List of Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)

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The region [1] of East of England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 16 Borough Constituencies and 42 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019, [2] 52 are represented by Conservative MPs, five by Labour MPs, and one by a Liberal Democrat MP.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    # Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [3] Majority [4] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [4] Nearest opposition [4] CountyCounty LocationConstituency Map
Basildon and Billericay BC 69,90620,412  John Baron Andrew Gorgon‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Bedford BC71,581145  Mohammad Yasin Ryan Henson† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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Braintree CC 75,20824,673  James Cleverly Joshua Garfield‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Braintree2007Constituency.svg
Brentwood and Ongar CC 75,25529,065  Alex Burghart Oliver Durose‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Broadland CC 78,15121,861  Jerome Mayhew Jess Barnard‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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Broxbourne BC 73,18219,807  Charles Walker Sean Waters‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Bury St Edmunds CC 89,64424,988  Jo Churchill Cliff Waterman‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Cambridge BC 79,9519,639  Daniel Zeichner Rod Cantrill¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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Castle Point BC 69,60826,634  Rebecca Harris Katie Curtis‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 80,03723,391  Dan Poulter Emma Bonner-Morgan‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Chelmsford BC 80,39417,621  Vicky Ford Marie Goldman¤ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Clacton CC 70,93024,702  Giles Watling Kevin Bonavia‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Colchester BC 82,6259,423  Will Quince Tina McKay‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Epping Forest CC 74,30422,173  Eleanor Laing Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Great Yarmouth CC 71,95717,663  Brandon Lewis Mike Smith-Clare‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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Harlow CC 68,07814,063  Robert Halfon Laura McAlpine‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Harlow2007Constituency.svg
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,15320,182  Bernard Jenkin Stephen Rice‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Hemel Hempstead CC 74,03514,563 Michael PenningNabila Ahmed‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Hertford and Stortford CC 81,76519,620 Julie MarsonChris Vince‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Hertsmere CC 73,97121,313 Oliver DowdenHolly Kal-Weiss‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Hitchin and Harpenden CC 76,3236,895 Bim AfolamiSam Collins¤ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Huntingdon CC 84,65719,383  Jonathan Djanogly Samuel Sweek‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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Ipswich BC 75,5255,479  Tom Hunt  Sandy Martin Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Luton North BC68,1859,247  Sarah Owen Jeet Bains† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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Luton South BC69,3388,756  Rachel Hopkins Parvez Akhtar† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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Maldon CC 72,43830,041  John Whittingdale Stephen Capper‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Mid Bedfordshire CC87,79524,664  Nadine Dorries Rhiannon Meades‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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Mid Norfolk CC 82,20322,594  George Freeman Adrian Heald‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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North East Bedfordshire CC90,67824,283  Richard Fuller Julian Vaughan ‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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North East Cambridgeshire CC 83,69929,993  Steve Barclay Diane Boyd‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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North East Hertfordshire CC 76,12318,189 Oliver HealdKelley Green‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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North Norfolk CC 70,72914,395  Duncan Baker Karen Ward¤ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
NorthNorfolk2007Constituency.svg
North West Cambridgeshire CC 94,90925,983  Shailesh Vara Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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North West Norfolk CC 72,08019,922  James Wild Jo Rust‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
NorthWestNorfolk2007Constituency.svg
Norwich North BC 67,1724,738  Chloe Smith Karen Davis‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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Norwich South BC 77,84512,760  Clive Lewis Mike Spencer† Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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Peterborough BC 72,5602580  Paul Bristow  Lisa Forbes Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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Rayleigh and Wickford CC 78,93031,000  Mark Francois David Flack‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Rochford and Southend East CC 75,62412,246  James Duddridge Ashley Dalton‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Saffron Walden CC 87,01727,594  Kemi Badenoch Mike Hibbs¤ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 74,44119,922  Stephen Metcalfe Jack Ferguson‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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South Cambridgeshire CC 87,2882,904  Anthony Browne Ian Sollom¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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South East Cambridgeshire CC 86,76911,490  Lucy Frazer Pippa Heylings¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
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South Norfolk CC 86,21421,275  Richard Bacon Beth Jones‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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South Suffolk CC 76,20122,897  James Cartlidge Elizabeth Hughes‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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South West Bedfordshire CC79,92618,583  Andrew Selous Callum Anderson‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
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South West Hertfordshire CC 80,49914,408 Gagan Mohindra David Gauke# Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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South West Norfolk CC 78,45526,195  Elizabeth Truss Emily Blake‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
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Southend West BC 66,354 [5] 12,792 [6]   Anna Firth Jason Pilley# Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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St Albans CC 73,7276,293 Daisy Cooper¤ Anne Main Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Stevenage CC 71,5628,562 Stephen McPartlandJill Borcherds‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Suffolk Coastal CC 81,91020,533  Thérèse Coffey Cameron Matthews‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Thurrock BC 79,65911,482  Jackie Doyle-Price John Kent‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Watford BC 83,3594,433 Dean RussellChris Ostrowski‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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Waveney CC 82,79118,002  Peter Aldous Sonia Barker‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,89210,955 Grant ShappsRosie Newbigging‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
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West Suffolk CC 80,19323,194  Matthew Hancock Claire Unwin‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
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Witham CC 70,40224,082  Priti Patel Martin Edobor‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
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Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region will increase by 3, from 58 to 61. [7]

