Brentwood and Ongar
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Brentwood and Ongar in Essex for the 2010 general election.
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Location of Essex within England.
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| County | Essex |
| Population | 92,957 (2011 census) |
| Electorate | 71,041 (December 2010) |
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| Created | 1974 |
| Member of parliament | Alex Burghart (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Billericay |
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| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Burghart, a Conservative.
Created in 1974, the seat was held by Eric Pickles, between the General Election in 1992 and 2017 when he stood down. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest share of the vote in 1992 (including results for their two predecessor parties). At the 2010 election their candidate was second-placed with 13.6% of the vote, ahead of the Labour Party's candidate.
In the 2001 election, Pickles was opposed by Martin Bell, who had represented the Tatton constituency in the last Parliament as an independent and had pledged not to seek re-election there. Bell failed to gain Brentwood and Ongar from the Conservatives, but cut the Conservative majority to just 6.5%, the lowest in the seat's history.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Brentwood, and in the Rural District of Epping and Ongar the parishes of Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding, Blackmore, Bobbingworth, Doddinghurst, Fyfield, High Laver, High Ongar, Kelvedon Hatch, Lambourne, Little Laver, Moreton, Navestock, Ongar, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Abbotts, Stapleford Tawney, Stondon Massey, Theydon Mount, and Willingale.
1983-2010: The District of Brentwood, and the District of Epping Forest wards of Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Lambourne, Moreton and Matching, Passingford, Roothing Country, and Shelley.
2010-present: The Borough of Brentwood, and the District of Epping Forest wards of Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, Lambourne, Moreton and Fyfield, North Weald Bassett, Passingford, and Shelley.
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