Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rayleigh and Wickford
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Rayleigh and Wickford in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	76,089 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Hawkwell, Hockley, Rayleigh and Wickford
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Mark Francois (Conservative Party)
Number of members	One
Created from	Rayleigh
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which added to Essex an extra seat for the 2010 general election and the seat has electoral wards:^[2]

• Wickford Castledon, Wickford North, and Wickford Park in the Basildon District^{[n 3]}
• Ashingdon and Canewdon, Downhall and Rawreth, Grange, Hawkwell North, Hawkwell South, Hawkwell West, Hockley Central, Hockley North, Hockley West, Hullbridge, Rayleigh Central, Sweyne Park, Trinity, Wheatley and Whitehouse in the Rochford District^{[n 4]}

The previous Rayleigh seat was abolished as a consequence of these changes.

Constituency profile

This small-town studded portion of rural Essex reaches out almost as far as the North Sea beside Rochford and has income levels on average slightly above the national average, low unemployment^[3] and little reliance on social housing.^[4][5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[6]	Party
	2010	Mark Francois	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Rayleigh and Wickford^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Francois	29,088	54.7	−3.1
	UKIP	John Hayter[8]	11,858	22.3	+18.1
	Labour	David Hough	6,705	12.6	−1.9
	Independent	Linda Kendall[9]	2,418	4.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Pitt[10]	1,622	3.0	−12.1
	Green	Sarah Yapp[11]	1,529	2.9	N/A
Majority			17,230	32.4
Turnout			53,220	68.3	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.6

General Election 2010: Rayleigh and Wickford^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Francois*	30,257	57.8	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Gaszczak	7,919	15.1	−0.3
	Labour	Michael Le Surf	7,577	14.5	-12.0
	English Democrat	John Hayter	2,219	4.2	+4.2
	UKIP	Tino Callaghan	2,211	4.2	+0.1
	BNP	Tony Evennett	2,160	4.1	+4.1
Majority			22,338	42.7	+15.3
Turnout			50,132	65.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.0

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

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.
3. from Billericay.
4. from Rayleigh

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Boundary Commission for England, accessed 9 May 2010
3. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
4. 2001 Census
5. 2011 census interactive maps
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
7. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "Election Campaign". UKIP Rayleigh and Wickford. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
9. Nizinskyj, Paul (10 March 2015). "Campaigner Linda wants to be an MP". Echo. Southend.
10. "Candidates (PPCs) for Rayleigh and Wickford". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
11. "Candidates". Eastern Green Party. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
12. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
13. 2010 election result, BBC News, 7 May 2010

Coordinates: 51°36′N 0°42′E / 51.6°N 0.7°E