Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)

Thurrock
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Thurrock in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	77,667 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Grays, Tilbury, South Ockendon and Chafford
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of parliament	Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Thurrock is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jackie Doyle-Price, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Thurrock in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1945 to 1950.

1945-1983: The Urban District of Thurrock.

1983-2010: The Borough of Thurrock wards of Aveley, Belhus, Chadwell St Mary, East Tilbury, Grays Thurrock North, Grays Thurrock Town, Little Thurrock, Ockendon, Stifford, Tilbury, and West Thurrock.

2010–present: The Borough of Thurrock wards of Aveley and Uplands, Belhus, Chadwell St Mary, Chafford and North Stifford, Grays Riverside, Grays Thurrock, Little Thurrock Blackshots, Little Thurrock Rectory, Ockendon, South Chafford, Stifford Clays, Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park, Tilbury St Chads, West Thurrock, and South Stifford.

History

Political history

Thurrock was for 38 years from 1945 a safe Labour seat, at which time it saw a relatively marginal majority of fewer than 2000 votes, and four years later a Conservative gained it in 1987 with a slim majority and held it for one Parliament before it was regained by Labour, namely Andrew MacKinlay, who was during his tenure as MP criticised for his questioning technique used of weapons expert Dr. David Kelly.

In the 2010 general election, a Conservative gained the seat, with Jackie Doyle-Price being elected as the MP with a majority of only 92 votes, the third most marginal in that election behind the lowest majority of 4 votes in Fermanagh and South Tyrone and the majority of 54 won by her party colleague Dan Byles. The seat has bellwether outcome status since 1997.

Prominent frontbenchers

Dr Oonagh McDonald was Opposition Spokesman on Defence from 1981–1983, and then Opposition Spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs from 1983–1987.

Constituency profile

The seat has seen considerable settlement growth since 1989 when housing projects marking the start of a phase of development, dovetailing with the Thames Gateway initiative, began – see Chafford Hundred in the seat, for example. Retail and distribution are major areas of West Thurrock which contains Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.8% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. The regional average for the Eastern England region was considerably lower, at 3.2% of the population.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1945	Leslie Solley	Labour
1949	Leslie Solley	Labour Independent Group
1950	Hugh Delargy	Labour
1976 by-election	Dr Oonagh McDonald	Labour
1987	Tim Janman	Conservative
1992	Andrew MacKinlay	Labour
2010	Jackie Doyle-Price	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Thurrock is a unique 3-way ultra-marginal seat, the Conservatives will need to defend against UKIP and Labour to hold it. It is number 1 on UKIP's 2020 target list, the party only needs a 0.98% swing to win the seat from third place.^[4] The constituency is also at number 7 on Labour's target list, with a 0.54% swing needed for their candidate to gain.^[5]

At the 2015 general election the already-marginal seat became a 3-way contest, less than 1,000 votes separated the top three candidates. The fourth-placed Liberal Democrats returned less than 1,000 votes and lost their deposit.

General Election 2015: Thurrock^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	16,692	33.7	−3.1
	Labour	Polly Billington^[8]	16,156	32.6	−4.0
	UKIP	Tim Aker^[9]	15,718	31.7	+24.3
	Liberal Democrat	Rhodri Jamieson-Ball	644	1.3	−9.4
	CISTA	Jamie Barnes	244	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Daniel Munyambu	79	0.2	N/A
	All People's Party	Aba Kristilolu	31	0.1	N/A
Majority			536	1.1
Turnout				63.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

General Election 2010: Thurrock^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	16,869	36.8	+3.6
	Labour	Carl Morris	16,777	36.6	−9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Carys Davis	4,901	10.7	−0.4
	BNP	Emma Colgate	3,618	7.9	+2.1
	UKIP	Clive Broad	3,390	7.4	+4.0
	Christian Peoples	Arinola Araba	267	0.6	N/A
Majority			92	0.2
Turnout			45,822	59.1	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Thurrock^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew MacKinlay	20,636	47.2	−9.3
	Conservative	Garry Paul Hague	14,261	32.6	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Earnshaw Desmond Palmer	4,770	10.9	+0.6
	BNP	Nick Geri	2,526	5.8	N/A
	UKIP	Carol Jackson	1,499	3.4	0.0
Majority			6,375	14.6
Turnout			43,692	54.9	5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.1

