Southend West and Leigh | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Southend West and Leigh in the East of England | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 76,824 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | David Burton-Sampson (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Southend |
Southend West and Leigh is a constituency [n 1] in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. In the 2024 general election the seat was won by David Burton-Sampson for Labour. [2] It was previously held by Anna Firth who won the 2022 by-election, [3] following the murder of the incumbent MP, David Amess. [4] [n 2]
Prior to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was known as Southend West up until the 2024 general election. [5]
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.
From its creation until 2024, the seat was held by the Conservative Party, with majorities ranging from 5.7% during the Labour Landslide of 1997 to 43.4% in 1955 until the 2024 general election when it was won by Labour with a 35.6% share. [6] [7] It had historically been seen by pundits as a safe Conservative seat.
Because four members of the Guinness family have held the seat (or its predecessor, Southend) it has been dubbed in political analyses in the media as "Guinness-on-Sea". [8]
The seat was represented by David Amess for 24 years, from 1997 to 15 October 2021, when he was murdered. [4] Amess was previously the MP for Basildon from 1983. A by-election was held to elect a replacement MP. In a similar vein to the subsequent by-election following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016, all major contender parties stated they would not field candidates in opposition to the Conservative nominee. [9]
Formed primarily from western parts of the abolished Parliamentary Borough of Southend-on-Sea.
Realignment of boundary with Southend East.
Marginal changes following the redistribution of wards in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea.
Further marginal changes were due to a redistribution of local authority wards.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises the whole of the current Southend West seat with the addition of St Luke's ward from Rochford and Southend East. [14]
The constituency comprises a small part of the west of Southend-on-Sea, and includes Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea. It is bounded to the north and east by Rochford and Southend East, to the north by Rayleigh and Wickford, to the west by Castle Point, and to the south by the very end of the Thames Estuary.
Southend prior to 1950
Election | Member [15] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Henry Channon | Conservative | |
1959 by-election | Paul Channon | Conservative | |
1997 | Sir David Amess | Conservative | |
2022 by-election | Anna Firth | Conservative | |
2024 | David Burton-Sampson | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Burton-Sampson | 16,739 | 35.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Anna Firth | 14,790 | 31.5 | −27.6 | |
Reform UK | Peter Little | 8,273 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Green | Tilly Hogrebe | 3,262 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cummins | 3,174 | 6.8 | −3.8 | |
Confelicity | James Miller | 262 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Tom Darwood | 172 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Heritage | Lara Hurley | 99 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Psychedelic Movement | Jason Pilley | 99 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert Francis | 98 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,949 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,968 | 62.5 | –4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 75,154 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anna Firth | 12,792 | 86.1 | +26.9 | |
Psychedelic Movement | Jason Pilley | 512 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Steve Laws | 400 | 2.7 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Catherine Blaiklock | 320 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Jayda Fransen | 299 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Heritage | Ben Downton | 236 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Freedom Alliance | Christopher Anderson | 161 | 1.1 | N/A | |
English Constitution Party | Graham Moore | 86 | 0.6 | N/A | |
No description | Olga Childs | 52 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,280 | 82.7 | +51.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,942 | 24.0 | −43.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1,084 | ||||
Registered electors | 66,354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
2019 notional result [21] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,367 | 59.1 | |
Labour | 14,913 | 29.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,449 | 10.6 | |
Others | 692 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 51,421 | 66.9 | |
Electorate | 76,824 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Amess | 27,555 | 59.2 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Aston Line | 13,096 | 28.1 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nina Stimson | 5,312 | 11.4 | +6.9 | |
Independent | 77 Joseph | 574 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,459 | 31.1 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,537 | 67.4 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 26,046 | 55.2 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 16,046 | 34.0 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Salek | 2,110 | 4.5 | −4.8 | |
UKIP | John Stansfield | 1,666 | 3.5 | −14.0 | |
Green | Dominic Ellis | 831 | 1.8 | −2.9 | |
Southend Independent Association | Tino Callaghan | 305 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Jason Pilley | 187 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,000 | 21.2 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,191 | 69.7 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Jack Monroe had previously been standing [24] for the National Health Action Party, before withdrawing their candidacy on 11 May 2017, citing death threats and concern for their health. [25] [26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 22,175 | 49.8 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 8,154 | 18.3 | +4.9 | |
UKIP | Brian Otridge [28] | 7,803 | 17.5 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Collins [29] | 4,129 | 9.3 | −20.1 | |
Green | Jon Fuller [30] | 2,083 | 4.7 | +3.2 | |
