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Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)

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County
  
Essex

Created
  
2010

European Parliament constituency
  
East of England

Number of members
  
1

Party
  
Conservative Party

Electorate
  
76,089 (December 2010)

Created from
  
Rayleigh

Member of parliament
  
Mark Francois

Replaced by
  
Rayleigh

Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)

Major settlements
  
Hawkwell, Hockley, Rayleigh, Wickford

Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois, a Conservative.

Contents

Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which added to Essex an extra seat for the 2010 general election and the seat has electoral wards:

  • Wickford Castledon, Wickford North, and Wickford Park in the Basildon District
  • Ashingdon and Canewdon, Downhall and Rawreth, Grange, Hawkwell North, Hawkwell South, Hawkwell West, Hockley Central, Hockley North, Hockley West, Hullbridge, Lodge, Rayleigh Central, Sweyne Park, Trinity, Wheatley and Whitehouse in the Rochford District

    • The previous Rayleigh seat was abolished as a consequence of these changes.

    Constituency profile

    This small-town studded portion of rural Essex reaches out almost as far as the North Sea beside Rochford and has income levels on average slightly above the national average, low unemployment and little reliance on social housing.

    Elections in the 2010s

    * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

    References

    Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia
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