Rochford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
1983–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East, Maldon and Chelmsford East
Created from Chelmsford, Maldon, South East Essex, Southend East

Rochford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex, centred on the town of Rochford.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East.

Boundaries

The District of Rochford, and the Borough of Chelmsford wards of Ramsden Heath and Downham, Rettendon and South Hanningfield, Runwell, Woodham Ferrers North, and Woodham Ferrers South.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1]Party
1983 Michael Clark Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East & Maldon and Chelmsford East

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Rochford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Clark 29,495 57.8 −3.28
Liberal Richard Henry Boyd 16,393 32.15 +14.11
Labour Hyman Mark Witzer 5,105 10.01 −10.83
Majority 13,102 25.69
Turnout 50,993 73.49
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1987: Rochford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Clark 35,872 60.4 +2.6
Liberal Philip Young 16,178 27.3 −4.9
Labour David Adams Weir 7,308 12.3 +2.3
Majority 19,694 33.1
Turnout 59,358 78.05
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Rochford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Clark 38,967 61.1 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Harris 12,931 20.3 −7.0
Labour Donald Quinn 10,537 16.5 +4.2
Liberal Ms. Linda Farmer 1,362 2.1 −25.1
Majority 26,036 40.8 +7.6
Turnout 63,797 83.0 +4.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.8

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  2. 1 2 "'Rochford', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Coordinates: 51°35′N 0°43′E / 51.58°N 0.71°E / 51.58; 0.71

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