Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brentwood and Ongar
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Brentwood and Ongar in Essexfor the 2010 general election
EnglandEssex.svg
Location of Essex within England
County Essex
Population92,957 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 71,041 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements Brentwood, Ingatestone, Ongar, Shenfield, West Horndon
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Alex Burghart (Conservative)
SeatsOne

Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency [n 1] in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Burghart, a Conservative, serving since October 2022 as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office. [n 2]

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History

The seat was created for the February 1974 general election, primarily from part of the abolished constituency of Billericay. It has always been a safe Conservative seat.

It was held by Eric Pickles between the General Election in 1992 and 2017 when he stood down. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest share of the vote in 1992 (including results for their two predecessor parties). At the 2010 election their candidate was second-placed with 13.6% of the vote, ahead of the Labour Party's candidate, but this proved the peak of their support, as they declined to fourth place in 2015 and then behind Labour in 2017 and 2019.

In the 2001 election, Pickles was opposed by Martin Bell, who had represented the Tatton constituency in the last Parliament as an independent and had pledged not to seek re-election there. Bell failed to gain Brentwood and Ongar from the Conservatives, but cut the Conservative majority to just 6.5%, the lowest in the seat's history.

The pattern of elections in the seat was disrupted by the emergence of UKIP who jumped to second place in 2015. Following the retirement of Eric Pickles, in the 2017 and 2019 elections it was the Labour Party candidate who emerged as the main challengers to the Conservatives in the seat.

Boundaries and boundary changes

Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1974–1983

The Urban District of Brentwood was previously part of the abolished constituency of Billericay, and the parishes in the Rural District of Epping and Ongar (which had previously constituted the Rural District of Ongar) had been part of the abolished constituency of Chigwell.

1983–2010

Two parishes, formerly part of the Rural District of Chelmsford and included in the District of Brentwood under the Local Government Act 1972 transferred from Chelmsford. Other marginal changes.

