Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)

Southend West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Southend West in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	66,780 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	David Amess (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Southend
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Southend West is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Amess, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

Because four members of the Guinness family have held the seat (or its predecessor, Southend) it has been dubbed in political analyses in the media as "Guinness-on-Sea".^[2]

It is currently represented by David Amess, previously MP for Basildon.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh, Milton, Prittlewell, St Clements, Victoria, and Westborough.

1983-2010: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Belfairs, Blenheim, Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh, Prittlewell, and Westborough.

2010-present: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Belfairs, Blenheim Park, Chalkwell, Eastwood Park, Leigh, Prittlewell, St Laurence, Westborough, and West Leigh.

The constituency comprises a small part of the West of Southend-on-Sea, and includes Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea. It is bounded to the North and East by Rochford and Southend East, to the North by Rayleigh and Wickford, to the West by Castle Point, and to the South by the very end of the Thames estuary.

Constituency profile

Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 3.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[3]

Leigh-on-Sea has a number of Liberal Democrat councillors, and there is some Labour strength in Westborough, but the remaining areas are predominantly Conservative.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party	Notes
1950	Sir Henry Channon	Conservative	Married heiress to the Guinness brewing business, Honor Guinness. Died 1958
1959 by-election	Paul Channon	Conservative	Cabinet minister 1986-89
1997	Sir David Amess	Conservative	Previously MP for Basildon 1983-97

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Southend West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Amess	22,175	49.8	+3.8
	Labour	Julian Ware-Lane	8,154	18.3	+4.9
	UKIP	Brian Otridge^[6]	7,803	17.5	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Collins^[7]	4,129	9.3	-20.1
	Green	Jon Fuller^[8]	2,083	4.7	+3.2
	English Democrats	Jeremy Moss	165	0.4	-0.9
Majority			14,021	31.5	+14.8
Turnout			44,509	66.6	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

For 2015, the British Constitution Party announced Tom Darwood as a candidate,^[9] but he failed to stand.

General Election 2010: Southend West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Amess	20,086	46.1	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Welch^[11]	12,816	29.4	+5.4
	Labour	Thomas Flynn^[12]	5,850	13.4	-9.2
	UKIP	Garry Cockrill^[13]	1,714	3.9	+0.5
	BNP	Tony Gladwin	1,333	3.1	N/A
	Green	Barry Bolton^[14]	644	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Dr Vel (Marimutu Velmurgan)	617	1.4	N/A
	English Democrats	Terry Phillips^[15]	546	1.3	-0.5
Majority			7,270	16.7
Turnout			43,606	65.1	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Southend West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Amess	18,408	46.2	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Wexham	9,449	23.7	-1.2
	Labour	Jan Etienne	9,072	22.8	-2.3
	UKIP	Carole Sampson	1,349	3.4	-0.3
	Independent	Marimutu Velmurgan	745	1.9	N/A
	English Democrats	Jeremy Moss	701	1.8	N/A
	Max Power Party	Dan Anslow	106	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,959	22.5
Turnout			39,830	51.4	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

General Election 2001: Southend West^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Amess	17,313	46.3	+7.6
	Labour	Paul Fisher	9,372	25.1	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard de Ste Croix	9,319	24.9	-8.2
	UKIP	Brian Lee	1,371	3.7	+2.3
Majority			7,941	21.2
Turnout			37,375	58.0	-11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Southend West^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Amess	18,029	38.8	-15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Nina Stimson	15,414	33.1	+2.2
	Labour	Alan Harley	10,600	22.8	+10.5
	Referendum	Charles Webster	1,734	3.7	N/A
	UKIP	Brian Lee	636	1.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Peter Warburton	101	0.2	-0.1
Majority			2,615	5.6
Turnout			46,515	70.0	-7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Southend West^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	27,319	54.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nina Stimson	15,417	30.9	-7.2
	Labour	Geoffrey Viney	6,139	12.3	+4.7
	Liberal	Alan Farmer	495	1.0	N/A
	Green	Chris Keene	451	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Peter Warburton	127	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,902	23.8	+7.5
Turnout			49,948	77.8	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Southend West^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	28,003	54.37
	Liberal	G Grant	19,603	38.06
	Labour	Angela Smith	3,899	7.57
Majority			8,400	16.31
Turnout				75.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Southend West^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	26,360	54.51
	Liberal	G Grant	18,327	37.90
	Labour	J Nisbet	3,675	7.60
Majority			8,033	16.61
Turnout				71.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	29,449	57.68
	Liberal	D Evans	12,585	24.65
	Labour	J Nisbet	8,341	16.34
	National Front	LJ McKeon	680	1.33
Majority			16,864	33.03
Turnout				76.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	23,480	47.59
	Liberal	W Greaves	16,409	33.26
	Labour	AN Wright	9,451	19.15
Majority			7,071	14.33
Turnout				73.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	25,040	46.68
	Liberal	W Greaves	19,885	37.07
	Labour	AN Wright	14,160	23.85
Majority			12,913	21.75
Turnout				77.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	29,304	60.05
	Labour	M Burstin	12,419	25.45
	Liberal	JH Barnett	7,077	14.50
Majority			16,885	34.60
Turnout				70.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	25,713	50.89
	Labour	M Burstin	13,856	27.42
	Liberal	Gurth Hoyer-Millar	10,958	21.69
Majority			11,857	23.47
Turnout				78.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Southend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Channon	25,555	50.58
	Liberal	Gurth Hoyer-Millar	14,548	28.79
	Labour	Rex Winsbury	10,423	20.63
Majority			11,007	21.78
Turnout				78.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Paul Guinness Channon	27,612	58.2
	Liberal	Heather Joan Harvey	10,577	22.3
	Labour	Anthony Pearson-Clarke	9,219	19.4
Majority			17,035	35.9
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southend West by-election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Paul Guinness Channon	14,493	55.6	-8.6
	Liberal	Heather Joan Harvey	6,314	24.2	+9.2
	Labour	Anthony Pearson-Clarke	5,280	20.2	-0.6
Majority			5,166
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Channon	27,326	64.2
	Labour	Victor G Marchesi	8,866	20.8
	Liberal	Heather Joan Harvey	6,375	15.0
Majority			18,460	43.4	–
Turnout				74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Channon	39,287	69.1
	Labour	HN Lyall	17,352	30.9
Majority			21,755	38.29
Turnout				79.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Channon	34,100	57.4
	Labour	EC Hutchinson	15,345	25.9
	Liberal	John Hutchison MacCallum Scott	9,907	16.7
Majority			18,746	31.6
Turnout				83.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Roth, Andrew (31 January 2007). "Lord Kelvedon". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 23 May 2010.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/southendwest/
↑ "Paul Collins PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ http://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/25/green-party-announces-its-candidates-for-the-east-of-englands-seaside-towns/
↑ https://warelane.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/a-rival-to-the-omrlp/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Rochford and Southend East & Southend West". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
↑ "Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Labour Party. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
↑ "Eastern Counties Region". UKIP. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
↑ "Green Party Parliamentary Candidate". Green Party. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
↑ "General Election Candidates". English Democrats. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

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UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

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Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°40′E / 51.55°N 0.66°E / 51.55; 0.66

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