Lewis Cocking | |
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Member of Parliament for Broxbourne | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Charles Walker |
Majority | 2,858 (6.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1992 |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | The John Warner School |
Alma mater | University of Portsmouth |
Lewis Christopher Cocking[1] (born 1992) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Broxbourne since the 2024 general election. He was the leader of the Borough of Broxbourne Council from 2019 to 2024.[2][3]
Cocking was raised in Hoddesdon, studying at The John Warner School. He graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in geography.
Cocking is currently deputy Police and crime commissioner for Hertfordshire, a role he was appointed to in 2021. Before this, he was a policy, communications and funding manager for Engie.[4][5] Cocking's first job was in his local branch of Sainsbury's, in Hoddesdon.
Cocking was first elected to Broxbourne Council in May 2016, representing Wormley and Turnford ward.[6]
He became leader of the Council in May 2019,[7] and a Hertfordshire County Councillor for Hoddesdon North in 2021.[8] Cocking is also a governor for Wormley Primary School,[9] which he attended as a child.
Cocking was elected to the seat of Broxbourne at the 2024 general election.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Cocking | 15,810 | 36.8 | −27.4 | |
Labour | Catherine Deakin | 12,952 | 30.2 | +6.2 | |
Reform UK | Tom Holdsworth | 8,782 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Belfitt | 2,688 | 6.3 | −2.7 | |
Green | Owen Brett | 2,461 | 5.7 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | Martin Harvey | 172 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
English Constitution | Brett Frewin | 87 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2,858 | 6.6 | −35.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,952 | 57.3 | −6.10 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Cocking | 2,324 | 68.6 | 8.7 | |
Labour | George Williams | 718 | 21.2 | 5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Davies | 348 | 10.3 | 3.7 | |
Majority | 1,606 | 47.4 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,390 | 28.1 | 0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Cocking | 1,366 | 65.0 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Beverley Madeline Susan Hanshaw | 530 | 25.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Ann Naylor | 205 | 9.8 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 836 | 39.80 | |||
Turnout | 2,101 | 26.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Cocking | 969 | 53.04 | ||
UKIP | Dawn Bloor | 450 | 24.63 | ||
Labour | Kehinde Osifuwa | 408 | 22.33 | ||
Majority | 519 | 28.41 | |||
Turnout | 1,827 | 23.23 | |||
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