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Eastern
73,322 electors
Active Seat

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Current MP
James McMurdock
James McMurdock

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
61.1%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Reform UK James McMurdock Gain from Conservative
Majority 98
Turnout 54.4% ↓6.4pp
Total Votes 39,549
Winner Swing ↓35.4pp
✓ James McMurdock
Reform UK
12,178 30.8%
—
Jack Ferguson
Labour
12,080 30.5%
↑7.0pp
Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
10,159 25.7%
↓39.8pp
Neil Speight
—
1,928 4.9%
—
Elizabeth Grant
Green Party
1,718 4.3%
↑4.2pp
Dave Thomas
Liberal Democrats
1,071 2.7%
↓1.4pp
Steven Burnett
—
275 0.7%
—
Simon Breedon
Social Democratic Party
140 0.4%
—
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe Hold
Majority 19,922
Turnout 60.9% ↓3.2pp
Total Votes 45,297
Winner Swing ↑9.3pp
✓ Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
29,973 66.2%
↑9.3pp
Jack Ferguson
Labour
10,051 22.2%
↓10.3pp
Kerry Smith
—
3,316 7.3%
—
Michael Bukola
Liberal Democrats
1,957 4.3%
↑2.8pp
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe Hold
Majority 11,490
Turnout 64.1% ↑0.0pp
Total Votes 47,120
Winner Swing ↑13.5pp
✓ Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
26,811 56.9%
↑13.5pp
Byron Taylor
Labour
15,321 32.5%
↑7.3pp
Peter Whittle
—
3,193 6.8%
↓19.8pp
Reetendra Banerji
Liberal Democrats
732 1.6%
↓1.4pp
Sim Harman
Green Party
680 1.4%
—
Paul Borg
—
383 0.8%
—
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe Hold
Majority 7,691
Turnout 64.1% ↑1.8pp
Total Votes 45,593
Winner Swing ↓0.5pp
✓ Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
19,788 43.4%
↓0.5pp
Ian Luder
—
12,097 26.5%
↑20.6pp
Mike Le-Surf
Labour
11,493 25.2%
↓5.8pp
Geoff Williams
Liberal Democrats
1,356 3.0%
↓10.4pp
Kerry Smith
—
401 0.9%
—
None Of The Above X
—
253 0.6%
—
Stuart Hooper
—
205 0.5%
—
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe Hold
Majority 5,772
Turnout 62.2%
Total Votes 44,735
✓ Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
19,624 43.9%
↑5.3pp
Angela Smith
Labour
13,852 31.0%
↓9.7pp
Geoff Williams
Liberal Democrats
5,977 13.4%
↑2.8pp
Kerry Smith
—
2,639 5.9%
↑3.3pp
Christopher Roberts
—
2,518 5.6%
↑0.8pp
N. X
—
125 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

62.2%
'10
64.1%
'15
64.1%
'17
60.9%
'19
54.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
23.4%
35 to 49
20.3%
50 to 64
18.1%
65 and over
17.7% ▲2.7pp
25 to 34
13.3%
18 to 24
7.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
86.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
5.7%
Asian or Asian British
4.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.4%
Other
0.8%
📊 Age
Under 18
23.4%
18 to 29
20.5%
30 to 44
20.3%
45 to 64
18.1%
65 and over
17.7%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.0%
No religion
42.3%
Not answered
5.3%
Muslim
2.0%
Hindu
1.2%
Sikh
0.4%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
92.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
2.9%
Asian or Asian British
2.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.6%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.1%
Under 18
22.5%
30 to 44
20.4%
65 and over
15.0%
18 to 29
15.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
61.3%
No religion
30.1%
Religion not stated
6.3%
Muslim
0.9%
Hindu
0.6%
Other religion
0.3%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Stephen Metcalfe Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30