Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)
Southend East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Major settlements | Southend-on-Sea, Shoeburyness |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Rochford and Southend East |
Created from | Southend and South East Essex |
Southend East was a parliamentary constituency in Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
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.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe, and the Rural District of Rochford.
1955-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe.
1983-1997: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Milton, St Luke's, Shoebury, Southchurch, Thorpe, and Victoria.
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 to form the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East due to relatively low population.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | 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 |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 20,395 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Rubeigh James Minney | 18,230 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Greig Runciman | 4,616 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,165 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,241 | 82.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 24,088 | 55.3 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Leslie Charles Merrion | 19,478 | 44.7 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,610 | 10.6 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | -1.9 | 80.6 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | -6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 24,712 | 59.3 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Eric James Trevett | 16,987 | 40.7 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 7,725 | 18.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | +1.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
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 | n/a | |
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 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Keith W Baynes | 4,495 | 10.6 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 517 | 1.2 | -6.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,228 | 76.9 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
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 | -5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen McAdden | 19,600 | 44.3 | -14.1 | |
Labour | Motel Burstin | 14,648 | 33.1 | -8.4 | |
Liberal | James Walter John Curry | 9,979 | 22.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,952 | 11.2 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,227 | 77.8 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | -2.6 | |
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 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,774 | 26.9 | +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 | N/A | |
Anti Common-Market Free Trade | Oliver Smedley | 207 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | James Curry | 132 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 23 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 430 | 1.2 | -25.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,637 | 62.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.87 |
Elections 1983-1992
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Election 1992 [7][8] Electorate: 56,709 Turnout: 41,851 (73.80%) +4.47 | Conservative hold Majority: 13,111 (31.33%) -2.48 Swing: 4.43% from Con to Lab | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | 24,591 | 58.76 | +0.76 | ||
Graham Bramley | Labour | 11,480 | 27.43 | +9.62 | ||||
Jackie Horne | Liberal Democrat | 5,107 | 12.20 | -11.99 | ||||
Brian Lynch | Liberal | 673 | 1.61 | N/A | ||||
General Election 1987 [7][9] Electorate: 59,073 Turnout: 40,955 (69.33%) +1.76 | Conservative hold Majority: 13,847 (33.81%) +6.39 Swing: 3.19% from SDP to Con | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | 23,753 | 58.00 | +2.22 | ||
Humphry John Berkeley | Social Democratic | 9,906 | 24.19 | -4.16 | ||||
David Ross Scully | Labour | 7,296 | 17.81 | +1.94 | ||||
General Election 1983 [7][10] Revised boundaries Electorate: 57,690 Turnout: 38,983 (67.57%) -2.51 | Conservative hold Majority: 10,691 (27.42%) +0.47 Swing: 7.76% from Con to SDP | Teddy Taylor | Conservative | 21,743 | 55.78 | -0.30 | ||
Colin George | Social Democratic | 11,052 | 28.35 | N/A | ||||
Conor O'Brien | Labour | 6,188 | 15.87 | -13.24 |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,139 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
- 1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983, FWS Craig
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1979-83 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- 1 2 3 "'Southend East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.