Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dagenham
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Dagenham in Greater Londonfor the 2005 general election
County Greater London
19452010
SeatsOne
Created from Romford
Replaced by Dagenham and Rainham

Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham.

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Boundaries

Dagenham in Essex, boundaries used 1945-50 Dagenham1945.png
Dagenham in Essex, boundaries used 1945-50

1945–1974: The Borough of Dagenham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Barking wards of Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, River, Valence, and Village.

1983–2010: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Alibon, Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, Marks Gate, River, Triptons, Valence, and Village.

2010 Boundary change

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham.

History

Before 1945 this Dagenham constituency and surrounding area was part of the Romford constituency. The MP for the predecessor seat since 1935, Labour's John Parker, stood again on each occasion in this smaller successor area, representing it until 1983. Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War, and with 48 years in Parliament, remained the longest-serving Labour MP in history until Dennis Skinner served Bolsover for 49 years. Dagenham was held by Labour since its inception and election predictions always rated it as a safe seat. The constituency shared boundaries with the Dagenham electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

The far-right British National Party (BNP) was active in this area periodically and its support led to some retained deposits by polling more than 5% of the vote on several occasions. Their candidate received nearly 10% of the vote in the 2005 general election and in the 2006 local elections returned 12 councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

Constituency profile

The constituency hosted shrinking skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works, which downscaled production in 2001, leading to replacement distribution and warehousing businesses as well as local regeneration under the Thames Gateway project from 2005 however higher than national unemployment immediately, including following the seat's abolition. (See the main successor seat, Dagenham and Rainham for statistics.) The largest-polling opposition candidate was Conservative since 1979, with the Liberal Party a greater or equal opponent in elections before that, vying for second place with that party.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1945 John Parker Labour
1983 Bryan Gould Labour
1994 by-election Judith Church Labour
2001 Jon Cruddas Labour
2010 constituency abolished: see Dagenham and Rainham

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Dagenham [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 36,68683.69
Conservative Albert Cooper 7,14716.31
Majority29,53967.38
Turnout 43,83369.08
Registered electors 63,450
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Dagenham [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 43,30072.50−11.19
Conservative D. Cook11,56519.37+3.06
Liberal Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston3,9736.65New
Communist George Bridges [6] 8831.48New
Majority31,73553.13−14.25
Turnout 59,72181.28+12.20
Registered electors 73,477
Labour hold Swing -7.13
General election 1951: Dagenham [4] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 44,90876.09+3.59
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas 14,11223.91+4.54
Majority30,79652.18+0.95
Turnout 59,02077.72−3.56
Registered electors 73,939
Labour hold Swing -0.48
General election 1955: Dagenham [4] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 38,81173.88−2.21
Conservative Roger Ibbotson Gray 13,71826.12+2.21
Majority25,09347.76−4.42
Turnout 52,52968.94−8.78
Registered electors 76,198
Labour hold Swing -2.21
General election 1959: Dagenham [4] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 37,00969.00−4.88
Conservative Andrew Felix Waley16,62631.00+4.88
Majority20,38338.00−9.76
Turnout 53,63572.51+3.57
Registered electors 73,968
Labour hold Swing -4.88

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Dagenham [4] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 32,85164.82−4.18
Conservative Giles E Currie9,46118.67−12.33
Liberal Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey7,30114.41New
Communist Kevin Halpin1,0702.11New
Majority23,39046.15+8.15
Turnout 50,68370.96−1.55
Registered electors 71,424
Labour hold Swing +4.08
General election 1966: Dagenham [4] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 35,05574.65+9.83
Conservative Giles E Currie10,53022.42+3.75
Communist George C Wake1,3732.92+0.81
Majority24,52552.23+6.08
Turnout 46,95867.40−3.56
Registered electors 69,671
Labour hold Swing +3.04

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Dagenham [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 31,33570.74
Conservative Hugh McClancy11,97627.04
Communist George C Wake9822.22
Majority19,35943.70
Turnout 44,29059.05
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Dagenham [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 35,76572.68
Conservative Archie Hamilton 12,27524.94
Communist George C Wake1,1692.38
Majority23,49047.74
Turnout 49,20971.02
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Dagenham [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 29,67865.23
Conservative Archie Hamilton 7,68416.89
Liberal G Poole7,56416.63New
Communist George C Wake5691.25
Majority21,99448.34
Turnout 45,49564.99
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Dagenham [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 24,70752.57
Conservative Gary Hyams [16] 14,60031.07
Liberal Mark Long [16] 5,58311.88
National Front John Roberts [16] 1,5533.30New
Communist Daniel Connor [16] 5531.18
Majority10,10721.50
Turnout 46,99469.12
Labour hold Swing 13.4%

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Dagenham [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 15,66539.26
Conservative Bob Neill 12,68831.77
SDP Jacqueline Horne10,67927.00New
National Front Joe Pearce 6451.62
Communist D Walshe1410.35
Majority2,9977.49
Turnout 39,87863.34
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Dagenham [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 18,454 44.4 +5.1
Conservative Bob Neill 15,98538.5+6.7
SDP John Carter7,08817.1−9.9
Majority2,4695.9−1.6
Turnout 41,52767.3+4.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Dagenham [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 22,02752.26
Conservative Don Rossiter15,29436.29
Liberal Democrats Charles Marquand4,82411.45
Majority6,73315.97
Turnout 42,14570.66
Labour hold Swing
1994 Dagenham by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Church 15,474 72.0 +19.74
Conservative James Fairrie2,1309.91−26.38
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy1,8048.39−3.06
BNP John Tyndall 1,5117.03New
UKIP Peter Compobassi4572.1New
Natural Law Mark Leighton1160.5New
Majority13,34462.1+56.1
Turnout 21,492
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Dagenham [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Church 23,759 65.7 +13.4
Conservative James P.J. Fairrie6,70518.5−17.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dobrashian2,7047.5−3.9
Referendum Steven Kraft1,4113.9New
BNP William Binding9002.5N/A
Independent Richard H. Dawson3491.0New
National Democrats Michael B. Hipperson1830.5New
ProLife Alliance Kathleen A. Goble1520.4New
Majority17,05447.2+32.3
Turnout 36,16362.1−8.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Dagenham [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Cruddas 15,784 57.2 −8.5
Conservative Michael White7,09125.7+7.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Gee-Turner2,82010.2+2.7
BNP David Hill1,3785.0+2.5
Socialist Alliance Bill Hamilton2620.9New
Socialist Labour Robert Siggins2450.9New
Majority8,69331.5−15.7
Turnout 27,58046.5−15.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Dagenham [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Cruddas 15,446 50.1 −7.1
Conservative Michael White7,84125.4−0.3
Liberal Democrats James Kempton3,10610.1−0.1
BNP Lawrence Rustem2,8709.3+4.3
UKIP Gerard Batten 1,5785.1New
Majority7,60524.7−6.8
Turnout 30,84151.3+4.8
Labour hold Swing −3.4

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1979–1983
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