Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)
Southend East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Major settlements | Southend-on-Sea, Shoeburyness |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Rochford and Southend East |
Created from | Southend |
Southend East was a parliamentary constituency in Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
Southend East was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, except for at a by-election in 1980 when the Conservatives held the seat by only 430 votes. From this by-election until its abolition, Southend East was held by the well-known Conservative Teddy Taylor.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Milton, St Luke's, Shoebury, Southchurch, Thorpe, and Victoria.
The constituency included the town centre of Southend-on-Sea, and parts of the Borough of Southend to the east of the centre.
In 1997, Southend East was expanded to the north to include the town of Rochford to form the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East due to relatively low population.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1950 | Stephen McAdden | Conservative | |
1980 by-election | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Rochford and Southend East |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Southend East[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Teddy Taylor | 24,591 | 58.8 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Graham J. Bramley | 11,480 | 27.4 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs Jackie Horne | 5,107 | 12.2 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | Brian T. Lynch | 673 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 13,111 | 31.3 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,851 | 73.8 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Southend East by-election, 1980 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 13,117 | 36.8 | −19.3 | |
Labour | Colin George | 12,687 | 35.6 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | David Evans | 8,939 | 25.1 | +12.0 | |
New Britain | Terence Robertson | 532 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Anti Common-Market Free Trade | Oliver Smedley | 207 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | James Curry | 132 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 23 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 430 | 1.2 | −25.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,016 | 62.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.9 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,139 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.