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| Castle Point Borough constituency |
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| Castle Point shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Bob Spink |
| Party: | UK Independence (elected as Conservative) |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Castle Point is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Covering the area of Canvey Island, it is normally a strong Conservative seat, although it fell to Labour once, in the 1997 landslide. Bob Spink re-won the seat in 2001, but subsequently defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) on 22 April 2008 (becoming the first and so far only seat that UKIP has held in the House of Commons).
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Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a Castle Point constituency based entirely within the boundaries of the district council of the same name
History
In March 2008, Bob Spink was deselected by the local Conservative Party association. After announcing leaving the Conservatives, he defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party in April 2008, and has now stated he will stand for them in the next General Election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Bernard Braine | Conservative | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1992 | Bob Spink | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Christine Butler | Labour | |
| 2001 | Bob Spink | Conservative | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | Independent Conservative | ||
| 2008 | UK Independence | ||
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Harris | ||||
| UK Independence | Bob Spink | ||||
| Labour | Julian Ware-Lane | ||||
| General Election 2005: Castle Point | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bob Spink | 22,118 | 48.3 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Luke Akehurst | 13,917 | 30.4 | -11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Sandbach | 4,719 | 10.3 | +2.5 | |
| UK Independence | Neil Hamper | 3,431 | 7.5 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Irene Willis | 1,617 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 8,201 | 17.9 | |||
| Turnout | 45,802 | 65.9 | +7.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 7.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Castle Point | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bob Spink | 17,738 | 44.6 | +4.5 | |
| Labour | Christine Butler | 16,753 | 42.1 | -0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Billy Boulton | 3,116 | 7.8 | -1.4 | |
| UK Independence | Ron Hurrell | 1,273 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Douglas Roberts | 663 | 1.7 | -1.0 | |
| Truth Party | Nik Searle | 223 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 985 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,766 | 58.4 | -13.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Castle Point | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christine Butler | 20,605 | 42.4 | +18.4 | |
| Conservative | Bob Spink | 19,462 | 40.1 | -15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | M. Baker | 4,477 | 9.2 | -9.9 | |
| Referendum Party | H. Maulkin | 2,700 | 5.6 | ||
| Independent | L. D. Kendall | 1,301 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,143 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 72.1 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Castle Point | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bob Spink | 29,629 | 55.6 | ||
| Labour | D. Flack | 12,799 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | A. Petchey | 10,208 | 19.2 | ||
| Green | I. Willis | 643 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 16,830 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Castle Point | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Braine | 29,681 | 59.9 | ||
| Social Democrat | A. Bastow | 10,433 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | W. Deal | 9,422 | 19.0 | ||
| Majority | 19,248 | 38.8 | |||
| Turnout | 74.5 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ Castle Point, UKPollingReport
See also
