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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974 & 1983–2010

Billericay
Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons
Boundary of Billericay in Essex from 1997–2010.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
1983–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Basildon,Thurrock^[1]
Replaced by	Basildon and Billericay, South Basildon and East Thurrock, Rayleigh and Wickford
1950–February 1974
Created from	South East Essex
Replaced by	Basildon,Brentwood and Ongar

Billericay was aconstituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst past the post system of election.

History

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The seat was first created as a county constituency for the1950 general election under theRepresentation of the People Act 1948, as a successor to the abolished seat ofSouth East Essex. TheFirst Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies brought in for the1955 general election resulted in major boundary changes and it was abolished by theSecond Review for theFebruary 1974 general election.

It was re-established for the1983 general election, with further major changes for the1997 general election, and abolished once again for the2010 general election.

Under both versions, the seat returnedConservative MPs at every election except1966.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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1950–1955

The Urban Districts of Billericay, Benfleet, Canvey Island, and Rayleigh.^[2]

Formed from the abolishedSouth-Eastern Division of Essex, excluding the Rural District of Rochford.

1955–1974

The Urban Districts of Billericay and Brentwood.^[2]

Benfleet,Canvey Island andRayleigh (together withRochford) now formed the re-established constituency of South East Essex.Billericay was combined withBrentwood, which had previously been included inRomford.

On abolition, the Urban District of Billericay, which had been reconstituted as the Urban District of Basildon, formed the new constituency ofBasildon. The Urban District of Brentwood formed the basis for the new constituency ofBrentwood and Ongar.

1983–1997

The District of Basildon wards of Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Laindon, Wickford North, and Wickford South; and
The Borough of Thurrock wards of Corringham and Fobbing, Orsett, Stanford-le-Hope, and The Homesteads.^[3]

Re-established as a County Constituency, formed from northern parts of the constituency of Basildon, includingBillericay andWickford, together with northern parts of the constituency ofThurrock.

1997–2010

The District of Basildon wards of Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Laindon, Pitsea East, Pitsea West, Wickford North, and Wickford South.^[4]

Major realignment of boundaries with Basildon:Pitsea was transferred from Basildon in exchange for the northern part of the Borough of Thurrock.

The seat was abolished once again for the2010 general election. The majority, comprising Billericay,Burstead andLaindon, was included in the new constituency ofBasildon and Billericay; Pitsea was included in the new constituency ofSouth Basildon and East Thurrock; and Wickford was included in the new constituency ofRayleigh and Wickford.

Members of Parliament

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Billericay has elected somewhat colourful characters to Westminster, namelyHarvey Proctor, the right-wing MP who resigned after homosexual sex charges, andTeresa Gorman, the Maastricht rebel who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism over questions surrounding her registered business dealings.

MPs 1950–1974

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	Member^[5]	Party	Notes
1950	Bernard Braine	Conservative	ContestedSouth East Essex following redistribution
1955	Richard Body	Conservative
1959	Edward Gardner	Conservative
1966	Eric Moonman	Labour
1970	Robert McCrindle	Conservative	ContestedBrentwood and Ongar following redistribution
Feb 1974	constituency abolished: seeBasildon andBrentwood and Ongar

MPs 1983–2010

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	Member^[5]	Party	Notes
1983	Harvey Proctor	Conservative	Member for main predecessor seat (1979–1983)
1987	Teresa Gorman	Conservative
2001	John Baron	Conservative	ContestedBasildon and Billericay following redistribution
2010	constituency abolished: seeBasildon and Billericay

Elections

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Braine	23,803	50.5
	Labour Co-op	Albert Oram	19,437	41.3
	Liberal	Sidney Hayden	3,872	8.2
Majority			4,366	9.2
Turnout			47,112	79.6
Registered electors			59,209
	Conservativewin (new seat)

General election 1951: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Braine	26,936	56.7	+6.2
	Labour Co-op	Brian Clapham	20,613	43.3	+2.0
Majority			6,323	13.4	+4.2
Turnout			47,549	77.1	+2.5
Registered electors			61,652
	Conservativehold		Swing	+2.0

General election 1955: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Body	24,327	54.7	−2.0
	Labour Co-op	Brian Clapham	20,121	45.3	+2.0
Majority			4,206	9.4	−4.0
Turnout			44,448	75.5	−1.6
Registered electors			58,872
	Conservativehold		Swing	−1.9

General election 1959: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	29,224	46.4	−7.3
	Labour Co-op	Rita Smythe	24,402	38.8	−6.5
	Liberal	Peter Sheldon-Williams	9,347	14.8	New
Majority			4,822	7.6	−1.8
Turnout			45,626	80.4	+4.9
Registered electors			78,328
	Conservativehold		Swing	−0.4

