Basildon and Billericay | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Population | 89,687 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 65,373 (December 2010) [2] |
Major settlements | Basildon, Billericay |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | John Baron ( Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Basildon, Billericay |
Basildon and Billericay ( /ˈbæzɪldən ... ˈbɪlərɪki/) is a constituency [n 1] in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since its 2010 creation it has been represented by John Baron, a Conservative. [n 2]
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 combined parts of the separate, now abolished, Basildon and Billericay constituencies.
It has been held throughout its existence by the Conservative Party with large majorities.
The Borough of Basildon wards of Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch, Fryerns, Laindon Park, Lee Chapel North and St Martin's. [3]
The seat merged about half of the previous constituency of Billericay with smaller parts of the former Basildon constituency – mostly around the centre of Basildon.
The Billericay constituency lost Wickford to the new Rayleigh and Wickford constituency, and Pitsea to the South Basildon and East Thurrock seat, which also included the remainder of the Basildon seat.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was expanded with the transfer in of the Vange wards from South Basildon and East Thuurock. [4]
The current MP is the Conservative John Baron, who has held the seat since its creation.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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2010 | John Baron | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Harrison [6] | ||||
British Democratic | Christopher Bateman [7] | ||||
Reform UK | Stephen Conlay [8] | ||||
Green | Stewart Goshawk [9] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron | 29,590 | 67.1 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Andrew Gordon | 9,178 | 20.8 | ―10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Sainsbury | 3,741 | 8.5 | +5.1 | |
Green | Stewart Goshawk | 1,395 | 3.2 | New | |
SDP | Simon Breedon | 224 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 20,412 | 46.3 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,128 | 63.1 | ―1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron | 27,381 | 61.0 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Kayte Block | 13,981 | 31.1 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Tina Hughes | 2,008 | 4.5 | ―15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonia Harrison | 1,548 | 3.4 | ―0.4 | |
Majority | 13,400 | 29.9 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,918 | 65.0 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron | 22,668 | 52.7 | ―0.1 | |
Labour | Gavin Callaghan | 10,186 | 23.7 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | George Konstantinidis | 8,538 | 19.8 | +16.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Thompson | 1,636 | 3.8 | ―11.9 | |
Majority | 12,482 | 29.0 | ―0.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,028 | 62.9 | ―0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Baron* | 21,922 | 52.8 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Allan Davies | 9,584 | 23.0 | ―11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hibbs | 6,538 | 15.7 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Irene Bateman | 1,934 | 4.6 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Alan Broad | 1,591 | 3.8 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 12,338 | 29.8 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,629 | 63.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.3 |