Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Colchester North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Colchester North, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
County Essex
19831997
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Created from Colchester and Harwich [1]
Replaced by Colchester and North Essex [1]

North Colchester was a Borough Constituency in Essex, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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History

This seat was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the abolished Colchester constituency and parts of the Harwich constituency. It was abolished at the next redistribution which came into effect for the 1997 general election, when Colchester was re-established as a borough constituency and a new county constituency of North Essex was created.

It was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence.

Boundaries

The seat was created in 1983 by dividing the Colchester constituency. It took in the northern parts of the town of Colchester, including the town centre, plus the rural areas to the north of Colchester, and south of either the Stour estuary or the Suffolk border. It also included western parts of the Harwich constituency, including Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea.

The seat was abolished in 1997, with the parts of the town being included in the re-established constituency of Colchester and remaining areas being included in the new constituency of North Essex, a seat surrounding Colchester.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] Party
1983 Sir Antony Buck Conservative
1992 Bernard Jenkin Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Colchester & North Essex

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Colchester North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Buck 29,921 53.0 +0.1
Liberal Ronald Montgomerie14,87326.3+12.2
Labour Raymond Allen10,39718.4−14.9
Ind. Conservative Derek Wilkinson7841.4New
Independent Roger Davies5100.9New
Majority15,04826.7
Turnout 56,48573.1−3.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Changes in vote share for 1983 is based on change from 1979 result of Colchester.

General election 1987: Colchester North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Buck 32,747 52.3 −0.7
SDP Alan Hayman19,12430.5+4.2
Labour Roderic Green10,76817.2−1.2
Majority13,62321.8−4.9
Turnout 62,63976.0+2.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Colchester North [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Jenkin 35,123 51.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats James Raven18,72127.4−3.1
Labour David Lee13,87020.3+3.1
Green Muhammed Shabeer3720.5New
Natural Law Michael Mears2380.4New
Majority16,40224.1+2.3
Turnout 68,41479.1+3.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "'Colchester North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  4. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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