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South Basildon and East Thurrock

Shows the general election results for South Basildon and East Thurrock, which is a constituency in Essex. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 74,441 and a turnout of 60.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
19,922
Electorate
74,441
Turnout
60.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 66.2%
Lab 22.2%
Ind 7.3%
LD 4.3%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Stephen Metcalfe  Con 29,973 66.2 9.3
Jack Ferguson  Lab 10,051 22.2 -10.3
Kerry Smith  Ind 3,316 7.3 7.3
Michael Bukola * LD 1,957 4.3 2.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab Ind LD UKIP Green BNP Oth
2005 38.5% 40.7% 0.0% 10.6% 2.6% 1.6% 0.0% 6.1%
2010 43.9% 31.0% 0.3% 13.4% 5.9% 0.0% 5.6% 0.0%
2015 43.4% 25.2% 0.9% 3.0% 26.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.9% 32.5% 0.0% 1.6% 6.8% 1.4% 0.8% 0.0%
2019 66.2% 22.2% 7.3% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
75 South Basildon and East Thurrock 44.0%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
53 South Basildon and East Thurrock 66.2%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
550 South Basildon and East Thurrock 60.8%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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