Rochford and Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Rochford and Southend East County constituency |
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| Rochford and Southend East shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | James Duddridge |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Rochford and Southend East is a 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.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – 2005: Sir Teddy Taylor, Conservative
- 2005 – "present": James Duddridge, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Rochford and Southend East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Duddridge | 17,874 | 45.3 | -8.3 | |
| Labour | Fred Grindrod | 12,384 | 31.4 | -3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Longley | 5,967 | 15.1 | +7.7 | |
| UK Independence | John Croft | 1,913 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Vaughan | 1,328 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 5,490 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 39,466 | 55.4 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Rochford and Southend East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 20,058 | 53.6 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Chris Dandridge | 13,024 | 34.8 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Newton | 2,780 | 7.4 | -2.0 | |
| Green | Adrian Hedges | 990 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Brian Lynch | 600 | 1.6 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,034 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,452 | 52.7 | -10.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
