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| Thurrock Borough constituency |
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| Thurrock shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1945 |
| MP: | Andrew MacKinlay |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Thurrock 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.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Leslie Solley | Labour then Labour Independent Group | |
| 1950 | Hugh Delargy | Labour | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1959 | |||
| 1964 | |||
| 1966 | |||
| 1970 | |||
| February 1974 | |||
| October 1974 | |||
| 1976 | Oonagh McDonald | Labour | |
| 1979 | |||
| 1983 | |||
| 1987 | Tim Janman | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Andrew MacKinlay | Labour | |
| 1997 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | |||
Election results
| General Election 2005: Thurrock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 20,636 | 47.2 | -9.3 | |
| Conservative | Garry Hague | 14,261 | 32.6 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Earnshaw Palmer | 4,770 | 10.9 | +0.6 | |
| British National Party | Nick Geri | 2,526 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| UK Independence | Carol Jackson | 1,499 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 6,375 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 43,692 | 54.9 | 5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Thurrock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 21,121 | 56.5 | -6.8 | |
| Conservative | Mike Penning | 11,124 | 29.8 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Lathan | 3,846 | 10.3 | +2.2 | |
| UK Independence | Christopher Sheppard | 1,271 | 3.4 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 9,997 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 37,362 | 49.0 | -16.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Thurrock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 29,896 | 63.32 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Rosindell | 12,640 | 26.77 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | J White | 3,843 | 8.14 | ||
| UK Independence | P Compobassi | 833 | 1.76 | ||
| Majority | 17,256 | 36.55 | |||
| Turnout | 47,212 | 65.79 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +17.20 | |||
| General Election 1992: Thurrock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 24,791 | 45.86 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Janman | 23,619 | 43.69 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | A Banton | 5,145 | 9.52 | ||
| Pensioners' Party | C Rogers | 391 | 0.72 | ||
| Anti-Federalist League | P Compobassi | 117 | 0.22 | ||
| Majority | 1,172 | 2.17 | |||
| Turnout | 54,063 | 78.16 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Thurrock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Janman | 20,527 | 42.47 | ||
| Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 19,837 | 41.04 | ||
| Social Democrat | D S Benson | 7,970 | 16.49 | ||
| Majority | 690 | 1.43 | |||
| Turnout | 48,334 | 71.51 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
See also
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