Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southend East
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

1950-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe, and the Rural District of Rochford.

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
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]
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
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 William 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

  1. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,139 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
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