Basildon

Borough constituency
Basildon shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England
Created:
MP:	Angela Smith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Essex
EP constituency:	East of England

Basildon 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. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links BasildonConstituency. ... map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Essex Maldon and Chelmsford East (UK Parliament constituency) Braintree (UK Parliament constituency) Chelmsford West Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency) Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency) Harlow (UK Parliament constituency) Basildon (UK Parliament constituency) Billericay (UK Parliament constituency) Brentwood... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Angela Evans Smith (born 7 January 1959, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...

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Boundaries

A famously Conservative seat between 1983 and 1997,this quintessential Essex Man constituency is based on the new town of Basildon.Much of it's population are,or are descended from London's East End,which traditionally voted Labour in their droves.But throughout the 1980's and most of the 1990's,many transferred their loyalties to the Tories,much to Labour's embarrassment.The Tory MP here in those years,the voluable David Amess,was himself an Eastender(from Plaistow).He has since travelled to safer climes in Southend West,but Labour had an unconvincing majority in 2005 after comfortable victories in 1997 and 2005,and the seat is certainly marginal again. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Essex Man is a political term used in the United Kingdom to describe a person of a working class background, with aspirations to own property and shares. ... A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Basildon is an industrial town and district in Essex, England with a population in excess of 120,000 (Census 2001). ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... David Anthony Andrew Amess (born March 26, 1952) is a British Member of Parliament for Southend West. ... Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham (East London) Plaistow in the London Borough of Bromley (South East London) Plaistow in New Hampshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A parliamentary constituency for the UK comprised of a small part of the West of Southend including Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliffe-on-Sea. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Members of Parliament

• 1974 – 1979: Eric Moonman, Labour
• 1979 – 1983: Harvey Proctor, Conservative
• 1983 – 1997: David Amess, Conservative
• 1997 – "present": Angela Smith, Labour

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Election results

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex