Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)

Southend East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
Major settlements	Southend-on-Sea, Shoeburyness
1950–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Rochford and Southend East
Created from	Southend

Southend East was a parliamentary constituency in Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

Southend East was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, except for at a by-election in 1980 when the Conservatives held the seat by only 430 votes. From this by-election until its abolition, Southend East was held by the well-known Conservative Teddy Taylor.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe, and the Rural District of Rochford.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe.

1983-1997: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Milton, St Luke's, Shoebury, Southchurch, Thorpe, and Victoria.

The constituency included Southend town centre, and parts of the Borough of Southend to the east.

In 1997, Southend East was abolished and expanded to the north to include the town of Rochford to form the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East due to relatively low population.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party	Notes
1950	Stephen McAdden	Conservative	Died 1979
1980 by-election	Teddy Taylor	Conservative	Subsequently MP for Rochford and Southend East 1997-2005
1997	constituency abolished: see Rochford and Southend East

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Southend East ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	20,395	47.1	N/A
	Labour	Rubeigh James Minney	18,230	42.2	N/A
	Liberal	John Greig Runciman	4,616	10.7	N/A
Majority			2,165	4.9	N/A
Turnout			43,241	82.5	N/A
	Conservative win

General Election 1951: Southend East ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	24,088	55.3	+8.1
	Labour	Leslie Charles Merrion	19,478	44.7	+2.5
Majority			4,610	10.6	+5.6
Turnout			-1.9	80.6	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 1955: Southend East ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	23,958	58.2	+2.9
	Labour	William Harold Clough	17,200	41.8	-2.9
Majority			6,758	16.4	+5.8
Turnout			41,158	74.0	-6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 1959: Southend East ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	24,712	59.3	+1.0
	Labour	Eric James Trevett	16,987	40.7	-1.0
Majority			7,725	18.6	+2.0
Turnout				75.5	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Southend East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	19,775	46.6	-12.7
	Labour	Eric James Trevett	16,408	38.6	-2.1
	Liberal	David E Evans	6,296	14.8	n/a
Majority			3,367	8.0	-10.6
Turnout			42,479	76.2	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.3

General Election 1966: Southend East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	19,125	45.3	-1.3
	Labour	Peter R Clyne	18,608	44.1	+5.4
	Liberal	Keith W Baynes	4,495	10.6	-4.2
Majority			517	1.2	-6.7
Turnout			42,228	76.9	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.3

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Southend East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	24,025	58.5	+13.2
	Labour	Peter R Clyne	17,065	41.5	-2.6
Majority			6,960	16.9	+15.7
Turnout			41,090	71.2	-5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

United Kingdom general election, February 1974: Southend East ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	19,600	44.3	-14.1
	Labour	Motel Burstin	14,648	33.1	-8.4
	Liberal	James Walter John Curry	9,979	22.6	n/a
Majority			4,952	11.2	-5.7
Turnout			44,227	77.8	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

United Kingdom general election, October 1974: Southend East ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	18,083	45.9	+1.6
	Labour	Susan Katharine Ward	13,480	34.2	+1.1
	Liberal	James Walter John Curry	7,856	19.9	-2.6
Majority			4,603	11.7	+0.5
Turnout			39,419	68.8	-9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

United Kingdom general election, 1979: Southend East ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen James McAdden	22,413	56.1	+10.2
	Labour	Anthony Nicholas Wright	11,639	29.1	-5.1
	Liberal	James Hugill	5,244	13.1	-6.8
	National Front	Patrick Edward Twomey	676	1.7	n/a
Majority			10,774	26.9	+15.3
Turnout			39,972	70.1	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.6

Southend East by-election, 1980^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward MacMillan Taylor	13,117	36.8	-19.3
	Labour	Colin George	12,687	35.6	+6.5
	Liberal	David E Evans	8,939	25.1	+12.0
	New Britain	Terence Robertson	532	1.5	N/A
	Anti Common-Market Free Trade	William Oliver Smedley	207	0.6	N/A
	Independent Liberal	James Curry	132	0.4	N/A
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	William George Boaks	23	0.0	N/A
Majority			430	1.2	-25.7
Turnout			35,637	62.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.87

Elections 1983-1992

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1992 ^[7]^[8] Electorate: 56,709 Turnout: 41,851 (73.80%) +4.47	Conservative hold Majority: 13,111 (31.33%) -2.48 Swing: 4.43% from Con to Lab	Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative	24,591	58.76	+0.76
		Graham Bramley	Labour	11,480	27.43	+9.62
		Jackie Horne	Liberal Democrat	5,107	12.20	-11.99
		Brian Trevor Lynch	Liberal	673	1.61	N/A
General Election 1987 ^[7]^[9] Electorate: 59,073 Turnout: 40,955 (69.33%) +1.76	Conservative hold Majority: 13,847 (33.81%) +6.39 Swing: 3.19% from SDP to Con	Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative	23,753	58.00	+2.22
		Humphry John Berkeley	Social Democratic	9,906	24.19	-4.16
		David Ross Scully	Labour	7,296	17.81	+1.94
General Election 1983 ^[7]^[10] Revised boundaries Electorate: 57,690 Turnout: 38,983 (67.57%) -2.51	Conservative hold Majority: 10,691 (27.42%) +0.47 Swing: 7.76% from Con to SDP	Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative	21,743	55.78	-0.30
		Colin George	Social Democratic	11,052	28.35	N/A
		Conor O'Brien	Labour	6,188	15.87	-13.24

Notes and references

↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,139 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983, FWS Craig
↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1979-83 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
1 2 3 "'Southend East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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