BILLERICAY (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Billericay' is a 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 has elected Conservative MPs at every election except 1966.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Boundaries

In time for the next United Kingdom general election the seat of Billericay is to effectively merge with Basildon to form a new seat of Basildon and Billericay. Billericay has a history of electing somewhat colourful characters to Westminster, namely Harvey Proctor, the rightwing MP who resigned after gay sex charges, and Mrs Teresa Gorman, Maastricht rebel who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism over questions surrounding her registered business dealings.
The current wards are Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch, Laindon Park, Pitsea North West, Pitsea South East, Vange, Wickford Castledon, Wickford North and Wickford Park.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Bernard Braine	Conservative
	1950
	1955	Richard Body	Conservative
	1959	Edward Gardner	Conservative
	1964
	1966	Eric Moonman	Labour
	1970	Robert McCrindle	Conservative
February 1974		''constituency abolished (see Basildon); recreated 1983''
	1983	Harvey Proctor	Conservative
	1987	Teresa Gorman	Conservative
	1992
	1997
	2001	John Baron	Conservative
	2005

Election results

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

★ Billericay

★ Laindon

References

1. Education and Skills In Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency : Billericay