Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hornchurch Borough constituency |
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| Hornchurch shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1945 |
| MP: | James Brokenshire |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Hornchurch is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The seat encompasses Hornchurch, Rainham, Elm Park and the village of Wennington. It borders on the other London constituencies of Romford and Upminster and like them, is part of the London Borough of Havering.
[edit] History
The south of the constituency has been seen as a site for building large entertainment centres on Rainham's large marshland area, and was viewed as a potential site for the European Disneyland project, although it was considered much less suitable than the current position near Paris. There have been plans to build a casino but permission is yet to be granted.
Hornchurch is a predominantly suburban and Conservative-voting area, but the seat is seen as a swing seat due to Rainham and Elm Park's working class voters and because the wealthiest Emerson Park area of Hornchurch does not form part of the constituency, instead forming part of Upminster constituency.
The constituency will be abolished before the next election. The areas of the constituency covered by the Elm Park, South Hornchurch, and Rainham and Wennington wards in the London Borough of Havering will be merged with Dagenham to form a cross-borough Dagenham and Rainham constituency. Hylands and St Andrews wards in Hornchurch will merge with Upminster to form Hornchurch and Upminster. The new seats will probably be safe Labour and Conservative respectively if they follow the voting patterns of the previous Dagenham and Upminster constituencies.[1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1945 – 1955: Geoffrey Bing, Labour
- 1955 – 1966: Godfrey Lagden, Conservative
- 1966 – 1970: Alan Lee Williams, Labour
- 1970 – 1974: John Loveridge, Conservative
- 1974 – 1979: Alan Lee Williams, Labour
- 1979 – 1997: Robin Squire, Conservative
- 1997 – 2005: John Cryer, Labour
- 2005 – present: James Brokenshire, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Hornchurch | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Brokenshire | 16,355 | 42.8 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | John Cryer | 15,875 | 41.6 | -4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nat Green | 2,894 | 7.6 | -0.6 | |
| British National Party | Ian Moore | 1,313 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| UK Independence | Laurence Webb | 1,033 | 2.7 | +0.2 | |
| Residents | Malvin Brown | 395 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Third Way | Graham Williamson | 304 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 480 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 38,169 | 63.5 | +5.6 | ||
| General Election 2001: Hornchurch | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Cryer | 16,514 | 46.4 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Robin Squire | 15,032 | 42.3 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sarah Lea | 2,928 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
| UK Independence | Lawrence Webb | 893 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Third Way | David Durant | 190 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,482 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 35,557 | 58.3 | -14.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
