Essex, especially the south east corner of it, has been
tough territory for Labour Party candidates with Parliamentary ambitions.
This table shows the closest Labour has come to victory
in south east Essex. The best thirty-eight results for Labour. Two glorious, if
somewhat isolated, victories. A few near misses.
Whoever leads Labour going forward, here is the challenge
that most Labour Party members in south east Essex want tackled - to make Labour
more attractive to voters in this corner of the United Kingdom.
|
date
|
constituency
|
distance from winning line
|
% Lab vote
|
candidate
|
|
1945
|
Essex South East
|
-3591
|
53.8
|
Raymond Gunter
|
|
1997
|
Castle Point
|
-1143
|
42.4
|
Christine Butler
|
|
*1980
|
Southend East
|
430
|
35.6
|
Colin George
|
|
1966
|
Southend East
|
517
|
44.1
|
P R Clyne
|
|
2001
|
Castle Point
|
985
|
42.1
|
Christine Butler
|
|
1950
|
Southend East
|
2165
|
42.2
|
R J Minney
|
|
1945
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
3077
|
38.9
|
G R Sandson
|
|
1964
|
Southend East
|
3367
|
38.6
|
E J Trevett
|
|
1997
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
4225
|
39.7
|
Nigel Smith
|
|
Oct 1974
|
Southend East
|
4603
|
34.2
|
Susan Ward
|
|
1951
|
Southend East
|
4610
|
44.7
|
L C Merrion
|
|
Feb 1974
|
Southend East
|
4952
|
33.1
|
Motel Burstin
|
|
2005
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
5490
|
31.4
|
Fred Grindrod
|
|
1966
|
Essex South East
|
5734
|
39.8
|
Derek Edwards
|
|
1955
|
Essex South East
|
6690
|
40.3
|
Edward Harby
|
|
1955
|
Southend East
|
6758
|
41.8
|
W H Clough
|
|
1970
|
Southend East
|
6960
|
41.5
|
P R Clyne
|
|
2001
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
7034
|
34.8
|
Chris Dandridge
|
|
1997
|
Southend West
|
7429
|
22.8
|
Alan Harley
|
|
1959
|
Southend East
|
7725
|
40.7
|
E J Trevett
|
|
2001
|
Southend West
|
7941
|
25.1
|
Paul Fisher
|
|
1964
|
Essex South East
|
8201
|
43.0
|
Anthony Pearson-Clarke
|
|
2005
|
Castle Point
|
8201
|
30.4
|
Luke Akehurst
|
|
2001
|
Rayleigh
|
8290
|
30.7
|
Paul Clark
|
|
Oct 1974
|
Essex South East
|
8710
|
33.3
|
David Jones
|
|
*1959
|
Southend West
|
9213
|
20.2
|
Anthony Pearson-Clarke
|
|
Feb 1974
|
Essex South East
|
9265
|
31.3
|
David Jones
|
|
2005
|
Southend West
|
9336
|
22.8
|
Jan Etienne
|
|
2015
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
9476
|
24.7
|
Ian Gilbert
|
|
1959
|
Essex South East
|
10133
|
39.0
|
Reginald Fryer
|
|
1997
|
Rayleigh
|
10684
|
28.9
|
Raymond Ellis
|
|
1979
|
Southend East
|
10774
|
29.1
|
Anthony Wright
|
|
Feb 1974
|
Southend West
|
10880
|
23.9
|
Anthony Wright
|
|
2010
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
11050
|
20.3
|
Kevin Bonavia
|
|
1966
|
Southend West
|
11860
|
27.4
|
Motel Burstin
|
|
1992
|
Southend East
|
13111
|
27.4
|
Graham Bramley
|
|
2010
|
Castle Point
|
13197
|
14.7
|
Julian Ware-Lane
|
|
2015
|
Southend West
|
14021
|
18.3
|
Julian Ware-Lane
|
* By-election
No comments:
Post a Comment