Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Southend West in Essex.
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![]() Location of Essex within England.
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County | Essex |
Electorate | 66,780 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | David Amess (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Southend |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Southend West is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Amess, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
History
Because four members of the Guinness family have held the seat (or its predecessor, Southend) it has been dubbed in political analyses in the media as "Guinness-on-Sea".[2]
It is currently represented by David Amess, previously MP for Basildon.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh, Milton, Prittlewell, St Clements, Victoria, and Westborough.
1983-2010: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Belfairs, Blenheim, Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh, Prittlewell, and Westborough.
2010-present: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Belfairs, Blenheim Park, Chalkwell, Eastwood Park, Leigh, Prittlewell, St Laurence, Westborough, and West Leigh.
The constituency comprises a small part of the West of Southend-on-Sea, and includes Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea. It is bounded to the North and East by Rochford and Southend East, to the North by Rayleigh and Wickford, to the West by Castle Point, and to the South by the very end of the Thames estuary.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 3.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Leigh-on-Sea has a number of Liberal Democrat councillors, and there is some Labour strength in Westborough, but the remaining areas are predominantly Conservative.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Sir Henry Channon | Conservative | Married heiress to the Guinness brewing business, Honor Guinness | |
1959 by-election | Paul Channon | Conservative | Cabinet minister 1986-89 | |
1997 | David Amess | Conservative | Previously MP for Basildon 1983-97 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 22,175 | 49.8 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 8,154 | 18.3 | +4.9 | |
UKIP | Brian Otridge[5] | 7,803 | 17.5 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Collins[6] | 4,129 | 9.3 | -20.1 | |
Green | Jon Fuller[7] | 2,083 | 4.7 | +3.2 | |
English Democrats | Jeremy Moss | 165 | 0.4 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 14,021 | 31.5 | +14.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,509 | 66.6 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
For 2015, the British Constitution Party announced Tom Darwood as a candidate,[8] but he failed to stand.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 20,086 | 46.1 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Welch[10] | 12,816 | 29.4 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Flynn[11] | 5,850 | 13.4 | -9.2 | |
UKIP | Garry Cockrill[12] | 1,714 | 3.9 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Tony Gladwin | 1,333 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Green | Barry Bolton[13] | 644 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Dr Vel (Marimutu Velmurgan) | 617 | 1.4 | N/A | |
English Democrats | Terry Phillips[14] | 546 | 1.3 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 7,270 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,606 | 65.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 18,408 | 46.2 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Wexham | 9,449 | 23.7 | -1.2 | |
Labour | Jan Etienne | 9,072 | 22.8 | -2.3 | |
UKIP | Carole Sampson | 1,349 | 3.4 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Marimutu Velmurgan | 745 | 1.9 | N/A | |
English Democrats | Jeremy Moss | 701 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Max Power Party | Dan Anslow | 106 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,959 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 39,830 | 51.4 | -6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 17,313 | 46.3 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Paul Fisher | 9,372 | 25.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard de Ste Croix | 9,319 | 24.9 | -8.2 | |
UKIP | Brian Lee | 1,371 | 3.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 7,941 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 37,375 | 58.0 | -11.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 18,029 | 38.8 | -15.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nina Stimson | 15,414 | 33.1 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Alan Harley | 10,600 | 22.8 | +10.5 | |
Referendum | Charles Webster | 1,734 | 3.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Brian Lee | 636 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Peter Warburton | 101 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 2,615 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,515 | 70.0 | -7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 27,319 | 54.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nina Stimson | 15,417 | 30.9 | -7.2 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Viney | 6,139 | 12.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Farmer | 495 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Keene | 451 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Peter Warburton | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,902 | 23.8 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,948 | 77.8 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 28,003 | 54.37 | ||
Liberal | G Grant | 19,603 | 38.06 | ||
Labour | Angela Smith | 3,899 | 7.57 | ||
Majority | 8,400 | 16.31 | |||
Turnout | 75.28 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 26,360 | 54.51 | ||
Liberal | G Grant | 18,327 | 37.90 | ||
Labour | J Nisbet | 3,675 | 7.60 | ||
Majority | 8,033 | 16.61 | |||
Turnout | 71.66 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 29,449 | 57.68 | ||
Liberal | D Evans | 12,585 | 24.65 | ||
Labour | J Nisbet | 8,341 | 16.34 | ||
National Front | LJ McKeon | 680 | 1.33 | ||
Majority | 16,864 | 33.03 | |||
Turnout | 76.25 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 23,480 | 47.59 | ||
Liberal | W Greaves | 16,409 | 33.26 | ||
Labour | AN Wright | 9,451 | 19.15 | ||
Majority | 7,071 | 14.33 | |||
Turnout | 73.16 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,040 | 46.68 | ||
Liberal | W Greaves | 19,885 | 37.07 | ||
Labour | AN Wright | 14,160 | 23.85 | ||
Majority | 12,913 | 21.75 | |||
Turnout | 77.23 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 29,304 | 60.05 | ||
Labour | M Burstin | 12,419 | 25.45 | ||
Liberal | JH Barnett | 7,077 | 14.50 | ||
Majority | 16,885 | 34.60 | |||
Turnout | 70.70 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,713 | 50.89 | ||
Labour | M Burstin | 13,856 | 27.42 | ||
Liberal | Gurth Hoyer-Millar | 10,958 | 21.69 | ||
Majority | 11,857 | 23.47 | |||
Turnout | 78.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,555 | 50.58 | ||
Liberal | Gurth Hoyer-Millar | 14,548 | 28.79 | ||
Labour | Rex Winsbury | 10,423 | 20.63 | ||
Majority | 11,007 | 21.78 | |||
Turnout | 78.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 27,612 | 58.2 | ||
Liberal | Heather Joan Harvey | 10,577 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | A Pearson-Clarke | 9,219 | 19.4 | ||
Majority | 17,035 | 35.9 | |||
Turnout | 77.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 14,493 | 55.6 | -8.6 | |
Liberal | Heather Joan Harvey | 6,314 | 24.2 | +9.2 | |
Labour | A Pearson-Clarke | 5,280 | 20.2 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 5,166 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Henry Channon | 27,326 | 64.2 | ||
Labour | VG Marchesi | 8,866 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal | Heather Joan Harvey | 6,375 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 18,460 | 43.4 | – | ||
Turnout | 74.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Henry Channon | 39,287 | 69.1 | ||
Labour | HN Lyall | 17,352 | 30.9 | ||
Majority | 21,755 | 38.29 | |||
Turnout | 79.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Henry Channon | 34,100 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | EC Hutchinson | 15,345 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | John Hutchison MacCallum Scott | 9,907 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 18,746 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 83.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough 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
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/southendwest/
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- ↑ http://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/25/green-party-announces-its-candidates-for-the-east-of-englands-seaside-towns/
- ↑ https://warelane.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/a-rival-to-the-omrlp/
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External links
- Southend West Liberal Democrat Prospective MP
- Southend West UKIP Prospective MP
- Southend Liberal Democrats
- Southend West Conservatives
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- EngvarB from October 2013
- Use dmy dates from October 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- Politics of Southend-on-Sea