2010–present

North Weald Bassett ward transferred from Epping Forest. Other marginal changes due to redistribution of local authority wards.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be unchanged, except for a very minor adjustment due to a revision of ward boundaries. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] [9] Party
Feb 1974 Sir Robert McCrindle Conservative
1992 Sir Eric Pickles Conservative
2017 Alex Burghart Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brentwood and Ongar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Burghart [10]
Labour Gareth Barrett [11]
Liberal Democrats David Kendall [12]
Reform UK Paul Godfrey [13]
Green Reece Learmouth [14]
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook [15]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Brentwood and Ongar [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Burghart 36,308 68.6 +2.8
Labour Oliver Durose7,24313.7−6.7
Liberal Democrats David Kendall7,18713.6+5.2
Green Paul Jeater1,6793.2+1.5
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 5321.0New
Majority29,06554.9+9.5
Turnout 52,94970.4−0.2
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election 2017: Brentwood and Ongar [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Burghart 34,811 65.8 +7.0
Labour Gareth Barrett10,80920.4+7.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Chilvers4,4268.4−0.4
UKIP Mick McGough1,8453.5−13.3
Green Paul Jeater9151.7−1.0
Independent Louca Kousoulou1040.2New
Majority24,00245.4+3.4
Turnout 52,91070.6−1.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.5
General election 2015: Brentwood and Ongar [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 30,534 58.8 +1.9
UKIP Mick McGough8,72416.8+12.8
Labour Liam Preston6,49212.5+2.6
Liberal Democrats David Kendall4,5778.8−14.7
Green Reza Hossain1,3972.7+1.5
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 1730.3−0.7
Majority21,81042.0+8.6
Turnout 51,89771.6−0.3
Conservative hold Swing −5.4
General election 2010: Brentwood and Ongar [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 28,792 56.9 +2.9
Liberal Democrats David Kendall11,87223.5−3.4
Labour Heidi Benzing4,9929.9−4.9
UKIP Michael McGough2,0374.0−0.1
BNP Paul Morris1,4472.9New
Green Jess Barnecutt5841.2New
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 4911.0New
Independent James Sapwell2630.5New
Independent Danny Attfield1130.2New
Majority16,92033.4+7.1
Turnout 50,59171.9+4.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 23,609 53.5 +15.5
Liberal Democrats Gavin Stollar11,99727.2+11.6
Labour John Adams6,57914.9+2.3
UKIP Stuart Gulleford1,8054.1+2.7
Independent Anthony Appleton1550.4+0.3
Majority11,61226.3+19.8
Turnout 44,14568.4+1.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 16,558 38.0 −7.4
Independent Martin Bell 13,73731.5New
Liberal Democrats David Kendall6,77215.6−10.7
Labour Diana Johnson 5,50512.6−9.5
UKIP Kenneth Gulleford6111.4+0.5
Independent Peter Pryke2390.5New
Church of the Militant Elvis David Bishop680.2New
Independent Anthony Appleton520.1New
Majority2,8216.5−12.6
Turnout 43,54267.3−9.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Brentwood and Ongar [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 23,031 45.4 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bottomley13,34126.3−4.2
Labour Marc Young11,23122.1+11.2
Referendum Angela Kilmartin2,6585.2New
UKIP David Mills4650.9New
Majority9,69019.1−8.0
Turnout 50,72676.6−8.1
Conservative hold Swing −4.0
General election 1992: Brentwood and Ongar [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 32,145 57.6 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bottomley17,00030.5+5.5
Labour Jeremiah Keohane6,08010.9−2.3
Green Carolyn Bartley5551.0−0.3
Majority15,14527.1−8.4
Turnout 55,78084.7+5.7
Conservative hold Swing −4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Brentwood and Ongar [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCrindle 32,258 60.5 +2.1
Liberal Nicholas Amor13,33725.0−5.3
Labour James Orpe7,04213.2+1.8
Green Margaret Willis6861.3New
Majority18,92135.5+7.4
Turnout 5332379.0+2.4
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
General election 1983: Brentwood and Ongar [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCrindle 29,484 58.4 −2.0
Liberal Nicholas Amor15,28230.3+16.0
Labour James Orpe5,73911.4−13.9
Majority14,20228.1−7.0
Turnout 5050576.6−4.0
Conservative hold Swing −9.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Brentwood and Ongar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCrindle 29,113 60.4 +13.5
Labour Ian James Crofton Peddie12,18225.3−4.0
Liberal Colin Cenydd Jones6,88214.3−9.5
Majority16,93135.1+17.5
Turnout 48,17780.6+3.4
Conservative hold Swing +8.8
General election October 1974: Brentwood and Ongar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCrindle 21,136 46.9 +0.3
Labour Henry Edward Miller13,19029.3+3.7
Liberal Lionel Rufus Wernick10,72523.8−4.0
Majority7,94617.6−1.2
Turnout 45,05177.2−6.6
Conservative hold Swing −1.7
General election February 1974: Brentwood and Ongar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCrindle 22,545 46.6
Liberal Lionel Rufus Wernick13,45227.8
Labour Maurice Howard Rosen12,39825.6
Majority9,09318.8
Turnout 48,39583.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Graphical representation

February 1974New seat
25.6%27.8%46.6%
LabourLiberalConservative
October 1974
29.3%23.8%46.9%
LabourLiberalConservative
1979
25.3%14.3%60.4%
LabourLiberalConservative
1983
11.4%30.3%58.4%
LabourLiberalConservative
1987
13.2%25.0%60.5%
LabourLiberalConservative
1992
10.9%30.5%57.6%
LabourLib DemsConservative
1997
22.1%26.3%45.4%
LabourLib DemsConservativeRef
2001
12.6%15.6%31.5%38.0%
LabourLib DemsMartin BellConservative
2005
14.9%27.2%53.5%
LabourLib DemsConservativeUKIP
2010
9.9%23.5%56.9%
LabLib DemsConservativeUKIP
2015
12.5%58.8%16.8%
LabourLib DemsConservativeUKIP
2017
20.4%65.8%
LabourLib DemsConservativeUKIP
2019
13.7%13.6%68.6%
LabourLib DemsConservative

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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