Lewis Cocking
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for Broxbourne
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| majority = 2,858 (6.6%)
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Lewis Christopher Cocking[https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/88152/Pdf?subType=Standard House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.] (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.{{cite news |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Mayor of Broxbourne reappointed |url=https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/news/article/277/the-mayor-of-broxbourne-reappointed |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=Borough of Broxbourne}}{{cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=New Leader, Mayor and Cabinet Members announced at Council Meeting|url=https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/news/article/334/new-leader-mayor-and-cabinet-members-announced-at-council-meeting |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Borough of Broxbourne}}{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Amy |title=Hertfordshire is set for a new political landscape |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgrlzgeg25o |website=BBC News |access-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209094157/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgrlzgeg25o |archive-date=9 December 2024 |date=3 July 2024}}
Early life
Cocking was raised in Hoddesdon, studying at The John Warner School. He graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in geography.
Political career
Cocking was deputy police and crime commissioner for Hertfordshire from 2021 to 2024. Before this, he was a policy, communications and funding manager for Engie.{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Deborah |date=3 July 2023 |title=Hertfordshire councillor claims prisoners released on Fridays more likely to re-offend |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/beds-bucks-herts/news/hertfordshire-councillor-prisoners-fridays/ |access-date=21 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=My deputy |url=https://www.hertscommissioner.org/your-pcc/about-your-pcc/my-deputy/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421045705/https://www.hertscommissioner.org/your-pcc/about-your-pcc/my-deputy/ |archive-date=21 April 2024}}
Cocking was first elected to Broxbourne Council in May 2016, representing Wormley and Turnford ward.{{Cite web |title=Borough of Broxbourne Results of Election Held on 5 May 2016 |url=https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/767/20160505 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519000012/https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/767/20160505 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |website=broxbourne.gov.uk}} He became leader of the Council in May 2019,{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Charlotte |date=22 May 2019 |title=New Mayor of Broxbourne says being elected is a 'huge honour' |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/new-mayor-broxbourne-says-being-2892461 |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=HertsLive}} and a Hertfordshire County Councillor for Hoddesdon North in 2021.{{cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Election results for Hoddesdon North |url=https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=138&RPID=5313376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507235613/https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=138&RPID=5313376 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021 |work=Hertfordshire County Council}} Cocking is also a governor for Wormley Primary School,{{cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Governors |url=https://wormleyprimary.co.uk/governors/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Wormley Primary School}} which he attended as a child.
=House of Commons=
At the 2024 general election, Cocking was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxbourne,{{Cite web |date=19 July 2023 |title=Esher and Walton. Rugby. Broxbourne. The emerging trend of associations selecting 'favourite sons'. |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/07/19/esher-and-walton-rugby-broxbourne-the-emerging-trend-of-associations-selecting-favourite-sons/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Conservative Home |language=en}} with 15,810 (36.8%) votes and a majority of 2,858 over the second place Labour candidate.{{cite web |title=Broxbourne - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001139 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 October 2024}} On 19 July 2024, he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on Planning, the Green Belt and Rural Affairs.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= United Kingdom |title= Planning, the Green Belt and Rural Affairs |url= https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-19/debates/6A1FA3E9-41B0-434A-B13C-B6680AA87023/details#contribution-10DD4BEE-4FF6-467D-8042-C6B0E5E94065 |house= House of Commons |date= 19 July 2024 |volume= 752 |column_start= 356 |column_end= 358 |speaker= Lewis Cocking |position=}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Broxbourne }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lewis Cocking|votes=15,810|percentage=36.8|change=-27.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Catherine Deakin|votes=12,952|percentage=30.2|change=+6.2|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Tom Holdsworth|votes=8,782|percentage=20.4|change=+20.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Nick Belfitt|votes=2,688|percentage=6.3|change=-2.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Owen Brett|votes=2,461|percentage=5.7|change=+2.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Martin Harvey|votes=172|percentage=0.4|change=+0.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Constitution Party|candidate=Brett Frewin|votes=87|percentage=0.2|change=+0.2|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,858|percentage=6.6|change=-35.8}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=42,952|percentage=57.3|change=-6.10}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Hoddesdon North (Hertfordshire County Council - 2021){{cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Election results for Hoddesdon North |url=https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=138&RPID=5313376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507235613/https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=138&RPID=5313376 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021 |work=Hertfordshire County Council}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lewis Cocking|votes=2,324|percentage=68.6|change={{increase}}8.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=George Williams|votes=718|percentage=21.2|change={{increase}}5.3|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Julia Davies|votes=348|percentage=10.3|change={{increase}}3.7|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,606|percentage=47.4|change={{increase}}3.4|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=3,390|percentage=28.1|change={{increase}}0.2|}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing={{increase}}1.7}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wormley and Turnford (Broxbourne Borough Council - 2021){{cite web |title=BOROUGH OF BROXBOURNE RESULTS OF ELECTIONS HELD ON 6 MAY 2021 |url=https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/1549/borough-of-broxbourne-election-results |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519011313/https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/1549/borough-of-broxbourne-election-results |archive-date=2021-05-19 |website=Borough of Broxbourne}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lewis Cocking|votes=1,366|percentage=65.0|change=+5.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Beverley Madeline Susan Hanshaw|votes=530|percentage=25.2|change=+0.6|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Lisa Ann Naylor|votes=205|percentage=9.8|change=-5.6|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=836|percentage=39.80|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,101|percentage=26.33|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wormley and Turnford (Broxbourne Borough Council - 2016){{Cite web |title=Borough of Broxbourne Results of Election Held on 5 May 2016 |url=https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/767/20160505 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519000012/https://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/downloads/file/767/20160505 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |website=broxbourne.gov.uk}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lewis Cocking|votes=969|percentage=53.04|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Dawn Bloor|votes=450|percentage=24.63|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kehinde Osifuwa|votes=408|percentage=22.33|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=519|percentage=28.41|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,827|percentage=23.23|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
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Category:Alumni of the University of Portsmouth
Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Councillors in Hertfordshire
Category:Leaders of local authorities of England
Category:Members of Hertfordshire County Council