Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4830
Constituency
Suite 1, Strand House, 742 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2PS
Tel: 01702 616135
Fax: 01702 619071
james@jamesduddridge.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Rother Valley 2001 general election. Member for Rochford and Southend East 2005-10, for Rochford and Southend East (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Whip 2008-10;
Government Whip 2010-12
Party groups
Chair, Wells Young Conservatives 1989-91;
Campaigns department, Conservative Central Office 1989-91;
Chair, Essex University Conservative Students 1990-91;
General election campaign manager to Stephen Shakespeare, Colchester 1997;
Adviser, Lady Miller Postal Services Bill 1999;
Executive committee member, Conservative Way Forward 2000-01
Select committees
Member: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2005-07,
International Development 2006-08,
Strategic Export Controls (Quadripartite Committee)/Arms Export Controls 2007-08;
Chair: Regulatory Reform 2012-;
Member: Liaison 2013-
International bodies
Member:
Executive committee, British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union 2005-06,
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Political interests
African politics, pensions
Countries of interest
Botswana, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
General Election 2010 - Rochford and Southend East
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Duddridge, James |
Con |
19509 |
46.74% |
| Bonavia, Kevin |
Lab |
8459 |
20.27% |
| Longley, Graham |
Lib Dem |
8084 |
19.37% |
| Moyies, James |
UKIP |
2405 |
5.77% |
| Strobridge, Geoff |
BNP |
1856 |
4.45% |
| Vaughan, Andrew |
Green |
707 |
1.7% |
| Chytry, Anthony |
Ind |
611 |
1.47% |
| Result |
Con Hold (6.33% from Lab to Con) |