Harlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Harlow
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harlow in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	67,700 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of parliament	Robert Halfon (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Epping
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Harlow is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Robert Halfon, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Urban District of Harlow, and in the Rural District of Epping and Ongar the civil parishes of Magdalen Laver, Matching, Nazeing, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, and Sheering.

1983-1997: The District of Harlow, and the District of Epping Forest wards of Nazeing, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, and Sheering.

1997-2010: The District of Harlow, and the District of Epping Forest wards of Nazeing, Roydon, and Sheering.

2010-present: The District of Harlow, and the District of Epping Forest wards of Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, and Roydon.

History

This seat was created in 1974 from the former seat of Epping and until changes introduced in time for the 2010 election included part of the electoral ward of Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing.^[2]

Constituency profile

The seat has been a bellwether since the result in 1983. Included are above county-average levels of social housing,^[3] underemployment and unemployment as at the 2001 census and the associated 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation^[4] however the new town has brought growth sustained in part by more commuting with an increasingly-used and separate Mill station in the London Commuter Belt and has seen a 9.2% increase in the number of apartments to 2011 which brings the proportion of the housing market made up by flats and apartments to 23.8%.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	Feb 1974	Stan Newens	Labour
	1983	Jerry Hayes	Conservative
	1997	Bill Rammell	Labour
	2010	Robert Halfon	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Harlow^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	21,623	48.9	+4.0
	Labour	Suzy Stride	13,273	30.0	−3.7
	UKIP	Sam Stopplecamp	7,208	16.3	+12.7
	Green	Murray Sackwild	954	2.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff	904	2.0	−11.6
	TUSC	David Brown	174	0.4	N/A
	English Democrat	Eddy Butler	115	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,350	18.9	+7.7
Turnout			44,251	65.1	±0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

General Election 2010: Harlow^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	19,691	44.9	+4.1
	Labour	Bill Rammell	14,766	33.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrat	David White	5,990	13.7	+0.7
	BNP	Eddy Butler	1,739	4.0	N/A
	UKIP	John Croft	1,591	3.6	+1.1
	Christian	Oluyemi Adeeko	101	0.2	+0.2
Majority			4,925	11.2
Turnout			43,878	65.1	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Harlow^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Rammell	16,453	41.4	−6.4
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	16,356	41.2	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	5,002	12.6	−0.8
	UKIP	John Felgate	981	2.5	−0.5
	Veritas	Anthony Bennett	941	2.4	N/A
Majority			97	0.2
Turnout			39,733	62.6	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.4

General Election 2001: Harlow^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Rammell	19,169	47.8	−6.3
	Conservative	Robert Halfon	13,941	34.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	5,381	13.4	+4.0
	UKIP	Tony Bennett	1,223	3.0	+2.3
	Socialist Alliance	John Hobbs	401	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,228	13.0
Turnout			40,115	59.7	−14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Harlow^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Rammell	25,861	54.1	+12.3
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	15,347	32.1	−14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	4,523	9.5	−1.8
	Referendum	Mark Wells	1,422	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	340	0.7	N/A
	BNP	John Bowles	319	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,514	22.0
Turnout			47,812
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Harlow^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	26,608	47.0	−0.2
	Labour	Bill Rammell	23,668	41.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	6,375	11.3	−4.9
Majority			2,940	5.2
Turnout			56,651	82.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Harlow^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	26,017	47.2	+6.1
	Labour	Stanley Newens	20,140	36.6	+2.3
	Social Democratic	Monica Clare Eden-Green	8,915	16.2	−8.0
Majority			5,877	10.7
Turnout			55,072	74.1	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 1983: Harlow^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jerry Hayes	21,924	41.1	+1.0
	Labour	Stanley Newens	18,250	34.2	−8.5
	Liberal	John Richard Bastick	12,891	24.2	+8.6
	Independent	John Ward	256	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,674	6.9
Turnout			53,321	76.5	−2.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stanley Newens	22,698	42.7	−10.0
	Conservative	John Powley	21,306	40.1	+15.8
	Liberal	Robert Woodthorpe Browne	8,289	15.7	−7.4
Majority			1,392	2.6
Turnout			53,133	78.7	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−12.9

General Election October 1974: Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stanley Newens	24,961	52.7	+3.2
	Conservative	James Emerton Smith	11,510	24.3	−0.7
	Liberal	Basil Goldstone	10,869	23.0	−2.5
Majority			13,451	28.4
Turnout			47,340	75.2	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election February 1974: Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stanley Newens	25,814	49.5	−11.4
	Liberal	Basil Goldstone	13,280	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	James Emerton Smith	13,016	25.0	−14.1
Majority			12,534	24.1
Turnout			52,110	83.9	+10.0
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1970 (Notional): Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		29,453	60.9
	Conservative		18,880	39.1
Majority			10,573	21.8
Turnout			48,333	72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. pp308-308 Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
3. 2011 census interactive maps 31.2% of property is socially rented, higher than the other districts in Essex
4. 2001 Census
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
6. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Harlow Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. Statement of Persons Nominated Harlow Council
10. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
15. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
16. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• BBC News coverage

Coordinates: 51°46′N 0°05′E / 51.77°N 0.09°E