Dagenham Boundary of Dagenham in Greater London for the 2005 general election
County Greater London Number of members One Replaced by Dagenham and Rainham Created from Romford
Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham .
Boundaries [ ]
Dagenham in Essex, boundaries used 1945-50
1945–1974 : The Borough of Dagenham.
1974–1983 : The London Borough of Barking wards of Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, River, Valence, and Village.
1983–2010 : The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Alibon, Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, Marks Gate, River, Triptons, Valence, and Village.
2010 Boundary change [ ]
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London , the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham .
History [ ]
History of Boundaries
Before 1945 this Dagenham constituency and surrounding area was part of the Romford constituency .
Political History
The MP for the predecessor seat since 1935, Labour 's John Parker, stood again on each occasion in this smaller successor area, representing it until 1983. Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War, and with 48 years in Parliament, remained the longest-serving Labour MP in history until Dennis Skinner served Bolsover for 49 years.
Dagenham was held by Labour since its inception and election predictions always rated it as a safe seat . Dagenham hosts an at times shrinking skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works, which downscaled production in 2001, leading to replacement distribution and warehousing businesses as well as local regeneration under the Thames Gateway project from 2005 however higher than national unemployment immediately, including following the seat's abolition. (See the main successor seat, Dagenham and Rainham for statistics.) The largest-polling opposition candidate was Conservative since 1979, with the Liberal Party a greater or equal opponent in elections before that, vying for second place with that party.
Unusually, the far-right British National Party (BNP) was very active in this area periodically and its support led to some retained deposits by polling more than 5% of the vote on several occasions. Their candidate received nearly 10% of the vote in the 2005 general election and in the 2006 local elections returned 12 councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council .
The new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham included wards which had not traditionally supported the BNP or Labour, and published leaks of BNP databases that year showed that its membership in the area shown was diminishing.[citation needed ]
Members of Parliament [ ]
Election results [ ]
Elections in the 1940s [ ]
General election 1945 : Dagenham [2] [3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
36,686
83.69
Conservative
Albert Cooper
7,147
16.31
Majority
29,539
67.38
Turnout
43,833
69.08
Registered electors
63,450
Labour win (new seat)
Elections in the 1950s [ ]
General election 1950 : Dagenham [4] [5] [6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
43,300
72.50
-11.19
Conservative
D. Cook
11,565
19.37
+3.06
Liberal
Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston
3,973
6.65
New
Communist
George Bridges[7]
883
1.48
New
Majority
31,735
53.13
-14.25
Turnout
59,721
81.28
+12.20
Registered electors
73,477
Labour hold
Swing
-7.13
General election 1951 : Dagenham [4] [8] [9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
44,908
76.09
+3.59
Conservative
Norman St John-Stevas
14,112
23.91
+4.54
Majority
30,796
52.18
+0.95
Turnout
59,020
77.72
-3.56
Registered electors
73,939
Labour hold
Swing
-0.48
General election 1959 : Dagenham [4] [12] [13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
37,009
69.00
-4.88
Conservative
Andrew Felix Waley
16,626
31.00
+4.88
Majority
20,383
38.00
-9.76
Turnout
53,635
72.51
+3.57
Registered electors
73,968
Labour hold
Swing
-4.88
Elections in the 1960s [ ]
General election 1964 : Dagenham [4] [14] [15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
32,851
64.82
-4.18
Conservative
Giles E Currie
9,461
18.67
-12.33
Liberal
Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey
7,301
14.41
New
Communist
Kevin Halpin
1,070
2.11
New
Majority
23,390
46.15
+8.15
Turnout
50,683
70.96
-1.55
Registered electors
71,424
Labour hold
Swing
+4.08
General election 1966 : Dagenham [4] [16] [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
