Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
Epping Forest | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Epping Forest in Essex. | |
Location of Essex within England. | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 72,212 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Waltham Abbey |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 (1974) |
Member of parliament | Eleanor Laing (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Epping Chigwell |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Epping Forest is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Eleanor Laing, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Political geography
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
4.1 Elections in the 2010s
4.2 Elections in the 2000s
4.3 Elections in the 1990s
4.4 Elections in the 1980s
4.5 Elections in the 1970s
4.6 Notional results (before 1974)
5 Graphical representation
6 See also
7 Notes and references
Boundaries
1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Chigwell, Epping, and Waltham Holy Cross, and in the Rural District of Epping and Ongar the civil parishes of Epping Upland, Theydon Bois, and Theydon Garnon.
1983–1997: The District of Epping Forest wards of Broadway, Buckhurst Hill East, Buckhurst Hill West, Chigwell Row, Chigwell Village, Debden Green, Epping Hemnall, Epping Lindsey, Grange Hill, High Beach, Loughton Forest, Loughton Roding, Loughton St John's, Loughton St Mary's, Paternoster, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey East, and Waltham Abbey West.
1997–2010: The District of Epping Forest wards of Broadway, Buckhurst Hill East, Buckhurst Hill West, Chigwell Row, Chigwell Village, Debden Green, Epping Hemnall, Epping Lindsey, Grange Hill, High Beach, Loughton Forest, Loughton Roding, Loughton St John's, Loughton St Mary's, North Weald Bassett, Paternoster, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey East, and Waltham Abbey West.
2010–present: The District of Epping Forest wards of Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Buckhurst Hill East, Buckhurst Hill West, Chigwell Row, Chigwell Village, Epping Hemnall, Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common, Grange Hill, Loughton Alderton, Loughton Broadway, Loughton Fairmead, Loughton Forest, Loughton Roding, Loughton St John’s, Loughton St Mary’s, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey High Beach, Waltham Abbey Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey North East, Waltham Abbey Paternoster, and Waltham Abbey South West.
The constituency comprises Loughton, Epping, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill, Theydon Bois, part of North Weald, small intermediate villages and almost the whole of the ancient Forest itself, except those parts which were transferred to Greater London in 1965.
Political geography
When Epping Forest was first created, it was more favourable to the Conservatives than the old Epping seat, as it lost the new town of Harlow (inside the old Epping Rural District) and gained the more Conservative Chigwell Urban District. During the Thatcher period the Labour Party's vote was crushed. Even though the Liberals managed to move into second place, their vote did little more than follow national trends and as soon as 1987 their votes dropped away as well.
Two former candidates in the Epping Forest constituency have also stood for election as Mayor of London: Steve Norris (Conservative; MP 1988–97) and Julian Leppert (British National Party).
Members of Parliament
The constituency was created in 1974 from the seats of Epping and Chigwell — both of these (then one constituency, Epping) were represented by Winston Churchill throughout his tenure as Prime Minister during World War II. The Conservative Party has won in Epping Forest in every election since the creation of the constituency, and the present MP is the Conservative Eleanor Laing, who has been a Deputy Speaker of the House to John Bercow since October 2013.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Sir John Biggs-Davison | Conservative | |
1988 by-election | Steve Norris | Conservative | |
1997 | Eleanor Laing | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 31,462 | 62.0 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Liam Preston | 13,219 | 26.0 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jon Whitehouse | 2,884 | 5.7 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Patrick O'Flynn | 1,871 | 3.7 | -14.7 | |
Green | Simon Heap | 1,233 | 2.4 | -1.2 | |
Young People's | Thomas Hall | 110 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 18,243 | 36.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,779 | 67.9 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing[5] | 27,027 | 54.8 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith[5] | 9,049 | 18.3 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Gareth Barrett | 7,962 | 16.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jon Whitehouse[6] | 3,448 | 7.0 | −14.5 | |
Green | Anna Widdup | 1,782 | 3.6 | +2.2 | |
Young People's | Mark Wadsworth | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,978 | 36.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,348 | 67.1 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 25,148 | 54.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Haigh | 10,017 | 21.5 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Katie Curtis | 6,641 | 14.3 | −7.2 | |
BNP | Patricia Richardson | 1,982 | 4.3 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,852 | 4.0 | +1.7 | |
Green | Simon Pepper | 659 | 1.4 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Kim Sawyer | 285 | 0.6 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 15,131 | 32.5 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,584 | 64.5 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 23,783 | 53.0 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Bambos Charalambous | 9,425 | 21.0 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Heavens | 8,279 | 18.5 | −0.1 | |
BNP | Julian Leppert | 1,728 | 3.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,014 | 2.2 | −0.7 | |