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	35,347	44.3	−2.1
	Labour Co-op	Rita Smythe	33,755	42.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Peter Sheldon-Williams	10,706	13.4	−1.4
Majority			1,592	2.0	−5.6
Turnout			79,512	82.5	+2.0
Registered electors			96,762
	Conservativehold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1966: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Moonman	40,013	46.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	38,371	44.6	+0.3
	Liberal	Lionel Wernick	7,587	8.8	−4.6
Majority			1,642	1.9	N/A
Turnout			85,971	84.1	+1.6
Registered electors			102,198
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Billericay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert McCrindle	47,719	52.2	+7.6
	Labour	Eric Moonman	43,765	47.8	+1.3
Majority			3,954	4.4	New
Turnout			91,784	74.2	−9.9
Registered electors			123,297
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+3.2

1979 notional result^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,509	57.0
	Labour	16,280	30.4
	Liberal	5,843	10.9
	Others	938	1.8

Turnout		53,570
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Billericay^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harvey Proctor	29,635	53.7	−3.3
	Liberal	Patrick Bonner	15,020	27.2	+16.3
	Labour	Christopher Sewell	10,528	19.1	−11.3
Majority			14,615	26.5	−0.1
Turnout			55,183	73.8
Registered electors			74,779
	Conservativehold		Swing	−9.8

General election 1987: Billericay^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	33,741	54.9	+1.2
	SDP	Michael Birch	15,755	25.6	−1.6
	Labour	Richard Howitt	11,942	19.4	+0.4
Majority			17,986	29.3	+2.8
Turnout			61,438	77.2	+3.5
Registered electors			79,535
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Billericay^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	37,406	56.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Bellard	14,912	22.5	−3.1
	Labour	Alison Miller	13,880	21.0	+1.5
Majority			22,494	34.0	+4.7
Turnout			66,198	82.3	+5.1
Registered electors			80,388
	Conservativehold		Swing	+2.3

1992 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	34,274	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	13,276	22.3
	Labour	11,914	20.0

Turnout		59,464	80.7
Electorate		73,644

General election 1997: Billericay^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	22,033	39.8	−17.9
	Labour	Paul Richards	20,677	37.3	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Williams	8,763	15.8	−6.5
	Loyal Conservative	Brian Hughes	3,377	6.1	New
	ProLife Alliance	John Buchanan	570	1.0	New
Majority			1,356	2.4	−32.9
Turnout			55,420	72.4	−8.3
Registered electors			76,550
	Conservativehold		Swing	−17.6

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Billericay^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baron	21,608	47.4	+7.6
	Labour	Amanda Campbell	16,595	36.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Bellard	6,323	13.9	−1.9
	UKIP	Nicholas Yeomans	1,072	2.4	New
Majority			5,013	11.0	+8.5
Turnout			45,598	58.1	−14.3
Registered electors			78,528
	Conservativehold		Swing	+4.3

General election 2005: Billericay^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baron	25,487	52.2	+4.8
	Labour	Anneliese Dodds	14,281	29.2	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hibbs	6,471	13.2	−0.6
	BNP	Bryn Robinson	1,435	2.9	New
	UKIP	Seantino Callaghan	1,184	2.4	+0.1
Majority			11,206	23.0	+11.9
Turnout			48,858	61.4	+3.4
Registered electors			79,537
	Conservativehold		Swing	+6.0

Notes and references

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^"'Billericay', June 1983 up to May 1997".ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived fromthe original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved10 March 2016.
^^a ^bCraig, Fred W. S. (1972).Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications.ISBN 0900178094.OCLC 539011.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983".www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved7 September 2019.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995".www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved7 September 2019.
^^a ^bLeigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
^"BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979".election.demon.co.uk. BBC/ITN. Archived fromthe original on 28 May 2004. Retrieved7 March 2025.
^"Election Data 1983".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1987".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1992".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Politics Resources".Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved6 December 2010.
^"Election Data 1997".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2001".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2005".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.

External links

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Billericay UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK

v t e Constituencies in the East of England (61)
Labour (26)	Bedford Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket Cambridge Colchester Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Harlow Hemel Hempstead Hertford and Stortford Hitchin Ipswich Lowestoft Luton North Luton South and South Bedfordshire North West Cambridgeshire Norwich North Norwich South Peterborough South Norfolk South West Norfolk Southend East and Rochford Southend West and Leigh Stevenage Suffolk Coastal Thurrock Watford Welwyn Hatfield
Conservative (22)	Basildon and Billericay Braintree Brentwood and Ongar Broadland and Fakenham Broxbourne Castle Point Epping Forest Harwich and North Essex Hertsmere Huntingdon Maldon Mid Bedfordshire Mid Norfolk North Bedfordshire North East Cambridgeshire North West Essex North West Norfolk Rayleigh and Wickford South Suffolk South West Hertfordshire West Suffolk Witham
Liberal Democrats (7)	Chelmsford Ely and East Cambridgeshire Harpenden and Berkhamsted North Norfolk St Albans St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire
Reform UK (1)	Clacton
Green Party (1)	Waveney Valley
Independent (4)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Great Yarmouth North East Hertfordshire South Basildon and East Thurrock