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  UK Parliament - Clacton
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Parents > United Kingdom > England > East of England > East of England > Clacton
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 20, 2010 - 06:00pm Central
Polls Open May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
Term End August 29, 2014 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia January 10, 2015 12:34am
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Description
Term End due to resignation after switching parties and forcing a by-election

BBC Profile:
This newly-created constituency takes in much of the now abolished Harwich seat, but without the town of Harwich itself. Some additional wards have been gained from the abolished North Essex seat. The maritime seat includes the town of the same name.

From 1945 to 1997 the old seat of Harwich returned three MPs: Sir Stanley Holmes (Liberal), Sir Julian Ridsdale (Liberal/Conservative) and Iain Sproat (Conservative), all of whom regularly took over 50% of the vote.

In 1997 a local candidate, Ivan Henderson, a former docker and RMT union official, won the seat for Labour by 1,216 votes. In 2001 Henderson increased his majority to 2,596. However, in 2005 support for Labour fell by 5.3%. This, coupled with almost a 2% increase in the Tory vote, was enough to give the new Conservative candidate Douglas Carswell victory with a majority of just under 1,000.

To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Unemployment is a significant issue in the area, exacerbated by the very seasonal nature of the local economy. Much will depend on the success of Project Tendring, which is attempting to promote not only economic development, but physical, social and environmental transformation. One component of the project is Clacton and the coastal towns, and although there have been improvements

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NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyUK Independence Won10/09/2014
NameDouglas Carswell Votes21,113 (59.75%)
Term10/10/2014 - 05/07/2015 Margin12,404 (+35.10%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/10/2010 05/06/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Douglas Carswell 1 1 --2
Leaning Call: Douglas Carswell (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Douglas Carswell (100.00%)

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Name (I) MP Douglas Carswell MP Ivan Henderson Michael Green Jim Taylor Terry Allen Chris Southall Christopher Humphrey
PartyConservative Labour Liberal Democrats British National Independent Green Independent
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Uncertified Votes 22,867 (53.03%) 10,799 (25.04%) 5,577 (12.93%) 1,975 (4.58%) 1,078 (2.50%) 535 (1.24%) 292 (0.68%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -12,068 (-27.99%) -17,290 (-40.09%) -20,892 (-48.45%) -21,789 (-50.53%) -22,332 (-51.79%) -22,575 (-52.35%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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