Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dagenham Borough constituency

Dagenham shown within Greater London
Created:	1945
MP:	Jon Cruddas
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Dagenham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Dagenham covers the area of Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham.

[edit] History

Dagenham has been Labour since World War II and is considered a safe seat. It is a predominantly White working class area and consists mostly of the large scale residential development at Becontree. It is home to a declining skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works, which downscaled production in 2001.

The far-right British National Party has enjoyed some electoral success, achieving nearly 10% of the vote in the 2005 General Election and has returned councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1945	John Parker	Labour
1983	Bryan Gould	Labour
1994	Judith Church	Labour
2001	Jon Cruddas	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Dagenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	15,446	50.1	-7.1
	Conservative	Michael White	7,841	25.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Kempton	3,106	10.1	-0.1
	British National	Lawrence Rustem	2,870	9.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	1,578	5.1	N/A
Majority			7,605	24.7
Turnout				51.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

General Election 2001: Dagenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	15,784	57.2	-8.5
	Conservative	Michael White	7,091	25.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	2,820	10.	+2.7
	British National	David Hill	1,378	5.0	+2.5
	Socialist Alliance	Bill Hamilton	262	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert Siggins	245	0.9	N/A
Majority			8,693	31.5
Turnout			27,580	46.5	-15.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dagenham by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Church	15,474	72.0	+19.74
	Conservative	James Fairrie	2,130	9.91	-26.38
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dunphy	1,804	8.39	-3.06
	British National	John Tyndall	1,511	7.03	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Compobassi	457	2.13	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Leighton	116	0.54	N/A
Turnout			21,492
	Labour hold		Swing

1992 General Election:Dagenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	22,027	52.26
	Conservative	D Rossiter	15,294	36.29
	Liberal Democrats	CNH Marquand	4,824	11.45
Majority			6,733	15.98
Turnout			42,145	70.66
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)