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South Basildon and East Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)

South Basildon and East Thurrock
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of South Basildon and East Thurrock in the East of England
CountyEssex
Electorate73,322 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsLaindon, Pitsea, Stanford-le-Hope
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentJames McMurdock (Reform UK)
SeatsOne
Created fromBasildon, Billericay and Thurrock[2]

South Basildon and East Thurrock is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by James McMurdock of Reform UK.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The seat had a very similar proportion (4.0%) of jobseekers to the national average of 3.8%, based on The Guardian's November 2012 study. This is higher than the average for the Eastern counties of 3.1% but significantly lower than Bedford, Great Yarmouth, Peterborough, Luton South, Rochford and Southend East, and Thurrock seats.[3]

History

The seat was created for the 2010 general election following a review of the Parliamentary representation of Essex by the Boundary Commission for England. It was formed from the majority of the abolished constituency of Basildon, but excluding the centre of Basildon itself, together with the town of Pitsea from the abolished Billericay constituency.

Before 1974 the area came within the older version of the Billericay constituency and, for just five years before 1950, this area was the eastern part of the Thurrock seat – from 1885 to 1945 the area was within the South East Essex seat. From 1832 to 1885 the area was in the South Essex seat.

Its predecessor seat, Basildon, was a much-referenced bellwether seat, having consistently voted for the most successful party (in terms of number of seats) in each election since its 1974 creation. However, the boundaries of the new South Basildon and East Thurrock seat were considered much more favourable to the Conservatives than those of the old Basildon seat.[4] Accordingly, the seat was held with comfortable majorities by Stephen Metcalfe of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2024. However, at the 2024 general election, Metcalfe's vote fell by nearly 40% and he was relegated to third place, with James McMurdock of Reform UK (contesting the seat for the first time), capturing the seat with a 0.2% majority over Labour.

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

2010–2024

  • The Borough of Thurrock wards of Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, Orsett, Stanford East and Corringham Town, Stanford-le-Hope West, and The Homesteads, and;
  • The Borough of Basildon wards of Langdon Hills, Nethermayne, Pitsea North West, Pitsea South East and Vange.[5]

Despite its long name, this new constituency is to the greatest extent the successor to the Basildon constituency.

The Basildon constituency that existed after 1997 was never wholly within the Basildon district, nor even contained the whole of the Basildon urban area, but it extended south into the Thurrock council area to take in towns such as Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham.

This new seat retained all of the Thurrock wards, lost some areas around central Basildon, and replaced them with Pitsea to the east of Basildon. Additionally, the ward of East Tilbury was added from the Thurrock constituency.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Borough of Basildon wards of: Langdon Hills; Nethermayne; Pitsea North West ward; Pitsea South East (polling districts DO, DP, DQ and DR).
  • The Borough of Thurrock wards of: Chadwell St. Mary; Corringham and Fobbing; East Tilbury; Orsett; Stanford East and Corringham Town; Stanford-le-Hope West; The Homesteads.[6]

The Borough of Basildon ward of Vange was transferred to Basildon and Billericay, and polling district DN in the Pitsea South East ward (equivalent to the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet) was added to Castle Point. To compensate, the Borough of Thurrock ward of Chadwell St Mary was transferred from Thurrock.

Members of Parliament

Basildon, Billericay and Thurrock prior to 2010

Election Member[7] Party
2010 Stephen Metcalfe Conservative
2024 James McMurdock Reform UK

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

See also: 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies § Notional 2019 general election results
General election 2024: South Basildon and East Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK James McMurdock 12,178 30.8 N/A
Labour Jack Ferguson 12,080 30.5 +6.9
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 10,159 25.7 −39.7
Independent Neil Speight 1,928 4.9 N/A
Green Elizabeth Grant 1,718 4.3 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Dave Thomas 1,071 2.7 −1.4
Independent Steven Burnett 275 0.7 N/A
SDP Simon Breedon 140 0.4 N/A
Majority 98 0.2
Turnout 39,549 54.7
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South Basildon and East Thurrock[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 29,973 66.2 +9.3
Labour Jack Ferguson 10,051 22.2 −10.3
Independent Kerry Smith 3,316 7.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Bukola 1,957 4.3 +2.7
Majority 19,922 44.0 +19.6
Turnout 45,297 60.8 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +9.8
General election 2017: South Basildon and East Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 26,811 56.9 +13.5
Labour Byron Taylor 15,321 32.5 +7.3
UKIP Peter Whittle 3,193 6.8 −19.7
Liberal Democrats Nath Banerji 732 1.6 −1.4
Green Sim Harman 680 1.4 N/A
BNP Paul Borg 383 0.8 N/A
Majority 11,490 24.4 +7.5
Turnout 47,178 64.0 −0.1
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § South Basildon and East Thurrock
General election 2015: South Basildon and East Thurrock[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 19,788 43.4 −0.5
UKIP Ian Luder[10] 12,097 26.5 +20.6
Labour Mike Le-Surf[11] 11,493 25.2 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Geoff Williams[12] 1,356 3.0 −10.4
Independent Kerry Smith[13] 401 0.9 N/A
Independent None of the Above X (Terry Marsh) 253 0.6 +0.3
Independent Stuart Hooper[14] 205 0.4 N/A
Majority 7,692 16.9 +4.0
Turnout 45,593 64.1 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 2010: South Basildon and East Thurrock[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 19,624 43.9
Labour Co-op Angela Smith* 13,852 31.0
Liberal Democrats Geoff Williams 5,977 13.4
UKIP Kerry Smith 2,639 5.9
BNP Chris Roberts 2,518 5.6
Independent None of the Above X (Terry Marsh) 125 0.3
Majority 5,772 12.9
Turnout 44,735 62.2
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough 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. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Basildon South and Thurrock East' UK Parliament, 6 May 2010 -". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ^ Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (2007). The Almanac of British Politics (8th ed.). UK: Routledge. pp. 127–128, 160–161. ISBN 978-0-415-37823-9.
  5. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  8. ^ "Basildon South & Thurrock East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Say you're with us >>". labour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
  12. ^ "LIVE: South Basildon and East Thurrock hustings". Echo. 20 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Ex-UKIP candidate Kerry Smith 'to run as independent'". BBC News. 7 January 2015.
  14. ^ http://www.yourthurrock.com/List-General-Election-candidates-South-Basildon/story-26317247-detail/story.html [dead link‍]
  15. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Basildon Council
  16. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Basildon South & Thurrock East". BBC News.

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