Southend's Past General Election Results
Starting in 1885 when Southend was for the first time represented by a Member of Parliament, we look back at the way the electorate voted. There are two accounts, a snapshot, listed below, capturing the winners, as well as a detailed view showing all the results
In Detail You could be given the impression Southend has always voted 'Blue'. However, in 1906, when men only had the vote, Southend turned orange: read the story here
Date | Prime Minister | Southend MP | Majority |
12/01/1885 | The Marquess of Salisbury | Col WT Makins | 107 |
05/08/1886 | The Marquess of Salisbury | Maj FC Rasch | 842 |
04/08/1892 | William Gladstone | Maj FC Rasch | 542 |
12/08/1895 | The Marquess of Salisbury | Maj FC Rasch | 1,354 |
03/12/1900 | The Marquess of Salisbury | Col E Tufnell | 1,354 |
13/02/1906 | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | Rowland Whitehead | 2,060 |
15/02/1910 | Herbert Henry Asquith | JHM Kirkwood | 1,911 |
31/01/1911 | Herbert Henry Asquith | Rupert Guinness | Unopposed |
14/12/1918 | David Lloyd George | Rupert Guinness | 8,150 |
15/11/1922 | Andrew Bonar Law | Rupert Guinness | 6,881 |
06/12/1923 | Stanley Baldwin | Rupert Guinness | 113 |
29/10/1924 | Ramsay MacDonald | Rupert Guinness | 12,493 |
30/05/1929 | Ramsay MacDonald | Gwendolen Guinness | 5,721 |
27/10/1931 | Ramsay MacDonald | Gwendolen Guinness | 37,823 |
14/11/1935 | Stanley Baldwin | Henry Channon | 24,931 |
05/07/1945 | Clement Attlee | Henry Channon | 5,721 |
Rupert Guinness | Gwendolen Guinness | Henry Chips Channon |
Date | Prime Minister | Southend West MP | Majority | Southend East MP | Majority |
23/02/1950 | Clement Attlee | Henry Channon | 18,746 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 2,165 |
25/10/1951 | Sir Winston Churchill | Henry Channon | 21,755 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 4,610 |
26/05/1955 | Sir Anthony Eden | Henry Channon | 18,460 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 6,758 |
08/10/1959 | Harold Macmillan | Paul Channon | 17,035 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 7,725 |
15/10/1964 | Harold Wilson | Paul Channon | 11,007 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 3,367 |
31/03/1966 | Harold Wilson | Paul Channon | 11,857 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 317 |
18/06/1970 | Edward Heath | Paul Channon | 16,885 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 6,960 |
28/02/1974 | Harold Wilson | Paul Channon | 3,595 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 4,952 |
10/10/1974 | Harold Wilson | Paul Channon | 7,071 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 4,603 |
03/05/1979 | Margaret Thatcher | Paul Channon | 16,864 | Sir Stephen McAdden | 10,774 |
09/06/1983 | Margaret Thatcher | Paul Channon | 8,033 | Sir Teddy Taylor | 10,691 |
11/06/1987 | Margaret Thatcher | Paul Channon | 8,400 | Sir Teddy Taylor | 13,847 |
09/04/1992 | John Major | Paul Channon | 11,902 | Sir Teddy Taylor | 13,111 |
01/05/1997 | Tony Blair | David Amess | 2,615 | Sir Teddy Taylor | 4,225 |
07/06/2001 | Tony Blair | David Amess | 7,941 | Sir Teddy Taylor | 7,034 |
05/05/2005 | Tony Blair | David Amess | 8,959 | James Dudderidge | 5,490 |
06/05/2010 | Hung Parliament | David Amess | 7,270 | James Dudderidge | 11,050 |
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