Rayleigh (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2010 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2010 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rayleigh was a parliamentary constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1997 to 2010.
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Rayleigh | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rochford and Chelmsford |
Replaced by | Rayleigh and Wickford and Witham |
This seat was created for the 1997 general election primarily from the abolished constituency of Rochford. It was abolished at the next redistribution which came into effect for the 2010 general election, when the town of Wickford was added to form the Rayleigh and Wickford constituency.
This largely rural constituency was the tenth-safest Conservative seat in the United Kingdom and the second-safest seat in Essex.
Centred around the town of Rayleigh, the seat was formed primarily from the abolished constituency of Rochford, but excluding the town of Rochford itself. A small area to the north was transferred from the abolished constituency of Chelmsford.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England made radical alterations to existing constituencies to allow for the number of parliamentary seats in the county to be increased to eighteen. These changes included the formation of a number of new constituencies in the southern and eastern parts of the county. Rayleigh was abolished, with the majority of the constituency, comprising the District of Rochford wards, being combined with the town of Wickford - previously part of the abolished constituency of Billericay - to form the new constituency of Rayleigh and Wickford. The Borough of Chelmsford wards were now included in the re-established constituency of Maldon.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1997 | Michael Clark | Conservative | |
2001 | Mark Francois | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Rayleigh and Wickford |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Francois | 25,609 | 55.4 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 10,883 | 23.6 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sid Cumberland | 7,406 | 16.0 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Janet Davies | 2,295 | 5.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 14,726 | 31.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,193 | 64.2 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Francois | 21,434 | 50.1 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Paul Clark | 13,144 | 30.7 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Williams | 6,614 | 15.5 | −4.3 | |
UKIP | Colin Morgan | 1,581 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,290 | 19.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,773 | 60.5 | −13.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 |
The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Clark | 25,516 | 49.7 | −11.4 | |
Labour | Raymond Ellis | 14,832 | 28.9 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sid Cumberland | 10,137 | 19.8 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | Alan Farmer | 829 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,684 | 20.8 | −18.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,314 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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