Billericay | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Billericay in Essex in from 1997 to 2010. | |
![]() Location of Essex within England. | |
County | Essex |
1983–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Basildon, Thurrock [1] |
Replaced by | Basildon and Billericay, South Basildon and East Thurrock, Rayleigh and Wickford |
1950–February 1974 | |
Created from | South East Essex |
Replaced by | Basildon, Brentwood and Ongar |
Billericay was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The seat was first created as a county constituency for the 1950 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1948, as a successor to the abolished seat of South East Essex. The First Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies brought in for the 1955 general election resulted in major boundary changes and it was abolished by the Second Review for the February 1974 general election.
It was re-established for the 1983 general election, with further major changes for the 1997 general election, and abolished once again for the 2010 general election.
Under both versions, the seat returned Conservative MPs at every election except 1966.
1950–1955
Formed from the abolished South-Eastern Division of Essex, excluding the Rural District of Rochford.
1955–1974
Benfleet, Canvey Island and Rayleigh (together with Rochford) now formed the re-established constituency of South East Essex. Billericay was combined with Brentwood, which had previously been included in Romford.
On abolition, the Urban District of Billericay, which had been reconstituted as the Urban District of Basildon, formed the new constituency of Basildon. The Urban District of Brentwood formed the basis for the new constituency of Brentwood and Ongar.
1983–1997
Re-established as a County Constituency, formed from northern parts of the constituency of Basildon, including Billericay and Wickford, together with northern parts of the constituency of Thurrock.
1997–2010
Major realignment of boundaries with Basildon: Pitsea was transferred from Basildon in exchange for the northern part of the Borough of Thurrock.
The seat was abolished once again for the 2010 general election. The majority, comprising Billericay, Burstead and Laindon, was included in the new constituency of Basildon and Billericay; Pitsea was included in the new constituency of South Basildon and East Thurrock; and Wickford was included in the new constituency of Rayleigh and Wickford.
Billericay has elected somewhat colourful characters to Westminster, namely Harvey Proctor, the right-wing MP who resigned after homosexual sex charges, and Teresa Gorman, the Maastricht rebel who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism over questions surrounding her registered business dealings.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1950 | Bernard Braine | Conservative | |
1955 | Richard Body | Conservative | |
1959 | Edward Gardner | Conservative | |
1966 | Eric Moonman | Labour | |
1970 | Robert McCrindle | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Basildon |
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1983 | Harvey Proctor | Conservative | |
1987 | Teresa Gorman | Conservative | |
2001 | John Baron | Conservative | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Basildon and Billericay |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Braine | 23,803 | 50.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | Albert Oram | 19,437 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal | Sidney Hayden | 3,872 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 4,366 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,112 | 79.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Braine | 26,936 | 56.7 | +6.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Brian Clapham | 20,613 | 43.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 6,323 | 13.4 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,549 | 77.1 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Body | 24,327 | 54.7 | −2.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Brian Clapham | 20,121 | 45.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 4,206 | 9.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,448 | 75.5 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Gardner | 29,224 | 46.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Mrs. Rita Alison Smythe | 24,402 | 38.8 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Sheldon-Williams | 9,347 | 14.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,822 | 7.6 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,626 | 80.4 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 35,347 | 44.3 | −2.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Rita Alison Smythe | 33,755 | 42.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Sheldon-Williams | 10,706 | 13.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 1,592 | 2.0 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 79,512 | 82.48 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Moonman | 40,013 | 46.54 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 38,371 | 44.63 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Lionel Wernick | 7,587 | 8.8 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 1,642 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 85,971 | 84.1 | +1.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert McCrindle | 47,719 | 52.2 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Eric Moonman | 43,765 | 47.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 3,954 | 4.4 | New | ||
Turnout | 91,784 | 74.2 | −9.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harvey Proctor | 29,635 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Patrick Bonner | 15,020 | 27.2 | ||
Labour | Christopher Sewell | 10,528 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | 14,615 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,183 | 73.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teresa Gorman | 33,741 | 54.9 | +1.2 | |
SDP | Michael Birch | 15,755 | 25.6 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Richard Howitt | 11,942 | 19.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 17,986 | 29.3 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 61,438 | 77.2 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teresa Gorman | 37,406 | 56.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Bellard | 14,912 | 22.5 | −3.1 | |
Labour | Alison Miller | 13,880 | 21.0 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 22,494 | 34.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 66,198 | 82.5 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teresa Gorman | 22,033 | 39.8 | −17.9 | |
Labour | Paul Richards | 20,677 | 37.3 | +17.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Williams | 8,763 | 15.8 | −6.5 | |
Loyal Conservative | Brian Hughes | 3,377 | 6.1 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | John Buchanan | 570 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,356 | 2.4 | −31.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,420 | 72.6 | −9.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | − 17.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron | 21,608 | 47.4 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Amanda Campbell | 16,595 | 36.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Bellard | 6,323 | 13.9 | −1.9 | |
UKIP | Nicholas Yeomans | 1,072 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,013 | 11.0 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,598 | 58.1 | −14.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron | 25,487 | 52.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Anneliese Dodds | 14,281 | 29.2 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hibbs | 6,471 | 13.2 | −0.7 | |
BNP | Bryn Robinson | 1,435 | 2.9 | New | |
UKIP | Seantino Callaghan | 1,184 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 11,206 | 23.0 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,858 | 61.4 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
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