35,055
74.65
+9.83
Conservative
Giles E Currie
10,530
22.42
+3.75
Communist
George C Wake
1,373
2.92
+0.81
Majority
24,525
52.23
+6.08
Turnout
46,958
67.40
-3.56
Registered electors
69,671
Labour hold
Swing
+3.04
Elections in the 1970s [ ]
General election 1970 : Dagenham[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
31,335
70.74
Conservative
Hugh McClancy
11,976
27.04
Communist
George C Wake
982
2.22
Majority
19,359
43.70
Turnout
44,290
59.05
Labour hold
Swing
General election February 1974 : Dagenham[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
35,765
72.68
Conservative
Archie Hamilton
12,275
24.94
Communist
George C Wake
1,169
2.38
Majority
23,490
47.74
Turnout
49,209
71.02
Labour hold
Swing
General election October 1974 : Dagenham[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
29,678
65.23
Conservative
Archie Hamilton
7,684
16.89
Liberal
G Poole
7,564
16.63
New
Communist
George C Wake
569
1.25
Majority
21,994
48.34
Turnout
45,495
64.99
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1979 : Dagenham[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
John Parker
24,707
52.57
Conservative
G Hyams
14,600
31.07
Liberal
M Long
5,583
11.88
National Front
J Roberts
1,553
3.30
New
Communist
D Connor
553
1.18
Majority
10,107
21.50
Turnout
46,994
69.12
Labour hold
Swing
Elections in the 1980s [ ]
General election 1983 : Dagenham[22] [23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Bryan Gould
15,665
39.26
Conservative
Bob Neill
12,688
31.77
SDP
J Horne
10,679
27.00
New
National Front
Joe Pearce
645
1.62
Communist
D Walshe
141
0.35
Majority
2,997
7.49
Turnout
39,878
63.34
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1987 : Dagenham[24] [25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Bryan Gould
18,454
44.4
+5.1
Conservative
Bob Neill
15,985
38.5
+6.7
SDP
John Carter
7,088
17.1
-9.9
Majority
2,469
5.9
-1.6
Turnout
41,527
67.3
+4.0
Labour hold
Swing
Elections in the 1990s [ ]
General election 1992 : Dagenham[26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Bryan Gould
22,027
52.26
Conservative
Don Rossiter
15,294
36.29
Liberal Democrats
Charles Marquand
4,824
11.45
Majority
6,733
15.97
Turnout
42,145
70.66
Labour hold
Swing
1994 Dagenham by-election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Judith Church
15,474
72.0
+19.74
Conservative
James Fairrie
2,130
9.91
-26.38
Liberal Democrats
Peter Dunphy
1,804
8.39
-3.06
BNP
John Tyndall
1,511
7.03
New
UKIP
Peter Compobassi
457
2.1
New
Natural Law
Mark Leighton
116
0.5
New
Majority
13,344
62.1
+56.1
Turnout
21,492
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1997 : Dagenham[27] [28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Judith Church
23,759
65.7
+13.4
Conservative
James P.J. Fairrie
6,705
18.5
−17.8
Liberal Democrats
Thomas Dobrashian
2,704
7.5
−3.9
Referendum
Steven Kraft
1,411
3.9
New
BNP
William Binding
900
2.5
N/A
Independent
Richard H. Dawson
349
1.0
New
National Democrats
Michael B. Hipperson
183
0.5
New
ProLife Alliance
Kathleen A. Goble
152
0.4
New
Majority
17,054
47.2
+32.3
Turnout
36,162
62.1
-8.6
Labour hold
Swing
Elections in the 2000s [ ]
General election 2001 : Dagenham[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Jon Cruddas
15,784
57.2
−8.5
Conservative
Michael White
7,091
25.7
+7.2
Liberal Democrats
Adrian Gee-Turner
2,820
10.2
+2.7
BNP
David Hill
1,378
5.0
+2.5
Socialist Alliance
Bill Hamilton
262
0.9
New
Socialist Labour
Robert Siggins
245
0.9
New
Majority
8,693
31.5
-15.7
Turnout
27,580
46.5
−15.6
Labour hold
Swing
General election 2005 : Dagenham[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Jon Cruddas
15,446
50.1
−7.1
Conservative
Michael White
7,841
25.4
-0.3
Liberal Democrats
James Kempton
3,106
10.1
-0.1
BNP
Lawrence Rustem
2,870
9.3
+4.3
UKIP
Gerard Batten
1,578
5.1
New
Majority
7,605
24.7
-6.8
Turnout
30,841
51.3
+4.8
Labour hold
Swing
−3.4
See also [ ]
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
References [ ]
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945" . Political Science Resources . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byVauxhall
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1979–1983
Succeeded byCardiff South and Penarth
show 1955
1955-1974 + into the new county 1965-1974 (or mostly)
1974 1983 1997
Authority control
Coordinates : 51°33′18″N 0°09′25″E / 51.555°N 0.157°E / 51.555; 0.157