East of England · England · 71,026Boundary · 2023

Castle Point

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Apr 2026

Represented by Con since 2024. Covers Thundersley and South Benfleet, Canvey Island and North Benfleet. Population 89,566, notably older (median age 46 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 35% below the national average.

Since November 2024, Rebecca Harris has been serving as the Conservative Party's Chief Whip -- one of the most senior roles in Opposition, responsible for managing party discipline and vote coordination. That appointment by Kemi Badenoch signals significant internal trust, and it shapes everything below: as Chief Whip, Harris is expected to deliver party unity, not break from it. On that count, she has a perfect record -- 100% alignment with the Conservative majority across all tracked votes. Her most recent parliamentary activity, in April 2026, saw her vote consistently to retain House of Lords amendments to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the Pension Schemes Bill, opposing the Labour government's attempts to overturn Lords changes -- a pattern consistent with her 100% pro-lords-scrutiny score.

A 79% voting participation rate sits modestly below the Commons average, though her Chief Whip duties likely account for much of that. Her voting profile is strongly pro-business (90%), tough-on-crime (85%), and anti-tax-increases (87%), while she scores very low on workers' rights and progressive taxation -- a conventional right-of-centre Conservative pattern. She shows a slightly stronger-than-party-average lean on pension protection (+13 percentage points above Conservative colleagues). Parliamentary speech activity is limited -- just six contributions across three debates since mid-2024, last speaking in October 2024, on social care and economic topics.

385
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
71.0k
Electorate
2024 GE

Con held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Rebecca Harris

Rebecca Harris

Conservative and Unionist Party

Rebecca Harris is the Conservative MP for Castle Point, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. She currently undertakes the role of Opposition Chief Whip (Commons).

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Con since 2024. Covers Thundersley and South Benfleet, Canvey Island and North Benfleet. Population 89,566, notably older (median age 46 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 35% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Harris’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.398 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Harris has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
89
Economy
76
Employment
46
Crime & Policing
43
Education
35
Welfare and Benefits
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip

No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.

§ 08The local picture.5 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Hadleigh St JamesAimme Harbinson850The Peop
Hadleigh St JamesDuncan MacPherson791The Peop
Hadleigh St JamesKate Knott946The Peop
St MichaelsJohn Charles Knott1,450The Peop
St MichaelsTim Copsey1,387The Peop
St MichaelsWarren Gibson1,396The Peop
TarpotsBenn Wimbledon678The Peop
TarpotsKieron David Bowker730The Peop
TarpotsMichael Dearson899The Peop
Thundersley NorthGareth Howlett1,408The Peop
Thundersley NorthSteve Mountford1,339The Peop
Thundersley NorthTom Gibson1,298The Peop
Population (2021 Census)
89,566
Electorate 71,026 · 2024 register
Median income
£28,800
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
14.0%
England average 20.0%
Schools
33
24 primary · 4 secondary
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