Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentwood and Ongar is a parliamentary 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 is a safe Conservative seat represented since 1992 by Eric Pickles, the Conservative Party Chairman.

Boundaries

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Brentwood and Ongar constituency, to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 general election. The electoral wards used to create the seat are;

• Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford and Shelley from Epping Forest district
• The entire district of Brentwood

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1974	Robert McCrindle	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1992	Eric Pickles	Conservative

Election results

General Election 2005: Brentwood and Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	23,609	53.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Stollar	11,997	27.2	+11.6
	Labour	John Adams	6,579	14.9	+2.3
	UKIP	Stuart Gulleford	1,805	4.1	+2.7
	Independent (politician)	Anthony Appleton	155	0.4	−0.1
Majority			11,612	26.3
Turnout			44,145	68.4	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Brentwood and Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	16,558	38.0	−7.4
	Independent (politician)	Martin Bell	13,737	31.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Kendall	6,772	15.6	−10.7
	Labour	Diana Johnson	5,505	12.6	−9.5
	UKIP	Ken Gulleford	611	1.4	+0.5
	Independent (politician)	Peter Pryke	239	0.5	N/A
	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	David Bishop	68	0.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Anthony Appleton	52	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,821	6.5
Turnout			43,542	67.3	−9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Brentwood and Ongar Independent Conservative Party
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex