Rochford and Southend East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 71,131 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Prittlewell, Rochford, Shoeburyness, Southend, Thorpe Bay |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Sir James Duddridge (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Southend East, Rochford |
Rochford and Southend East is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Sir James Duddridge, a Conservative. [n 2]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will only be subject to relatively minor boundary changes (including the loss of St Luke's ward to Southend West), but is to be renamed Southend East and Rochford - to be first contested at the next general election. [2]
Rochford and Southend East had a relatively marginal Conservative majority on its 1997 creation, as it had some of Labour's stronger wards in Southend, such as Kursaal, Milton, St. Luke's and Victoria, with the party nearly gaining its predecessor seat Southend East in a by-election in 1980, though in the elections since a much larger majority suggests a Conservative safe seat. In more recent elections, it had become more marginal however than other Essex constituencies that elected Labour MPs in the 21st century such as Harlow and Basildon.
Dependency on social housing [3] and unemployment benefit in the constituency is low [4] and in the Rochford local council only 14.5% of households do not have a car (band 5 of 5 in the 2011 census) whereas 27% of households in the Southend part lack a car (band 2 of 5). [5]
The 2017 election saw a 5% swing to Labour, cutting Duddridge's majority by 3,928 votes. In the 2019 election however, a 7.4% swing from Labour to the Conservatives gave Duddridge a 12,286 majority; his largest ever majority under the seat's current boundaries.
Local government
Currently the 31 Council seats held in Rochford and Southend East are 7 Conservative (from Rochford), 10 Independent, 7 Labour, 5 Conservative and 2 UKIP (from Southend).
This seat was created for the 1997 general election primarily from the abolished constituency of Southend East, with the addition of Rochford and Great Wakering, which were previously in the abolished Rochford constituency.
It has been held by the Conservatives since its formation.
Small reduction in electorate due to redistribution of local authority wards.
The constituency covers the town of Rochford and the town centre, main seafront and eastern part of Southend-on-Sea, such as Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st December 2020):
St Luke's ward transferred to the newly named constituency of Southend West and Leigh. Minor gain of sparsely populated area to the north of the constituency from Rayleigh and Wickford.
Election | Member [9] | Party | |
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1997 | Sir Teddy Taylor | Conservative | |
2005 | Sir James Duddridge | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bayo Alaba [10] | ||||
Green | Simon Cross [11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Duddridge | 27,063 | 58.7 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Ashley Dalton | 14,777 | 32.0 | –5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Miller | 2,822 | 6.1 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Navin Kumar | 1,107 | 2.4 | New | |
Psychedelic Future | Jason Pilley | 367 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,286 | 26.7 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,136 | 61.0 | –3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Duddridge | 23,013 | 48.7 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Ashley Dalton | 17,465 | 37.0 | +12.3 | |
Independent | Ron Woodley | 2,924 | 6.2 | New | |
UKIP | Neil Hookway | 1,777 | 3.8 | –16.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Gwizdala | 1,265 | 2.7 | –0.6 | |
Green | Simon Cross | 804 | 1.7 | –3.3 | |
Majority | 5,548 | 11.7 | –10.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,248 | 64.3 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Duddridge | 20,241 | 46.4 | -0.5 | |
Labour | Ian Gilbert | 10,765 | 24.7 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Floyd Waterworth [16] | 8,948 | 20.5 | +14.7 | |
Green | Simon Cross [17] | 2,195 | 5.0 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Gwizdala | 1,459 | 3.3 | –16.1 | |
Majority | 9,476 | 21.7 | –4.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,608 | 60.6 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Duddridge | 19,509 | 46.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Kevin Bonavia [20] | 8,459 | 20.3 | -11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Longley [21] | 8,084 | 19.4 | +4.7 | |
UKIP | James Moyies [22] | 2,405 | 5.8 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Geoff Strobridge [23] | 1,856 | 4.5 | New | |
Green | Andrew Vaughan [24] | 707 | 1.7 | –1.8 | |
Independent | Anthony Chytry | 611 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,050 | 26.6 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,631 | 58.5 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Duddridge | 17,874 | 45.3 | –8.3 | |
Labour | Fred Grindrod | 12,384 | 31.4 | –3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Longley | 5,967 | 15.1 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | John Croft | 1,913 | 4.8 | New | |
Green | Andrew Vaughan | 1,328 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 5,490 | 13.9 | –4.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,466 | 55.4 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 20,058 | 53.6 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Chris Dandridge | 13,024 | 34.8 | –4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Newton | 2,780 | 7.4 | –2.0 | |
Green | Adrian Hedges | 990 | 2.6 | New | |
Liberal | Brian Lynch | 600 | 1.6 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 7,034 | 18.8 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,452 | 52.7 | –11.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 22,683 | 48.7 | ||
Labour | Nigel Smith | 18,458 | 39.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paula Smith | 4,387 | 9.4 | ||
Liberal | Brian Lynch | 1,007 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 4,225 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 46,535 | 63.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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