Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentwood and Ongar
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brentwood and Ongar in Essex for the 2010 general election.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Population	92,957 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	71,041 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Eric Pickles (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Eric Pickles, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

Created in 1974, the seat has been held by the incumbent, Eric Pickles, since the General Election in 1992. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest share of the vote in 1992 (including results for their two predecessor parties). At the 2010 election their candidate was second-placed with 13.6% of the vote, ahead of the Labour Party's candidate.

In the 2001 election, Pickles was opposed by Martin Bell, who had represented the Tatton constituency in the last Parliament as an independent and had pledged not to seek re-election there. Bell failed to gain Brentwood and Ongar from the Conservatives, but cut the Conservative majority to just 6.5%, the lowest in the seat's history.

Boundaries

The seat was modified for 2010, following the Boundary Commission for England review of representation in Essex, with electoral wards:

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford and Shelley from Epping Forest district
The entire district of Brentwood

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]^[4]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Robert McCrindle	Conservative
	1992	Eric Pickles	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Brentwood and Ongar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	30,534	58.8	+1.9
	UKIP	Mick McGough	8,724	16.8	+12.8
	Labour	Liam Preston	6,492	12.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Kendall	4,577	8.8	−14.6
	Green	Reza Hossain^[6]	1,397	2.7	+1.5
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook	173	0.3	−0.6
Majority			21,810	42.0	+8.6
Turnout			51,897	71.6	−0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.4

General Election 2010: Brentwood and Ongar^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	28,792	56.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Kendall	11,872	23.5	−3.4
	Labour	Heidi Benzing	4,992	9.9	−4.9
	UKIP	Michael McGough	2,037	4.0	−0.1
	BNP	Paul Morris	1,447	2.9	N/A
	Green	Jess Barnecutt	584	1.2	N/A
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook	491	1.0	N/A
	Independent	James Sapwell	263	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Danny Attfield	113	0.2	N/A
Majority			16,920	33.4
Turnout			50,591	71.9	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	23,609	53.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Stollar	11,997	27.2	+11.6
	Labour	John Adams	6,579	14.9	+2.3
	UKIP	Stuart Gulleford	1,805	4.1	+2.7
	Independent	Anthony Appleton	155	0.4	+0.3
Majority			11,612	26.3
Turnout			44,145	68.4	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	16,558	38.0	−7.4
	Independent	Martin Bell	13,737	31.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	David John Kendall	6,772	15.6	−10.7
	Labour	Diana Johnson	5,505	12.6	−9.5
	UKIP	Kenneth Arnold Gulleford	611	1.4	+0.5
	Independent	Peter Leonard Pryke	239	0.5	N/A
	Church of the Militant Elvis	David Laurence Bishop	68	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Anthony Appleton	52	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,821	6.5
Turnout			43,542	67.3	−9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Brentwood and Ongar^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	23,031	45.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Elizabeth T. Bottomley	13,341	26.3
	Labour	Marc C. Young	11,231	22.1
	Referendum	Mrs. Angela Kilmartin	2,658	5.2	N/A
	UKIP	David C. Mills	465	0.9	N/A
Majority			9,690	19.10
Turnout			50,726	76.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Brentwood and Ongar^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	32,145	57.6	−2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Elizabeth T. Bottomley	17,000	30.5	+5.5
	Labour	Ms. Francis Keohane	6,080	10.9	−2.3
	Green	Ms. Carolyn Bartley	555	1.0	−0.3
Majority			15,145	27.2	−8.3
Turnout			55,780	84.7	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Brentwood and Ongar^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert McCrindle	32,258	60.5	+2.1
	Liberal	Nicholas Richard Amor	13,337	25.0	−5.3
	Labour	James William Orpe	7,042	13.2	+1.8
	Green	Mrs. Margaret Ellen Willis	686	1.3	N/A
Majority			18,921	35.5
Turnout				79.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Brentwood and Ongar^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert McCrindle	29,484	58.4
	Liberal	Nicholas Richard Amor	15,282	30.3
	Labour	James William Orpe	5,739	11.4
Majority			14,202	28.1
Turnout				76.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Brentwood and Ongar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert McCrindle	29,113	60.4	+14.5
	Labour	I.J.C. Peddie	12,182	25.3	−4.0
	Liberal	C. Jones	6,882	14.3	−9.5
Majority			16,931	35.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Brentwood and Ongar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert McCrindle	21,136	46.9	+0.0
	Labour	H.E. Miller	13,190	29.3	+3.7
	Liberal	L.R. Wernick	10,725	23.8	−4.0
Majority			7,946	17.6
Turnout				77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Brentwood and Ongar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert McCrindle	22,545	46.6	N/A
	Liberal	L. Wernick	13,452	27.8	N/A
	Labour	M.H. Rosen	12,398	25.6	N/A
Majority			9,093	18.8	N/A
Turnout			48,395	83.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

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

↑ "Brentwood and Ongar: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Brentwood and Ongar 1974-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates?display_name=Brentwood&display_name_1=&display_name_2=All&relationship_type=All
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Brentwood & Ongar". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Brentwood and Ongar — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

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

Coordinates: 51°41′N 0°14′E / 51.68°N 0.23°E / 51.68; 0.23

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