Basildon and Billericay () is a

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represented in the

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of the

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. Since the 2024 general election it has been represented by Richard Holden, a

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History

The seat was created for the 2010 general election following a review of the Parliamentary representation of

by the

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. It combined parts of the separate, now abolished,

Basildon Basildon ( ) is a town in Borough of Basildon, the borough of the same name, in the county of Essex, England. It had a recorded population of 115,955 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. In 1931, the town had a population of 1,159. ...

and

Billericay Billericay ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin, east of the City of London. The town was founded in the 13th century by the Stratford Langthorne Abbey, Abbot of West Ham, ...

constituencies. It has been held throughout its existence by the Conservative Party and, until the 2024 general election, with large majorities.

Boundaries

2010–2024

The Borough of Basildon wards of Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch, Fryerns, Laindon Park, Lee Chapel North and St Martin's. The seat merged about half of the previous constituency of

with smaller parts of the former

constituency – mostly around the centre of Basildon. The Billericay constituency lost Wickford to the new Rayleigh and Wickford constituency, and Pitsea to the South Basildon and East Thurrock seat, which also included the remainder of the Basildon seat.

2024–present

Further to the

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, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was expanded with the transfer in of the Vange ward (as it existed on 1 December 2020) from South Basildon and East Thurrock. Following a local government boundary review in Basildon which came into effect in May 2024, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: * The Borough of Basildon wards or part wards of: Billericay East; Billericay West; Burstead; Castledon & Crouch (part); Fryerns; Laindon Park; Lee Chapel North; St Martin's; and small parts of Nethermayne and Pitsea South East.

Members of Parliament

The MP until the

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in May 2024 was the Conservative John Baron, who had held the seat since its creation, but announced in October 2023 that he would be stepping down. His party's choice of the national chairman as its candidate to succeed him was controversially made just 48 hours before the deadline from a shortlist of one, to the anger of the local association.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

:* ''Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 parliament''

Notes

References

External links

Basildon and Billericay UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 51.60, 0.44, type:adm2nd_dim:12000_region:GB-ESS, display=title Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010 Parliamentary constituencies in Essex Politics of the Borough of Basildon Billericay