Harlow | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 67,700 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Harlow, Roydon |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Robert Halfon ( Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Epping |
Harlow is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Robert Halfon, a Conservative. [n 2]
The seat has been a bellwether since the result in 1983. Included are above county-average levels of social housing, [2] underemployment and unemployment as at the 2001 census and the associated 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation; [3] however, the new town has brought growth sustained in part by more commuting, with an increasingly-used and separate Mill station in the London Commuter Belt, and has seen a 9.2% increase in the number of apartments to 2011, which brings the proportion of the housing market made up by flats and apartments to 23.8%. [2]
This seat was created for the February 1974 general election from the abolished seat of Epping, and has been subject only to minor changes since.
Minor loss to Brentwood and Ongar.
North Weald Bassett transferred to Epping Forest.
Marginal changes due to redistribution of local authority wards.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be expanded northwards to meet the electorate size requirements, with the transfer in from Saffron Walden of the two District of Uttlesford wards of Broad Oak & the Hallingburys, and Hatfield Heath. [8]
Election | Member [9] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Stan Newens | Labour Co-operative | |
1983 | Jerry Hayes | Conservative | |
1997 | Bill Rammell | Labour | |
2010 | Robert Halfon | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Yasmin Gregory [10] | ||||
Labour | Chris Vince [11] | ||||
Reform UK | Malcolm Featherstone [12] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 27,510 | 63.5 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Laura McAlpine | 13,447 | 31.0 | −7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane | 2,397 | 5.5 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 14,063 | 32.5 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,354 | 63.7 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 24,230 | 54.0 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Phil Waite | 17,199 | 38.3 | +8.3 | |
UKIP | Mark Gough | 1,787 | 4.0 | −12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Seef | 970 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
Green | Hannah Clare | 660 | 1.5 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 7,031 | 15.7 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,846 | 66.2 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 21,623 | 48.9 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Suzy Stride | 13,273 | 30.0 | −3.7 | |
UKIP | Sam Stopplecamp | 7,208 | 16.3 | +12.7 | |
Green | Murray Sackwild | 954 | 2.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Seeff | 904 | 2.0 | −11.7 | |
TUSC | David Brown | 174 | 0.4 | New | |
English Democrat | Eddy Butler | 115 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,350 | 18.9 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,251 | 65.1 | ±0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 19,691 | 44.9 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Bill Rammell | 14,766 | 33.7 | −7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David White | 5,990 | 13.7 | +0.7 | |
BNP | Eddy Butler | 1,739 | 4.0 | New | |
UKIP | John Croft | 1,591 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
Christian | Oluyemi Adeeko | 101 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,925 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,878 | 65.1 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rammell | 16,453 | 41.4 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 16,356 | 41.2 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 5,002 | 12.6 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | John Felgate | 981 | 2.5 | −0.5 | |
Veritas | Anthony Bennett | 941 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 97 | 0.2 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,733 | 62.6 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rammell | 19,169 | 47.8 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Halfon | 13,941 | 34.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 5,381 | 13.4 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Tony Bennett | 1,223 | 3.0 | +2.3 | |
Socialist Alliance | John Hobbs | 401 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 5,228 | 13.0 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,115 | 59.7 | −14.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rammell | 25,861 | 54.1 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Jerry Hayes | 15,347 | 32.1 | −14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 4,523 | 9.5 | −1.8 | |
Referendum | Mark Wells | 1,422 | 3.0 | New | |
UKIP | Gerard Batten | 340 | 0.7 | New | |
BNP | John Bowles | 319 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,514 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,812 | 74.3 | -8.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jerry Hayes | 26,608 | 47.0 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Bill Rammell | 23,668 | 41.8 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 6,375 | 11.3 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 2,940 | 5.2 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,651 | 82.6 | +8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jerry Hayes | 26,017 | 47.2 | +6.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Stanley Newens | 20,140 | 36.6 | +2.4 | |
SDP ( Alliance) | Monica Eden-Green | 8,915 | 16.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 5,877 | 10.7 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,072 | 74.1 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jerry Hayes | 21,924 | 41.1 | +1.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Stanley Newens | 18,250 | 34.2 | −8.5 | |
Liberal ( Alliance) | John Bastick | 12,891 | 24.2 | +8.6 | |
Independent | John Ward | 256 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,674 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,321 | 76.5 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stanley Newens | 22,698 | 42.7 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | John Powley | 21,306 | 40.1 | +15.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Woodthorpe Browne | 8,289 | 15.7 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 1,392 | 2.6 | -25.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,133 | 78.7 | +3.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stanley Newens | 24,961 | 52.7 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | James Emerton Smith | 11,510 | 24.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Basil Goldstone | 10,869 | 23.0 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 13,451 | 28.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,340 | 75.2 | −8.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stanley Newens | 25,814 | 49.5 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | Basil Goldstone | 13,280 | 25.5 | +25.5 | |
Conservative | James Emerton Smith | 13,016 | 25.0 | −14.1 | |
Majority | 12,534 | 24.0 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,110 | 83.9 | +10.0 | ||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 29,453 | 60.9 | |||
Conservative | 18,880 | 39.1 | |||
Majority | 10,573 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,333 | 72.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
49.5% | 25.5% | 25.0% |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
52.7% | 23.0% | 24.3% |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
42.7% | 15.7% | 40.1% |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
34.2% | 24.2% | 41.1% | |
Labour | Liberal | Conservative |
36.6% | 16.2% | 47.2% |
Labour | SDP | Conservative |
41.8% | 11.3% | 47.0% |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative |
54.1% | 9.5% | 32.1% | 3.0% | ||
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | Ref |
47.8% | 13.4% | 34.8% | 3.0% | |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP |
41.4% | 12.6% | 41.2% | ||
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative |
33.7% | 13.7% | 44.9% | 3.6% | 4.0% | |
Labour | Lib Dems | Conservative | UKIP | BNP |
30.0% | 48.9% | 16.3% | ||||
Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
38.4% | 54.0% | 4.0% | ||
Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
31.0% | 5.5% | 63.5% |
Labour | LD | Conservative |