County Essex Created from Southend | Number of members 1 | |
Major settlements Southend-on-Sea, Shoeburyness Replaced by Southend, Rochford and Southend East | ||
Southend East was a parliamentary constituency in Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
Southend East was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, except for at a by-election in 1980 when the Conservatives held the seat by only 430 votes. From this by-election until its abolition, Southend East was held by the well-known Conservative Teddy Taylor.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe, and the Rural District of Rochford.
1955-1983: The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of All Saints, Pier, Shoebury, Southchurch, and Thorpe.
1983-1997: The Borough of Southend-on-Sea wards of Milton, St Luke's, Shoebury, Southchurch, Thorpe, and Victoria.
The constituency included Southend town centre, and parts of the Borough of Southend to the east.
In 1997, Southend East was abolished and expanded to the north to include the town of Rochford to form the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East due to relatively low population.