Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)
Castle Point is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2]
Castle Point | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Castle Point in Essex | |
![]() Location of Essex within England | |
County | Essex |
Population | 88,011 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 64,562 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Canvey Island, South Benfleet |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Rebecca Harris (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South East Essex |
History
This seat was created for the 1983 general election from the former seat of South East Essex. It comprised the District of Castle Point which was formed from the former Urban Districts of Canvey Island and Benfleet and includes Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley.
In all but one election, it has been won by a Conservative candidate, passing to Labour once, in the 1997 election. The former MP defeated in 1997, Bob Spink, regained the seat in 2001. He was re-elected in 2005 but subsequently resigned from the Conservative Party on 22 April 2008. Spink briefly joined UKIP,[3] but resigned the whip shortly afterwards and sat as an Independent MP.[4] In the 2010 election, Spink lost in Castle Point to the Conservative candidate, Rebecca Harris.
After the 2017 election Castle Point has the largest Conservative majority of any constituency to have elected a Labour MP in the 1997–2010 government, at 42.2%.
Boundaries
Since its creation, the Castle Point constituency has been contiguous with the boundaries of the district council of the same name. The seat is one of only a very few that were unchanged by the boundary reviews which came into effect in 1997 and 2010, having seen population growth in line with the average seat (which is slightly larger), including development in the designated development plans of the Thames Gateway.
Constituency profile
The seat is coterminous with the Castle Point local authority, taking its name from Hadleigh Castle and Canvey Point, and covering the Canvey Island at the seaside end of the Thames Estuary plus a segment of the adjoining mainland.
In 2001, Castle Point was characterised by skilled manual workers, commuters and the self-employed. Levels of home and car ownership in Hadleigh and Canvey were very high while social deprivation was relatively low.[5]
Of all the constituencies of the UK, it has one of the lowest levels of graduates.[6]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[7][8] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Bernard Braine | Conservative | |
1992 | Bob Spink | Conservative | |
1997 | Christine Butler | Labour | |
2001 | Bob Spink | Conservative | |
Apr 2008 | UKIP | ||
2010 | Rebecca Harris | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Rebecca Harris | 33,971 | 76.7 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Katie Curtis | 7,337 | 16.6 | -8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Howson | 2,969 | 6.7 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 26,634 | 60.1 | +17.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,277 | 63.6 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.0 |
This was the largest Conservative vote share at the 2019 general election.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Rebecca Harris | 30,076 | 67.3 | +16.4 | |
Labour | Joseph Cooke | 11,204 | 25.1 | +11.3 | |
UKIP | David Kurten | 2,381 | 5.3 | −25.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Holder | 1,049 | 2.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 18,872 | 42.2 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,710 | 64.4 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Rebecca Harris | 23,112 | 50.9 | +6.9 | |
UKIP | Jamie Huntman [14] | 14,178 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Joe Cooke [15] | 6,283 | 13.8 | −0.9 | |
Green | Dom Ellis[16] | 1,076 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sereena Davey [17] | 801 | 1.8 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 8,934 | 19.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,450 | 66.7 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −24.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Rebecca Harris | 19,806 | 44.0 | −4.3 | |
Independent Save Our Green Belt | Bob Spink | 12,174 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | 6,609 | 14.7 | −15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendan D'Cruz | 4,232 | 9.4 | −0.9 | |
BNP | Philip Howell | 2,205 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,632 | 17.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,026 | 66.9 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Bob Spink | 22,118 | 48.3 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Luke Akehurst | 13,917 | 30.4 | −11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Sandbach | 4,719 | 10.3 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Neil Hamper | 3,431 | 7.5 | +4.3 | |
Green | Irene Willis | 1,617 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,201 | 17.9 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,802 | 65.9 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Bob Spink | 17,738 | 44.6 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Christine Butler | 16,753 | 42.1 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Billy Boulton | 3,116 | 7.8 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | Ronald Hurrell | 1,273 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Douglas Roberts | 663 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Truth Party | Nik Searle | 223 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 985 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,766 | 58.4 | −13.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Christine Butler | 20,605 | 42.4 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Bob Spink | 19,462 | 40.1 | −15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Baker | 4,477 | 9.2 | −10.0 | |
Referendum | Hugh Maulkin | 2,700 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Linda Kendall | 1,301 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,143 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,545 | 72.1 | -8.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Bob Spink | 29,629 | 55.6 | −4.3 | |
Labour | David Flack | 12,799 | 24.0 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Petchey | 10,208 | 19.2 | −1.8 | |
Green | Irene Willis | 643 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,830 | 31.6 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,279 | 80.4 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Bernard Braine | 29,681 | 59.9 | +1.4 | |
SDP | Anne Bastow | 10,433 | 21.1 | −3.7 | |
Labour | William Deal | 9,422 | 19.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 19,248 | 38.8 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,536 | 74.5 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Bernard Braine | 26,730 | 58.5 | N/A | |
SDP | Anne Bastow | 11,313 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Lynne Cunningham | 7,621 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,417 | 33.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,664 | 71.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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
- "Castle Point: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- "Ex-Tory MP Spink defects to UKIP". BBC News. 22 April 2008.
- "Tory? UKIP? Now I'm just an inde says MP Bob". Echo. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- Kelly, Jon (June 27, 2016). "Was there a Brexit graduate gap?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Castle Point 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- "Castle Point Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf
- "Castle Point". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Castle Point parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Cllr Jamie Huntman". UKIP Essex. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- "UK ELECTION RESULTS: CASTLE POINT 2015".
- "Candidates". Eastern Green Party. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Castle Point". BBC News.
- "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. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- "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
- nomis Constituency Profile for Castle Point — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Cardiff South and Penarth |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1987–1992 |
Succeeded by Old Bexley and Sidcup |