Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)

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Castle Point
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Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of Castle Point in the East of England
County Essex
Population88,011 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 70,923 (2023) [2]
Major settlements Canvey Island, South Benfleet, Hadleigh
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Dame Rebecca Harris (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from South East Essex

Castle Point is a constituency [n 1] in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Dame Rebecca Harris, a Conservative. [n 2]

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Constituency profile

The seat is coterminous with the Castle Point local authority, taking its name from Hadleigh Castle and Canvey Point, and covering the Canvey Island at the seaside end of the Thames Estuary plus a segment of the adjoining mainland.

In 2001, Castle Point was characterised by skilled manual workers, commuters and the self-employed. Levels of home and car ownership in Hadleigh and Canvey were very high while social deprivation was relatively low. [3]

Of all the constituencies of the UK, it has one of the lowest levels of graduates. [4]

History

This seat was created for the 1983 general election from the former seat of South East Essex. It comprised the District of Castle Point which was formed from the former Urban Districts of Canvey Island and Benfleet and includes Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley.

In all but one election, it has been won by a Conservative candidate, passing to Labour once, in the 1997 election. The former MP defeated in 1997, Bob Spink, regained the seat in 2001. He was re-elected in 2005 but subsequently resigned from the Conservative Party on 22 April 2008. Spink briefly joined UKIP, [5] but resigned the whip shortly afterwards and sat as an Independent MP. [6] In the 2010 election, Spink lost in Castle Point to the Conservative candidate, Rebecca Harris.

At the 2017 election Castle Point had the largest Conservative majority, at 42.2%, of any constituency to have elected a Labour MP in the 1997–2010 government. This was increased even further, to 60.1%, at the 2019 election. In 2024, the Conservative vote was more than halved with Reform UK taking over 30%, reducing the majority to just 8%.

Boundaries

1983–2024

Since its creation in 1983 until the 2024 general election, the Castle Point constituency was contiguous with the boundaries of the district council of the same name. The seat is one of only a very few that were unchanged by the boundary reviews which came into effect in 1997 and 2010, having seen population growth in line with the average seat (which is slightly larger), including development in the designated development plans of the Thames Gateway.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was expanded slightly to meet the electorate size requirements, with the transfer in from South Basildon and East Thurrock of polling district DN of the Pitsea South East ward in the Borough of Basildon - equivalent to the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] [9] Party
1983 Sir Bernard Braine Conservative
1992 Bob Spink Conservative
1997 Christine Butler Labour
2001 Bob Spink Conservative
April 2008 UKIP
November 2008 Independent
2010 Rebecca Harris Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Castle Point [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Harris 15,485 38.1 −38.4
Reform UK Keiron McGill12,23430.1N/A
Labour Mark Maguire9,45523.3+6.5
Green Bob Chapman2,1185.2N/A
Liberal Democrats James Willis1,3413.3−3.3
Majority3,2518.0−52.1
Turnout 40,63357.6−6.2
Registered electors 70,552
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote %
Conservative 34,61176.5
Labour 7,60216.8
Liberal Democrats 3,0046.6
Turnout45,21763.8
Electorate70,923
General election 2019: Castle Point [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Harris 33,971 76.7 +9.4
Labour Katie Curtis7,33716.6−8.5
Liberal Democrats John Howson2,9696.7+4.4
Majority26,63460.1+17.9
Turnout 44,27763.6−0.8
Conservative hold Swing +9.0

This was the largest Conservative vote share at the 2019 general election. [13]

General election 2017: Castle Point [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Harris 30,076 67.3 +16.4
Labour Joe Cooke11,20425.1+11.3
UKIP David Kurten 2,3815.3−25.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Holder1,0492.3+0.5
Majority18,87242.2+22.5
Turnout 44,71064.4−2.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 2015: Castle Point [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Harris 23,112 50.9 +6.9
UKIP Jamie Huntman [18] 14,17831.2New
Labour Joe Cooke [19] 6,28313.8−0.9
Green Dom Ellis [20] 1,0762.4New
Liberal Democrats Sereena Davey [21] 8011.8−7.6
Majority8,93419.7+2.7
Turnout 45,45066.7−0.2
Conservative hold Swing −24.3
General election 2010: Castle Point [22] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Harris 19,806 44.0 −4.3
Independent Save Our Green Belt Bob Spink 12,17427.0New
Labour Julian Ware-Lane6,60914.7−15.7
Liberal Democrats Brendan D'Cruz4,2329.4−0.9
BNP Philip Howell2,2054.9New
Majority7,63217.0−0.9
Turnout 45,02666.9+1.0
Conservative hold Swing −15.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Castle Point [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Spink 22,118 48.3 +3.7
Labour Luke Akehurst 13,91730.4−11.7
Liberal Democrats James Sandbach4,71910.3+2.5
UKIP Neil Hamper3,4317.5+4.3
Green Irene Willis1,6173.5New
Majority8,20117.9+15.4
Turnout 45,80265.9+7.5
Conservative hold Swing +7.7
General election 2001: Castle Point [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Spink 17,738 44.6 +4.5
Labour Christine Butler 16,75342.1−0.3
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton3,1167.8−1.4
UKIP Ronald Hurrell1,2733.2New
Independent Douglas Roberts6631.7New
Truth PartyNik Searle2230.6New
Majority9852.5N/A
Turnout 39,76658.4−13.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Castle Point [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Butler 20,605 42.4 +18.4
Conservative Bob Spink 19,46240.1−15.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker4,4779.2−10.0
Referendum Hugh Maulkin2,7005.6New
Independent Linda Kendall1,3012.7New
Majority1,1432.3N/A
Turnout 48,54572.1−8.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +17.0
General election 1992: Castle Point [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Spink 29,629 55.6 −4.3
Labour David Flack12,79924.0+5.0
Liberal Democrats Allan Petchey10,20819.2−1.9
Green Irene Willis6431.2New
Majority16,83031.6−7.2
Turnout 53,27980.4+5.9
Conservative hold Swing −4.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Castle Point [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Braine 29,681 59.9 +1.4
SDP Anne Bastow10,43321.1−3.7
Labour William Deal9,42219.0+2.3
Majority19,24838.8+5.1
Turnout 49,53674.5+3.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 1983: Castle Point [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Braine 26,730 58.5
SDP Anne Bastow11,31324.8
Labour Lynne Cunningham7,62116.7
Majority15,41733.7
Turnout 45,66471.3
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ 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.

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