Wickford Rochford and Southend East Saffron Walden St Albans South Basildon and East Thurrock South Cambridgeshire South East Cambridgeshire Southend West South Norfolk South Suffolk South West Bedfordshire South West Hertfordshire South West Norfolk Stevenage Suffolk Coastal Thurrock Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Suffolk Witham

Liberal Democrats (4)	Cambridge Colchester North Norfolk Norwich South

Labour (2)	Luton North Luton South

UKIP (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 51°46′N 0°05′E / 51.77°N 0.09°E / 51.77; 0.09