English Democrat | Jeremy Moss | 165 | 0.4 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 14,021 | 31.5 | +14.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,509 | 66.6 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Amess | 20,086 | 46.1 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Welch [32] | 12,816 | 29.4 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Flynn [33] | 5,850 | 13.4 | −9.2 | |
UKIP | Garry Cockrill [34] | 1,714 | 3.9 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Tony Gladwin | 1,333 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Green | Barry Bolton [35] | 644 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Vel (Marimutu Velmurgan) | 617 | 1.4 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Terry Phillips [36] | 546 | 1.3 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 7,270 | 16.7 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,606 | 65.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Amess | 18,408 | 46.2 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wexham | 9,449 | 23.7 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Jan Etienne | 9,072 | 22.8 | −2.3 | |
UKIP | Carole Sampson | 1,349 | 3.4 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Marimutu Velmurgan | 745 | 1.9 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Jeremy Moss | 701 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Max Power Party | Dan Anslow | 106 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,959 | 22.5 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,830 | 61.9 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Amess | 17,313 | 46.3 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Paul Fisher | 9,372 | 25.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard de Ste Croix | 9,319 | 24.9 | −8.2 | |
UKIP | Brian Lee | 1,371 | 3.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 7,941 | 21.2 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,375 | 58.0 | −12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Amess | 18,029 | 38.8 | −15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nina Stimson | 15,414 | 33.1 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Alan Harley | 10,600 | 22.8 | +10.5 | |
Referendum | Charles Webster | 1,734 | 3.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Brian Lee | 636 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Peter Warburton | 101 | 0.2 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,615 | 5.7 | −18.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,515 | 70.0 | −7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 27,319 | 54.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nina Stimson | 15,417 | 30.9 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Viney | 6,139 | 12.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Farmer | 495 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Keene | 451 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Peter Warburton | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,902 | 23.8 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,948 | 77.8 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 28,003 | 54.4 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Gavin Grant | 19,603 | 38.1 | +0.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Angela Smith | 3,899 | 7.6 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 8,400 | 16.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,505 | 75.3 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 26,360 | 54.5 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Gavin Grant | 18,327 | 37.9 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Joy Nisbet | 3,675 | 7.6 | −8.7 | |
Majority | 8,033 | 16.6 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,362 | 71.7 | −4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 29,449 | 57.68 | ||
Liberal | D Evans | 12,585 | 24.65 | ||
Labour | J Nisbet | 8,341 | 16.34 | ||
National Front | LJ McKeon | 680 | 1.33 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,864 | 33.03 | |||
Turnout | 51,055 | 76.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 23,480 | 47.59 | ||
Liberal | W Greaves | 16,409 | 33.26 | ||
Labour | AN Wright | 9,451 | 19.15 | ||
Majority | 7,071 | 14.33 | |||
Turnout | 49,340 | 73.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,040 | 46.68 | ||
Liberal | W Greaves | 19,885 | 37.07 | ||
Labour | AN Wright | 14,160 | 23.85 | ||
Majority | 12,913 | 9.61 | |||
Turnout | 59,085 | 77.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 29,304 | 60.05 | ||
Labour | M Burstin | 12,419 | 25.45 | ||
Liberal | JH Barnett | 7,077 | 14.50 | ||
Majority | 16,885 | 34.60 | |||
Turnout | 48,800 | 70.70 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,713 | 50.89 | ||
Labour | M Burstin | 13,856 | 27.42 | ||
Liberal | Gurth Hoyer-Millar | 10,958 | 21.69 | ||
Majority | 11,857 | 23.47 | |||
Turnout | 50,527 | 78.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 25,555 | 50.58 | ||
Liberal | Gurth Hoyer-Millar | 14,548 | 28.79 | ||
Labour | Rex Winsbury | 10,423 | 20.63 | ||
Majority | 11,007 | 21.79 | |||
Turnout | 50,526 | 78.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 27,612 | 58.2 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Heather Harvey | 10,577 | 22.3 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Anthony Pearson-Clarke | 9,219 | 19.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 17,035 | 35.9 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,408 | 77.7 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Channon | 14,493 | 55.6 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | Heather Harvey | 6,314 | 24.2 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Pearson-Clarke | 5,280 | 20.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 5,166 | 31.4 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,087 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Channon | 27,326 | 64.2 | −4.9 | |
Labour | Victor G Marchesi | 8,866 | 20.8 | −10.1 | |
Liberal | Heather Harvey | 6,375 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,460 | 43.4 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,567 | 74.1 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Channon | 39,287 | 69.1 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Henry N Lyall | 17,352 | 30.9 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 21,755 | 38.2 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,639 | 79.0 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Channon | 34,100 | 57.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Eric Hutchison | 15,345 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | John Scott | 9,907 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 18,746 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 59,352 | 83.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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