Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Dagenham
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dagenham in Greater Londonfor the 2005 general election
County	Greater London
1945–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Romford
Replaced by	Dagenham and Rainham

Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham.

Boundaries

Dagenham in Essex, boundaries used 1945-50

1945–1974: The Borough of Dagenham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Barking wards of Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, River, Valence, and Village.

1983–2010: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Alibon, Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, Marks Gate, River, Triptons, Valence, and Village.

2010 Boundary change

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham.

History

Before 1945 this Dagenham constituency and surrounding area was part of the Romford constituency. The MP for the predecessor seat since 1935, Labour's John Parker, stood again on each occasion in this smaller successor area, representing it until 1983. Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War, and with 48 years in Parliament, remained the longest-serving Labour MP in history until Dennis Skinner served Bolsover for 49 years. Dagenham was held by Labour since its inception and election predictions always rated it as a safe seat. The constituency shared boundaries with the Dagenham electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

The far-right British National Party (BNP) was active in this area periodically and its support led to some retained deposits by polling more than 5% of the vote on several occasions. Their candidate received nearly 10% of the vote in the 2005 general election and in the 2006 local elections returned 12 councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

Constituency profile

The constituency hosted shrinking skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works, which downscaled production in 2001, leading to replacement distribution and warehousing businesses as well as local regeneration under the Thames Gateway project from 2005 however higher than national unemployment immediately, including following the seat's abolition. (See the main successor seat, Dagenham and Rainham for statistics.) The largest-polling opposition candidate was Conservative since 1979, with the Liberal Party a greater or equal opponent in elections before that, vying for second place with that party.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1945	John Parker	Labour
	1983	Bryan Gould	Labour
	1994 by-election	Judith Church	Labour
	2001	Jon Cruddas	Labour
	2010	constituency abolished: see Dagenham and Rainham

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Dagenham ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	36,686	83.69
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	7,147	16.31
Majority			29,539	67.38
Turnout			43,833	69.08
Registered electors			63,450
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Dagenham ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	43,300	72.50	-11.19
	Conservative	D. Cook	11,565	19.37	+3.06
	Liberal	Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston	3,973	6.65	New
	Communist	George Bridges [6]	883	1.48	New
Majority			31,735	53.13	-14.25
Turnout			59,721	81.28	+12.20
Registered electors			73,477
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.13

General election 1951: Dagenham ^{[4] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	44,908	76.09	+3.59
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	14,112	23.91	+4.54
Majority			30,796	52.18	+0.95
Turnout			59,020	77.72	-3.56
Registered electors			73,939
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.48

General election 1955: Dagenham ^{[4] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	38,811	73.88	-2.21
	Conservative	Roger Ibbotson Gray	13,718	26.12	+2.21
Majority			25,093	47.76	-4.42
Turnout			52,529	68.94	-8.78
Registered electors			76,198
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.21

General election 1959: Dagenham ^{[4] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	37,009	69.00	-4.88
	Conservative	Andrew Felix Waley	16,626	31.00	+4.88
Majority			20,383	38.00	-9.76
Turnout			53,635	72.51	+3.57
Registered electors			73,968
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.88

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Dagenham ^{[4] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	32,851	64.82	-4.18
	Conservative	Giles E Currie	9,461	18.67	-12.33
	Liberal	Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey	7,301	14.41	New
	Communist	Kevin Halpin	1,070	2.11	New
Majority			23,390	46.15	+8.15
Turnout			50,683	70.96	-1.55
Registered electors			71,424
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.08

General election 1966: Dagenham ^{[4] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	35,055	74.65	+9.83
	Conservative	Giles E Currie	10,530	22.42	+3.75
	Communist	George C Wake	1,373	2.92	+0.81
Majority			24,525	52.23	+6.08
Turnout			46,958	67.40	-3.56
Registered electors			69,671
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.04

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Dagenham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	31,335	70.74
	Conservative	Hugh McClancy	11,976	27.04
	Communist	George C Wake	982	2.22
Majority			19,359	43.70
Turnout			44,290	59.05
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Dagenham ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	35,765	72.68
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	12,275	24.94
	Communist	George C Wake	1,169	2.38
Majority			23,490	47.74
Turnout			49,209	71.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Dagenham ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	29,678	65.23
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	7,684	16.89
	Liberal	G Poole	7,564	16.63	New
	Communist	George C Wake	569	1.25
Majority			21,994	48.34
Turnout			45,495	64.99
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Dagenham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	24,707	52.57
	Conservative	Gary Hyams [16]	14,600	31.07
	Liberal	Mark Long [16]	5,583	11.88
	National Front	John Roberts [16]	1,553	3.30	New
	Communist	Daniel Connor [16]	553	1.18
Majority			10,107	21.50
Turnout			46,994	69.12
	Labour hold		Swing	13.4%

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Dagenham ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	15,665	39.26
	Conservative	Bob Neill	12,688	31.77
	SDP	Jacqueline Horne	10,679	27.00	New
	National Front	Joe Pearce	645	1.62
	Communist	D Walshe	141	0.35
Majority			2,997	7.49
Turnout			39,878	63.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Dagenham ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	18,454	44.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Bob Neill	15,985	38.5	+6.7
	SDP	John Carter	7,088	17.1	-9.9
Majority			2,469	5.9	-1.6
Turnout			41,527	67.3	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Dagenham ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	22,027	52.26
	Conservative	Don Rossiter	15,294	36.29
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Marquand	4,824	11.45
Majority			6,733	15.97
Turnout			42,145	70.66
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 Dagenham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Church	15,474	72.0	+19.74
	Conservative	James Fairrie	2,130	9.91	-26.38
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dunphy	1,804	8.39	-3.06
	BNP	John Tyndall	1,511	7.03	New
	UKIP	Peter Compobassi	457	2.1	New
	Natural Law	Mark Leighton	116	0.5	New
Majority			13,344	62.1	+56.1
Turnout			21,492
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1997: Dagenham ^{[22] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Church	23,759	65.7	+13.4
	Conservative	James P.J. Fairrie	6,705	18.5	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Dobrashian	2,704	7.5	−3.9
	Referendum	Steven Kraft	1,411	3.9	New
	BNP	William Binding	900	2.5	N/A
	Independent	Richard H. Dawson	349	1.0	New
	National Democrats	Michael B. Hipperson	183	0.5	New
	ProLife Alliance	Kathleen A. Goble	152	0.4	New
Majority			17,054	47.2	+32.3
Turnout			36,162	62.1	-8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Dagenham ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	15,784	57.2	−8.5
	Conservative	Michael White	7,091	25.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	2,820	10.2	+2.7
	BNP	David Hill	1,378	5.0	+2.5
	Socialist Alliance	Bill Hamilton	262	0.9	New
	Socialist Labour	Robert Siggins	245	0.9	New
Majority			8,693	31.5	-15.7
Turnout			27,580	46.5	−15.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2005: Dagenham ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	15,446	50.1	−7.1
	Conservative	Michael White	7,841	25.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Kempton	3,106	10.1	-0.1
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	2,870	9.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	1,578	5.1	New
Majority			7,605	24.7	-6.8
Turnout			30,841	51.3	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

References

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