General Election 2001: Thurrock^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew MacKinlay	21,121	56.5	−6.8
	Conservative	Mike Penning	11,124	29.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Lathan	3,846	10.3	+2.2
	UKIP	Christopher Sheppard	1,271	3.4	+1.6
Majority			9,997	26.7
Turnout			37,362	49.0	−16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Thurrock^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew MacKinlay	29,896	63.3	+17.8
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	12,640	26.8	-16.9
	Liberal Democrat	Joe White	3,843	8.1	-1.4
	UKIP	Peter Compobassi	833	1.8	N/A
Majority			17,256	36.55
Turnout			47,212	65.79
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.2

General Election 1992: Thurrock^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew MacKinlay	24,791	45.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Tim Janman	23,619	43.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan J. Banton	5,145	9.5	−7.0
	Pensioners' Party	Charles Rogers	391	0.7	N/A
	Anti-Federalist League	Peter Compobassi	117	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,172	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			54,063	78.1	+6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Thurrock^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Janman	20,527	42.5
	Labour	Oonagh McDonald	19,837	41.0
	Social Democratic	Donald S. Benson	7,970	16.5
Majority			690	1.43
Turnout			48,334	71.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1983: Thurrock^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oonagh McDonald	17,600	39.21
	Conservative	T Jallon	15,878	35.37
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D Benson	9,761	21.74
	Independent	M Bibby	1,200	2.67
	BNP	R Sinclair	252	0.6
	Communist	J Paul	199	0.4
Majority			1,722	3.8
Turnout			44,891	67.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Thurrock^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oonagh McDonald	33,449	48.55
	Conservative	Anthony Baldry	27,030	39.24
	Liberal	M Crowson	6,445	9.36
	National Front	E Burdett	1,358	1.97
	Independent	B Chattaway	365	0.53
	Workers Revolutionary	M Daly	242	0.35
Majority			6,419	9.32
Turnout			68,884	75.11
	Labour hold		Swing

1976 by-election: Thurrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oonagh McDonald	22,191	45.27	-10.30
	Conservative	Percy Lomax	17,352	35.39	+10.95
	Liberal	Anthony Charlton	5,977	12.19	-7.80
	National Front	John Roberts	3,255	6.64	N/A
	English National	Frank Hansford-Miller	187	0.38	N/A
	World Grid Sunshine Room Party	Peter Bishop	72	0.15	N/A
Majority			4,839	9.88
Turnout			49,034
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Thurrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	34,066	55.57
	Conservative	P Lomax	14,986	24.44
	Liberal	A Charlton	12,255	19.99
Majority			19,080	31.12
Turnout				68.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Thurrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	36,217	52.15
	Conservative	Graham Frank James Bright	17,699	25.48
	Liberal	Miss Kaye Fleetwood	15,534	22.37
Majority			18,518	26.66
Turnout				78.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Thurrock Electorate 84,337
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	30,874	55.75
	Conservative	Graham Frank James Bright	19,486	35.18
	Liberal	Miss Kaye Fleetwood	5,024	9.07
Majority			11,388	20.56
Turnout			55,384	65.67
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Thurrock Electorate 72,502
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	31,998	60.67
	Conservative	Cedric J Hodgson	14,094	26.72
	Liberal	James C Moran	6,648	12.61
Majority			17,904	33.95
Turnout				72.74
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Thurrock Electorate 71,519
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	30,372	57.22
	Conservative	Robert Arthur McCrindle	14,615	27.53
	Liberal	A Noel H Blackburn	8,094	15.25
Majority			15,757	29.68
Turnout			53,081	74.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Thurrock Electorate 67,054
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	32,270	61.52
	Conservative	William E McNamara	20,188	38.48
Majority			12,082	23.03
Turnout			52,458	78.23
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Thurrock Electorate 63,030
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	31,375	66.16
	Conservative	Gerald A Petty	16,046	33.84
Majority			15,329	32.33
Turnout				75.24
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Thurrock Electorate 53,157
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	28,851	65.55
	Conservative	Godfrey William Lagden	15,166	34.45
Majority			13,685	31.09
Turnout				82.81
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Thurrock Electorate 50,962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	22,893	52.68
	Conservative	Airey Neave	13,306	30.62
	Independent Labour	Leslie Solley	4,250	9.78
	Liberal	William Harold Henry Siddons	3,010	6.93
Majority			9,587	22.06
Turnout				85.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Thurrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Solley	23,171	70.05
	Conservative	T Adam	9,909	29.95
Majority			13,262	40.09
Turnout				76.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

↑ A county 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

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Coordinates: 51°29′N 0°19′E / 51.48°N 0.32°E / 51.48; 0.32

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Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

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