Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dagenham
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
DagenhamConstituency.svg
Boundary of Dagenham in Greater Londonfor the 2005 general election
County Greater London
1945–2010
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 (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 1974–1983
DatesLocal authorityMaps Wards
1945–1974 Dagenham Urban District (before 1965)
London Borough of Barking (after 1965)		 Dagenham1945.png Urban District of Hornchurch
1974–1983 London Borough of Barking Dagenham1974Constituency.svg Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, River, Valence, and Village.
1983–1997 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Dagenham1983Constituency.svg Alibon, Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, Marks Gate, River, Triptons, Valence, and Village.
1997–2010 DagenhamConstituency.svg

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] PartyNotes
1945 John Parker Labour Member for Romford (1935–1945)
1983 Bryan Gould Labour
1994 by-election Judith Church Labour
2001 Jon Cruddas Labour Contested Dagenham and Rainham following redistribution
2010 constituency abolished: see Dagenham and Rainham

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Dagenham [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Parker 36,686 83.7
Conservative Albert Cooper 7,14716.3
Majority29,53967.4
Turnout 43,83369.1
Registered electors 63,450
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Dagenham [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 43,300 72.5 –11.2
Conservative D. Cook11,56519.4+3.1
Liberal Ivy Thurston3,9736.7New
Communist George Bridges [6] 8831.5New
Majority31,73553.1–14.3
Turnout 59,72181.3+12.2
Registered electors 73,477
Labour hold Swing –7.1
General election 1951: Dagenham [4] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 44,908 76.1 +3.6
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas 14,11223.9+4.5
Majority30,79652.2–1.0
Turnout 59,02079.8–1.5
Registered electors 73,939
Labour hold Swing –0.5
General election 1955: Dagenham [4] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 38,811 73.9 –2.2
Conservative Roger Gray 13,71826.1+2.2
Majority25,09347.8−4.4
Turnout 52,52968.9–8.8
Registered electors 76,198
Labour hold Swing –2.2
General election 1959: Dagenham [4] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 37,009 69.0 –4.9
Conservative Andrew Waley16,62631.0+4.9
Majority20,38338.0–9.8
Turnout 53,63572.5+3.6
Registered electors 73,968
Labour hold Swing –4.9

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Dagenham [4] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 32,851 64.8 –4.2
Conservative Giles Currie9,46118.7–12.3
Liberal Patrick Humphrey7,30114.4New
Communist Kevin Halpin1,0702.1New
Majority23,39046.2+8.1
Turnout 50,68371.0–1.6
Registered electors 71,424
Labour hold Swing +4.1
General election 1966: Dagenham [4] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 35,055 74.7 +9.8
Conservative Giles Currie10,53022.4+3.8
Communist George Wake1,3732.9+0.8
Majority24,52552.2+6.1
Turnout 46,95867.4–3.6
Registered electors 69,671
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970:Dagenham [4] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 31,335 70.7 –3.9
Conservative Hugh McClancy11,97627.0+4.6
Communist George Wake9822.2–0.7
Majority19,35943.7–8.5
Turnout 44,29059.1–8.3
Registered electors 75,005
Labour hold Swing –4.3
1970 notional result [13]
PartyVote %
Labour 30,30070.8
Conservative 11,60027.1
Others9002.1
Turnout42,80058.6
Electorate73,052
General election February 1974: Dagenham [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 35,765 72.7 +1.9
Conservative Archie Hamilton 12,27524.9–2.2
Communist George Wake1,1692.4+0.3
Majority23,49047.7+4.0
Turnout 49,20971.0+12.4
Registered electors 69,289
Labour hold Swing +2.0
General election October 1974: Dagenham [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 29,678 65.2 –7.4
Conservative Archie Hamilton 7,68416.9–8.1
Liberal G Poole7,56416.6New
Communist George Wake5691.3–1.1
Majority21,99448.3+0.6
Turnout 45,49565.0–6.0
Registered electors 70,004
Labour hold Swing +0.3
General election 1979: Dagenham [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 24,707 52.6 –12.7
Conservative Gary Hyams [17] 14,60031.1+14.2
Liberal Mark Long [17] 5,58311.9–4.7
National Front John Roberts [17] 1,5533.3New
Communist Daniel Connor [17] 5531.2–0.1
Majority10,10721.5–26.8
Turnout 46,99469.1+4.1
Registered electors 67,990
Labour hold Swing +13.4
1979 notional result [18]
PartyVote %
Labour 22,64652.0
Conservative 13,79731.7
Liberal 5,17411.9
Others1,9364.4
Turnout43,553
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Dagenham [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 15,665 39.3 –12.7
Conservative Bob Neill 12,68831.8+0.1
SDP Jacqueline Horne10,76927.0+15.1
National Front Joe Pearce 6451.6–1.7
Communist D Walshe1410.4–0.8
Majority2,9977.5–12.9
Turnout 39,87863.4
Registered electors 62,960
Labour hold Swing –6.4
General election 1987: Dagenham [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 18,454 44.4 +5.2
Conservative Bob Neill 15,98538.5+6.7
SDP John Carter7,08817.1–9.9
Majority2,4695.9–1.5
Turnout 41,52767.3+3.9
Registered electors 61,714
Labour hold Swing –0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Dagenham [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Gould 22,027 52.3 +7.8
Conservative Don Rossiter15,29436.3–2.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Marquand4,82411.4–5.6
Majority6,73316.0+10.0
Turnout 42,14570.7+3.4
Registered electors 59,645
Labour hold Swing +5.0
1994 Dagenham by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Church 15,474 72.0 +19.7
Conservative James Fairrie2,1309.9–26.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy1,8048.4–3.1
BNP John Tyndall 1,5117.0New
UKIP Peter Compobassi4572.1New
Natural Law Mark Leighton1160.5New
Majority13,34462.1+46.1
Turnout 21,49237.0–33.7
Registered electors 58,123
Labour hold Swing +23.1
1992 notional result
PartyVote %
Labour 22,49951.7
Conservative 16,05236.9
Liberal Democrats 4,99211.5
Turnout43,54369.8
Electorate62,395
General election 1997: Dagenham [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Church 23,759 65.7 +14.0
Conservative James P.J. Fairrie6,70518.5−18.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dobrashian2,7047.5−4.0
Referendum Steven Kraft1,4113.9New
BNP William Binding9002.5New
Independent Richard H. Dawson3491.0New
National Democrats Michael B. Hipperson1830.5New
ProLife Alliance Kathleen A. Goble1520.4New
Majority17,05447.2+32.4
Turnout 36,16362.1–7.7
Registered electors 58,232
Labour hold Swing +16.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Dagenham [26]
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 Hamilton2621.0New
Socialist Labour Robert Siggins2450.9New
Majority8,69331.5–15.6
Turnout 27,58046.5−15.6
Registered electors 59,340
Labour hold Swing –7.8
General election 2005: Dagenham [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Cruddas 15,446 50.1 −7.1
Conservative Michael White7,84125.4–0.3
Liberal Democrats James Kempton3,10610.1–0.2
BNP Lawrence Rustem2,8709.3+4.3
UKIP Gerard Batten 1,5785.1New
Majority7,60524.7–6.9
Turnout 30,84151.3+4.8
Registered electors 60,141
Labour hold Swing −3.4

See also

References

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