Douglas Carswell
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8397
Constituency
84 Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1SP
Tel: 01255 423112
douglas@douglascarswell.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Sedgefield 2001 general election. Member for Harwich 2005-10, for Clacton since 6 May 2010 general election
Party groups
Press officer Conservative Central Office 1997;
Policy Unit Conservative Party 2004-05;
Co-founder, Direct Democracy Group
Select committees
Member: Joint Committee on Human Rights 2005-08,
Children, Schools and Families and predecessor 2006-08, 2009-10,
Public Accounts 2009-10
Political interests
Crime and policing, immigration, Britain's independence, education, NHS reform, local government finance reform, decentralisation, direct democracy and localism
General Election 2010 - Clacton
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Carswell, Douglas |
Con |
22867 |
52.93% |
| Henderson, Ivan |
Lab |
10799 |
25% |
| Green, Michael |
Lib Dem |
5577 |
12.91% |
| Taylor, Jim |
BNP |
1975 |
4.58% |
| Allen, Terry |
Tendring |
1078 |
2.5% |
| Southall, Chris |
Green |
535 |
1.24% |
| Humphrey, Christopher |
Ind |
292 |
0.68% |
| Result |
Con Hold (9.71% from Lab to Con) |