The following seats are proposed: [8]

ConstituencyElectorateCeremonial CountyLocal authority
Basildon and Billericay BC 76,993 Essex Basildon
Bedford BC 70,068 Bedfordshire Bedford
Braintree CC 70,454Essex Braintree / Chelmsford
Brentwood CC 71,298Essex Brentwood / Epping Forest
Broadland CC 73,822 Norfolk Breckland / Broadland
Broxbourne BC 75,454 Hertfordshire Broxbourne / East Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket CC 75,055 Suffolk West Suffolk
Cambridge BC 72,560 Cambridgeshire Cambridge
Castle Point BC 76,569Essex Castle Point / Southend-on-Sea
Chelmsford BC 76,454EssexChelmsford
Clacton CC 70,942Essex Tendring
Colchester BC 74,520Essex Colchester
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC 74,069Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire
East Cambridgeshire CC 76,279Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC 72,785EssexEpping Forest
Great Yarmouth CC 76,713Norfolk Great Yarmouth / North Norfolk
Harlow CC 70,190EssexEpping Forest / Harlow
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC 71,635Hertfordshire Dacorum / St Albans
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,056EssexColchester / Tendring
Haverhill and Halstead CC 70,787Essex / SuffolkBraintree / West Suffolk
Hemel Hempstead CC 70,496HertfordshireDacorum
Hertford and Stortford CC 75,396HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC 73,256Hertfordshire Hertsmere / Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin CC 72,112Bedfordshire / HertfordshireCentral Bedfordshire / North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC 75,590Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire
Ipswich BC 75,117Suffolk Ipswich
Ipswich North and Stowmarket CC 75,860Suffolk East Suffolk / Ipswich / Mid Suffolk
Lowestoft CC 73,967SuffolkEast Suffolk
Luton North BC 73,266Bedfordshire Luton
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC 70,197BedfordshireCentral Bedfordshire / Luton
Maldon CC 70,201EssexChelmsford / Maldon
Mid Bedfordshire CC 71,748BedfordshireBedford / Central Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC 75,389NorfolkBreckland / South Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC 76,319BedfordshireBedford / Central Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC 70,806Cambridgeshire Fenland
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,849HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC 76,648NorfolkNorth Norfolk
North Suffolk CC 76,747SuffolkEast Suffolk / Mid Suffolk / West Suffolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC 73,556CambridgeshireHuntingdonshire / Peterborough
North West Norfolk CC 75,200Norfolk Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich North BC 74,086NorfolkBroadland / Norwich
Norwich South BC 73,515NorfolkNorwich / South Norfolk
Peterborough CC 72,273CambridgeshirePeterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 76,422EssexBasildon / Rochford
Rochford and Southend East CC 69,841EssexRochford / Southend-on-Sea
Saffron Walden CC 71,575EssexEpping Forest / Uttlesford
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 76,260EssexBasildon / Thurrock
South Cambridgeshire CC 75,484CambridgeshireCambridge / South Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC 76,479NorfolkSouth Norfolk
South Suffolk CC 71,070Suffolk Babergh
South West Norfolk CC 73,926NorfolkBreckland / Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Southend West BC 69,817EssexSouthend-on-Sea
St Albans CC 70,881HertfordshireSt Albans
St Neots CC 74,699CambridgeshireHuntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC 70,370HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire / Stevenage
Suffolk Coastal CC 73,270SuffolkEast Suffolk
Three Rivers CC 71,552HertfordshireDacorum / Three Rivers
Thurrock BC 72,023EssexThurrock
Watford BC 70,576HertfordshireHertsmere / Watford
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,535HertfordshireWelwyn Hatfield
Witham CC 74,050EssexBraintree / Colchester / Maldon

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the East of England region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 1,754,09157.2%Increase2.svg2.6%52Increase2.svg2
Labour 749,90624.4%Decrease2.svg8.3%5Decrease2.svg2
Liberal Democrats 410,84913.4%Increase2.svg5.5%10
Greens 90,9573.0%Increase2.svg1.1%00
Brexit 11,7070.4%new00
Others50,7511.6%Decrease2.svg1.3%00
Total3,068,261100.058

Percentage votes

East of England votes percentage East of England votes %25.svg
East of England votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

East of England seats East of England seats.svg
East of England seats

Key: CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Common Wealth Party (unopposed by Labour); 2015 - UK Independence Party

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival

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References

  1. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. "Southend West by-election live updates: Residents vote to elect MP after Sir David Amess' death". Essex Live . 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022. The turnout for the Southend West by election was 24.03 per cent of an electorate of 66,354
  6. "Election results Southend West by-election 2022". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England" . Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the Eastern region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)