Brentwood and Ongar
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| Brentwood and Ongar shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Eric Pickles |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Brentwood and Ongar 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 is a typical Conservative safe seat. Currently more than half of the electorate supported incumbent MP whilst a significant minority supported eurosceptic UKIP. To those abroad Brentwood and Ongar would be seen as a very Liberal-conservative constituency due to no socialist parties standing nor the Labour Party making any significant gains. Indeed, this is not suprising in an overwhelmingly white electorate in a typical Daily Mail area.
Brentwood & Ongar has an unusually high turnout for such a safe seat. Almost 70% of those eligible to vote did - this can be opposed to seats such as Bethnal Green and Bowe.
Boundaries
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Brentwood and Ongar constituency, to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election. The electoral wards used to create the seat are;- Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford and Shelley from Epping Forest district
- The entire district of Brentwood
Members of Parliament
- 1974 – 1992: Robert McCrindle, Conservative
- 1992 – "present": Eric Pickles, Conservative
Election results
See also
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