Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8267
angela.watkinson.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
23 Butts Green Road, Hornchurch, RM11 2JS
Tel: 01708 475252, 01708 444750
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Upminster 2001-10, for Hornchurch and Upminster since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Whip 2002-04;
Shadow Minister for:
Health and Education 2004,
Education 2004-05,
Local Government Affairs and Communities 2005;
Opposition Whip 2005-10;
Government Whip 2010-12
Party groups
Member:
Monday Club 1996-2001,
Conservative Way Forward Group 1998-;
Vice-President, Billericay Conservative Association 1999-;
Member:
Conservative Christian Fellowship 1999-,
Conservative Friends of Israel 2001-
Select committees
Member: Home Affairs 2001-02,
European Scrutiny 2002-03,
Selection 2010-12
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Group secretary, Committee chair:
London Borough of Havering 1994-98,
Essex County Council 1997-2001;
Vice-President, Local Government Association 2012;
Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life 2012-
Political interests
Education, law and order, families, European affairs, constitution, local and regional government, sustainable resources, dance
Countries of interest
Egypt, Sweden, Qatar, USA
General Election 2010 - Hornchurch and Upminster
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Watkinson, Angela |
Con |
27469 |
51.3% |
| McGuirk, Kath |
Lab |
11098 |
20.73% |
| Chilvers, Karen |
Lib Dem |
7426 |
13.87% |
| Whelpley, William |
BNP |
3421 |
6.39% |
| Webb, Lawrence |
UKIP |
2848 |
5.32% |
| Collins, Melanie |
Green |
542 |
1.02% |
| Durant, David |
Ind |
305 |
0.57% |
| Olukotun, Johnson |
Christian |
281 |
0.53% |
| Result |
Con Hold (7.1% from Lab to Con) |