Rochford (UK Parliament constituency)
| 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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Clark | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East and Maldon and Chelmsford East | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
| 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 | |||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Coordinates: 51°35′N 0°43′E / 51.58°N 0.71°E