Rochford and Southend East

Rochford and Southend East is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Sir James Duddridge (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
5,548
Electorate
73,501
Turnout
64.3%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
James Duddridge
Conservative
23,013 48.7% 2.3%
Ashley Dalton
Labour
17,465 37.0% 12.3%
Ron Woodley
Independent
2,924 6.2% 6.2%
Neil Hookway
UK Independence Party
1,777 3.8% -16.8%
Peter Gwizdala
Liberal Democrat
1,265 2.7% -0.7%
Simon Cross
Green Party
804 1.7% -3.3%