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 631 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,358 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,860 | 61.6 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 20,833 | 49.1 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Naylor | 12,407 | 29.3 | −6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Heavens | 7,884 | 18.6 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,290 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,426 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,414 | 58.4 | −14.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 24,117 | 45.5 | −14.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Murray | 18,865 | 35.6 | +12.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Robinson | 7,074 | 13.3 | −3.7 | |
BNP | Paul Henderson | 743 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,252 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,750 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Norris | 32,407 | 59.5 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Murray | 12,219 | 22.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Beryl Austen | 9,265 | 17.0 | −2.4 | |
Epping Forest Residents Association | Andrew O'Brien | 552 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,188 | 37.1 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 54,443 | 80.5 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Norris | 13,183 | 39.5 | −21.5 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | Andrew J. Thompson | 8,679 | 26.0 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Stephen Murray | 6,261 | 18.7 | +0.4 | |
SDP | Michael Pettman | 4,077 | 12.2 | −7.2 | |
Green | Andrew M. Simms | 672 | 2.0 | ||
National Front | Tina Wingfield | 286 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 208 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Rainbow Alliance – Change the World | Jackie Moore | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Vote no Belsen for South Africans | Brian G. Goodier | 16 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,504 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,415 | 49.1 | −27.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 31,536 | 60.9 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Anthony Humphris | 10,023 | 19.4 | −5.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Murray | 9,499 | 18.4 | +1.3 | |
Green | Richard Denhard | 695 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,513 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 51,753 | 76.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 27,373 | 56.5 | −1.2 | |
Social Democratic | Michael Pettman | 11,995 | 24.8 | +12.0 | |
Labour | Hilary Bryan | 8,289 | 17.1 | −10.3 | |
Ecology | Robert Boenke | 452 | 0.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Sydney Smith | 330 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,378 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,439 | 72.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 29,447 | 57.7 | +10.0 | |
Labour | William David Shepherd | 13,994 | 27.4 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | David Monro Kitching | 6,528 | 12.8 | −6.3 | |
National Front | Brian Clive Wilkins | 1,110 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,453 | 30.3 | |||
Turnout | 51,079 | 76.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 22,392 | 47.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Stanley James Palfreman | 15,618 | 33.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Derek Frederick John Wood | 8,952 | 19.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 6,774 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,962 | 73.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 24,290 | 46.8 | −7.5 | |
Labour | William James Sheaff | 16,123 | 31.1 | −14.7 | |
Liberal | Derek Frederick John Wood | 11,478 | 22.1 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 8,167 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,891 | 81.8 | +8.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Notional results (before 1974)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 35,010 | 54.3 | +9.2 | |
Labour | 29,506 | 45.7 | +4.3 | ||
Majority | 5,504 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 64,516 | 73.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 21,834 | 44.1 | |||
Labour | 20,504 | 41.4 | |||
Liberal | 7,202 | 14.5 | |||
Majority | 1,330 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 82.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Graphical representation
31.1% | 22.1% | 46.8% |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
33.3% | 19.1% | 47.7% |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
27.4% | 12.8% | 57.7% | |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
17.1% | 24.8% | 56.5% | ||
Labour | SDP | Conservative |
18.4% | 19.4% | 60.9% | |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
18.7% | 12.2% | 26.0% | 39.5% | ||||
Labour | SDP | Social and Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
22.4% | 17.0% | 59.5% | |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative |
35.6% | 13.3% | 45.5% | |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative |
29.3% | 18.6% | 49.1% | 3.0% |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP |
21.0% | 18.5% | 53.0% | 3.9% | ||
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | BNP |
14.3% | 21.5% | 54.0% | 4.0% | 4.3% | ||
Lab | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP | BNP |
3.6% | 16.1% | 7.0% | 54.8% | 18.3% | |
Grn | Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP |
26.0% | 5.7% | 62.0% | 3.7% | ||
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
Notes and references
- Notes
^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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.
- References
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Preceded by Epping (part) | UK Parliament constituency Epping, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Loughton 1974 – present | Current boundaries |
Preceded by Chigwell (part) |
Coordinates: 51°40′N 0°05′E / 51.67°N 0.09°E / 51.67; 0.09