Rochford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochford
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East, Maldon and Chelmsford East
Created from	Chelmsford, Maldon, South East Essex

Rochford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex, centred on the town of Rochford.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was created from the seats of Chelmsford, Maldon & South East Essex. It was partly replaced by the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East.

Boundaries

The District of Rochford; and the Borough of Chelmsford wards of Ramsden Heath and Downham, Rettendon and South Hanningfield, Runwell, Woodham Ferrers North, and Woodham Ferrers South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Michael Clark	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East and Maldon and Chelmsford East

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Rochford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Clark	38,967	61.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	N Harris	12,931	20.3	−7.0
	Labour	D Quinn	10,537	16.5	+4.2
	Liberal	Ms. L Farmer	1,362	2.1	−25.1
Majority			26,036	40.8	+7.6
Turnout			63,797	83.0	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8