Southend East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Southend East, showing boundaries used from 1983 to 1997 | |
County | Essex |
Major settlements | Southend-on-Sea, Shoeburyness |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Southend and South East Essex |
Replaced by | Rochford and Southend East |
Southend East was a parliamentary constituency in Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1948, when the Parliamentary Borough of Southend-on-Sea was split in two. It was abolished for the 1997 general election when it was replaced by Rochford and Southend East.
Southend East was a mostly safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, although their majority was only just over 500 votes in 1966, and at the by-election in 1980 when the Conservatives held the seat by only 430 votes. From this by-election until its abolition, Southend East was held by the Conservative Teddy Taylor.
1950–1955
Formed primarily from eastern parts of the abolished Parliamentary Borough of Southend-on-Sea. The Rural District of Rochford and the former Urban District of Shoeburyness (which had been absorbed by the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea) had previously been part of the abolished South-Eastern Division of Essex.
1955–1983
Realignment of boundary with Southend West. The Rural District of Rochford was transferred back to the re-established constituency of South East Essex.
1983–1997
Marginal changes following the redistribution of wards in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea.
The constituency included Southend town centre, and parts of the Borough of Southend to the east.
In 1997, Southend East was abolished and expanded to the north to include the town of Rochford once again, forming the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East. [3]
Election | Member [4] | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Stephen McAdden | Conservative | Died December 1979 | |
1980 by-election | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | Subsequently, MP for Rochford and Southend East 1997–2005 | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Rochford and Southend East |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 20,395 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Rubeigh James Minney | 18,230 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal | John Greig Runciman | 4,616 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 2,165 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,241 | 82.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 24,088 | 55.3 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Leslie Merrion | 19,478 | 44.7 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,610 | 10.6 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,566 | 80.6 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 23,958 | 58.2 | +2.9 | |
Labour | William Harold Clough | 17,200 | 41.8 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 6,758 | 16.4 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,158 | 74.0 | −6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 24,712 | 59.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Eric James Trevett | 16,987 | 40.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 7,725 | 18.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,699 | 75.5 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 19,775 | 46.6 | −12.7 | |
Labour | Eric James Trevett | 16,408 | 38.6 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | David E Evans | 6,296 | 14.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,367 | 8.0 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,479 | 76.2 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 19,125 | 45.3 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Peter R Clyne | 18,608 | 44.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Keith W Baynes | 4,495 | 10.6 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 517 | 1.2 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,228 | 76.9 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 24,025 | 58.5 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Peter R Clyne | 17,065 | 41.5 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 6,960 | 16.9 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,090 | 71.2 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 19,600 | 44.3 | −14.2 | |
Labour | Motel Burstin | 14,648 | 33.1 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | James Walter John Curry | 9,979 | 22.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,952 | 11.2 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,227 | 77.8 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 18,083 | 45.9 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Susan Katharine Ward | 13,480 | 34.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | James Walter John Curry | 7,856 | 19.9 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 4,603 | 11.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,419 | 68.8 | −9.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 22,413 | 56.1 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Nicholas Wright | 11,639 | 29.1 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | James Hugill | 5,244 | 13.1 | −6.8 | |
National Front | Patrick Edward Twomey | 676 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,774 | 27.0 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,972 | 70.1 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 13,117 | 36.8 | −19.3 | |
Labour | Colin George | 12,687 | 35.6 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | David E Evans | 8,939 | 25.1 | +12.0 | |
New Britain | Terence Robertson | 532 | 1.5 | New | |
Anti Common-Market Free Trade | Oliver Smedley | 207 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent Liberal | James Curry | 132 | 0.4 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 23 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 430 | 1.2 | −25.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,637 | 62.5 | −7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.87 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 21,743 | 55.8 | −0.3 | |
SDP | Colin George | 11,052 | 28.3 | New | |
Labour | Conor O'Brien | 6,188 | 15.9 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 10,691 | 27.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,983 | 67.6 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 23,573 | 58.0 | +2.2 | |
SDP | Humphry Berkeley | 9,906 | 24.2 | −4.1 | |
Labour | David Scully | 7,296 | 17.8 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 13,847 | 33.8 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,955 | 69.3 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 24,591 | 58.8 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Graham Bramley | 11,480 | 27.4 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Horne | 5,107 | 12.2 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | Brian Lynch | 673 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,111 | 31.3 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,851 | 73.8 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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