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| Brentwood and Ongar County constituency |
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| Brentwood and Ongar shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Eric Pickles |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Brentwood and Ongar is a parliamentary 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. It is a safe Conservative seat represented since 1992 by Eric Pickles, the Conservative Party Chairman.
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Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Brentwood and Ongar constituency, to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 general election. The electoral wards used to create the seat are;
- Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford and Shelley from Epping Forest district
- The entire district of Brentwood
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb 1974 | Sir Robert McCrindle | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Eric Pickles | Conservative | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 23,609 | 53.5 | +15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gavin Stollar | 11,997 | 27.2 | +11.6 | |
| Labour | John Adams | 6,579 | 14.9 | +2.3 | |
| UKIP | Stuart Gulleford | 1,805 | 4.1 | +2.7 | |
| Independent (politician) | Anthony Appleton | 155 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 11,612 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 44,145 | 68.4 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Pickles | 16,558 | 38.0 | -7.4 | |
| Independent (politician) | Martin Bell | 13,737 | 31.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Kendall | 6,772 | 15.6 | -10.7 | |
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 5,505 | 12.6 | -9.5 | |
| UKIP | Ken Gulleford | 611 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
| Independent (politician) | Peter Pryke | 239 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Church of the Militant Elvis Party | David Bishop | 68 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Anthony Appleton | 52 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,821 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,542 | 67.3 | -9.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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