Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency).

Dagenham and Rainham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dagenham and Rainham in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	70,187 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Jon Cruddas (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Dagenham, Hornchurch, Barking
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Dagenham and Rainham 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 was first contested in the 2010 general election.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created the constituency by merging the majority of the former constituencies of Dagenham and Hornchurch. Following a review of ward boundaries a small part of River ward was also transferred from Barking.

Boundaries

The cross-border constituency of Dagenham and Rainham is made up of six electoral wards from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and three from the London Borough of Havering.

• From Barking and Dagenham: Chadwell Heath (not to be confused with the Chadwell ward in neighbouring Redbridge), Eastbrook, Heath, River, Village, Whalebone
• From Havering: Elm Park, Rainham and Wennington, South Hornchurch

History

Before 1945 the Dagenham area was part of the Romford constituency. The MP for the latter seat since 1935, Labour's John Parker, continued to represent Dagenham until 1983. Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War, and with 48 years in Parliament, remains the longest-serving Labour MP in history.

In 2010 Labour's Jon Cruddas took the seat despite a strong swing against him towards the Conservatives. BNP candidate Michael Barnbrook came third with 11.2% of the vote, his party's second-best showing in the 2010 election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	2010	Jon Cruddas	Labour

Election results

General Election 2010: Dagenham & Rainham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas*	17,813	40.3	n/a
	Conservative	Simon Jones	15,183	34.3	n/a
	BNP	Michael Barnbrook	4,952	11.2	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Bourke	3,806	8.6	n/a
	UKIP	Craig Litwin	1,569	3.5	n/a
	Independent	Gordon Kennedy[3]	308	0.7	n/a
	Christian	Paula Watson[4]	305	0.7	n/a
	Green	Debbie Rosaman	296	0.7	n/a
Majority			2,630	5.9
Turnout			44,232	63.4	n/a

* Served as MP for Dagenham in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
3. ^ Gordon Kennedy. "Just Vote Them Out". http://www.justvotethemout.com. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
4. ^ "Dagenham and Rainham". Christian Party. http://www.christianparty.org.uk/dagenham/. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 

Coordinates: 51°32′N 0°10′E / 51.53°N 0.17°E / 51.53; 0.17