Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Billericay County constituency |
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| Billericay shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950, 1983 |
| MP: | John Baron |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Billericay is a 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.
It has elected Conservative MPs at every election except 1966.
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[edit] Boundaries
In time for the next United Kingdom general election the seat of Billericay is to effectively merge with Basildon to form a new seat of Basildon and Billericay. Billericay has a history of electing somewhat colourful characters to Westminster, namely Harvey Proctor, the rightwing MP who resigned after gay sex charges, and Mrs Teresa Gorman, Maastricht rebel who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism over questions surrounding her registered business dealings.
The current wards are Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch, Laindon Park, Pitsea North West, Pitsea South East, Vange, Wickford Castledon, Wickford North and Wickford Park.[1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Bernard Braine | Conservative | |
| 1950 | |||
| 1955 | Richard Body | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Edward Gardner | Conservative | |
| 1964 | |||
| 1966 | Eric Moonman | Labour | |
| 1970 | Robert McCrindle | Conservative | |
| February 1974 | constituency abolished (see Basildon); recreated 1983 |
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| 1983 | Harvey Proctor | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Teresa Gorman | Conservative | |
| 1992 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 2001 | John Baron | Conservative | |
| 2005 | |||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Billericay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Baron | 25,487 | 52.2 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Anneliese Dodds | 14,281 | 29.2 | -7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hibbs | 6,471 | 13.2 | -0.7 | |
| British National Party | Bryn Robinson | 1,435 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| UK Independence | Seantino Callaghan | 1,184 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 11,206 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 48,858 | 61.4 | +3.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Billericay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Baron | 21,608 | 47.4 | +7.6 | |
| Labour | Amanda Campbell | 16,595 | 36.4 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Frank Bellard | 6,323 | 13.9 | -1.9 | |
| UK Independence | Nick Yeomans | 1,072 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,013 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 45,598 | 58.1 | -14.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Billericay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Teresa Gorman | 22,033 | 39.8 | ||
| Labour | Paul Richards | 20,677 | 37.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Geoff Williams | 8,763 | 15.8 | ||
| Others | 3,947 | 7.1 | |||
| Majority | 1,356 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 55,420 | 72.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Education and Skills In Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency : Billericay (HTML). www.dfes.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
