Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rayleigh and Wickford | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Rayleigh and Wickford in Essex.
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Location of Essex within England.
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County | Essex |
Electorate | 76,089 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Hawkwell, Hockley, Rayleigh and Wickford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of parliament | Mark Francois (Conservative Party) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Rayleigh |
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European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which added to Essex an extra seat for the 2010 general election and the seat has electoral wards:[2]
- Wickford Castledon, Wickford North, and Wickford Park in the Basildon District[n 3]
- Ashingdon and Canewdon, Downhall and Rawreth, Grange, Hawkwell North, Hawkwell South, Hawkwell West, Hockley Central, Hockley North, Hockley West, Hullbridge, Rayleigh Central, Sweyne Park, Trinity, Wheatley and Whitehouse in the Rochford District[n 4]
The previous Rayleigh seat was abolished as a consequence of these changes.
Constituency profile
This small-town studded portion of rural Essex reaches out almost as far as the North Sea beside Rochford and has income levels on average slightly above the national average, low unemployment[3] and little reliance on social housing.[4][5]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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2010 | Mark Francois | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Francois | 29,088 | 54.7 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | John Hayter[8] | 11,858 | 22.3 | +18.1 | |
Labour | David Hough | 6,705 | 12.6 | −1.9 | |
Independent | Linda Kendall[9] | 2,418 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Pitt[10] | 1,622 | 3.0 | −12.1 | |
Green | Sarah Yapp[11] | 1,529 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,230 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 53,220 | 68.3 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Francois* | 30,257 | 57.8 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Gaszczak | 7,919 | 15.1 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Michael Le Surf | 7,577 | 14.5 | -12.0 | |
English Democrats | John Hayter | 2,219 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Tino Callaghan | 2,211 | 4.2 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Tony Evennett | 2,160 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 22,338 | 42.7 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,132 | 65.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 |
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
See also
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.
- ↑ from Billericay.[1]
- ↑ from Rayleigh[2]
- References
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- ↑ Boundary Commission for England, accessed 9 May 2010
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ 2010 election result, BBC News, 7 May 2010
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