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South Basildon and East Thurrock is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Stephen Metcalfe, a Conservative.{{#tag:ref|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.|group= n}}

History

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. In 2010, South Basildon and East Thurrock maintained this tradition by electing a Conservative MP, Stephen Metcalfe. The average Essex swing voters to which either party needs to appeal to win an election (matching the national outcome since 1966), have been represented by the combination of the old Billericay seat and its southern-part, Basildon replacements, this being the latest of these.

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 1885–1945 the area was within the South East Essex seat. From 1832–1885 the area was in the South Essex seat.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England made a number of radical changes to existing constituencies to allow for an extra seat to be awarded to the county.

Despite its long name, this new constituency is to the greatest extent the successor to the Basildon constituency.^[3]

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 retains all of the Thurrock wards, loses some areas around central Basildon, and replaces them with Pitsea to the east of Basildon. Additionally, the ward of East Tilbury is added from the Thurrock constituency.

Constituency profile

Economically the seat has a very similar proportion of jobseekers to the national average seat 3.8%, at 4.0%, (based on The Guardians 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.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election

Member^[5]

Party

2010

Stephen Metcalfe

Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

See also

Notes and references

1. ^{{cite web|title=Basildon South and Thurrock East' UK Parliament, 6 May 2010 -|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P2009033.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=31 March 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=13 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|archivedate=6 November 2010|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
4. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian
5. ^{{Rayment-hc|b|1|date=March 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archivedate=17 October 2015}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/basildonsouthandthurrockeast/|title=UK Polling Report|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805211622/http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-08-05|title=Say you're with us >>|website=www.labour.org.uk}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2015_election/news/12901601.LIVE__South_Basildon_and_East_Thurrock_hustings/|title=LIVE: South Basildon and East Thurrock hustings|website=Echo}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30708132|title=Ex-UKIP candidate Kerry Smith 'to run as independent'|date=7 January 2015|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}
11. ^http://www.yourthurrock.com/List-General-Election-candidates-South-Basildon/story-26317247-detail/story.html
12. ^Statement of Persons Nominated {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608010137/http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2132&p=0 |date=8 June 2011 }} Basildon Council
13. ^{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e08.stm | work=BBC News | title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Basildon South & Thurrock East}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archivedate=26 July 2013 }}