List of parliamentary constituencies in Essex

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The county of Essex (which includes the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock) is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into six of borough type and twelve of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). The county saw the majority of its population and seats removed on the creation of the county of Greater London in 1965. Since then, the Conservatives have won a majority of the seats in the revised county, with all of Essex's seats being won by Conservative MPs by more than 50% of the vote at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.

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Constituencies

   Conservative†    Labour‡    Liberal Democrat¤

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Majority
(percentage)		 Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Basildon and Billericay BC 69,90620,41246.3%  John Baron † Andrew Gorgon ‡
BasildonBillericay2007Constituency.svg
Braintree CC 75,20824,67349.1%  James Cleverly † Joshua Garfield ‡
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Brentwood and Ongar CC 75,25529,06554.9%  Alex Burghart † Oliver Durose ‡
BrentwoodOngar2007Constituency.svg
Castle Point BC 69,60826,63460.1%  Rebecca Harris † Katie Curtis ‡
CastlePoint2007Constituency.svg
Chelmsford BC 80,39417,62130.8%  Vicky Ford † Marie Goldman ¤
Chelmsford2007Constituency.svg
Clacton CC 70,93024,70256.8%  Giles Watling † Kevin Bonavia‡
Clacton2007Constituency.svg
Colchester BC 82,6259,42317.6%  Will Quince † Tina McKay ‡
Colchester2007Constituency.svg
Epping Forest CC 74,30422,17344.1%  Eleanor Laing † Vicky Ashworth Te Velde ‡
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Harlow CC 68,07814,06332.5%  Robert Halfon † Laura McAlpine ‡
Harlow2007Constituency.svg
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,15320,18238.9%  Bernard Jenkin † Stephen Rice ‡
HarwichNorthEssex2007Constituency.svg
Maldon CC 72,43830,04159.6%  John Whittingdale † Stephen Capper ‡
Maldon2007Constituency.svg
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 78,93031,00056.5%  Mark Francois † David Flack ‡
RayleighWickford2007Constituency.svg
Rochford and Southend East CC 75,62412,28626.7%  James Duddridge † Ashley Dalton ‡
RochfordSouthendEast2007Constituency.svg
Saffron Walden CC 87,01727,59443.8%  Kemi Badenoch † Mike Hibbs ¤
SaffronWalden2007Constituency.svg
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 74,44119,92244.0%  Stephen Metcalfe † Jack Ferguson ‡
SouthBasildonEastThurrock2007Constituency.svg
Southend West BC 69,04312,28082.7%  Anna Firth † Jason Pilley
SouthendWest2007Constituency.svg
Thurrock BC 79,65911,48224.4%  Jackie Doyle-Price † John Kent ‡
Thurrock2007Constituency.svg
Witham CC 70,40224,08248.8%  Priti Patel † Martin Edobor ‡
Witham2007Constituency.svg

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England increased Essex's representation from 17 to 18 MPs, with the creation of the constituency of Witham. This had a significant impact on the boundaries of the majority of the existing constituencies and also resulted in several name changes.

Former nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. Basildon BC
  2. Billericay CC
  3. Braintree CC
  4. Brentwood and Ongar CC
  5. Castle Point BC
  6. Colchester BC
  7. Epping Forest CC
  8. Harlow CC
  9. Harwich CC
  10. Maldon and East Chelmsford CC
  11. North Essex CC
  12. Rayleigh CC
  13. Rochford and Southend East CC
  14. Saffron Walden CC
  15. Southend West BC
  16. Thurrock BC
  17. West Chelmsford CC
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  1. Basildon and Billericay BC
  2. Braintree CC
  3. Brentwood and Ongar CC
  4. Castle Point BC
  5. Chelmsford BC
  6. Clacton CC
  7. Colchester BC
  8. Epping Forest CC
  9. Harlow CC
  10. Harwich and North Essex CC
  11. Maldon CC
  12. Rayleigh and Wickford CC
  13. Rochford and Southend East CC
  14. Saffron Walden CC
  15. South Basildon and East Thurrock CC
  16. Southend West BC
  17. Thurrock BC
  18. Witham CC
EssexParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg

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. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed retaining the current number of constituencies in Essex, as detailed below, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. It is proposed that Southend West be renamed Southend West and Leigh, and Rochford and Southend East renamed Southend East and Rochford to acknowledge that Southend-on-Sea had achieved city status during the course of the review. [4] In addition, Saffron Walden will be abolished and replaced with North West Essex.

The proposed constituencies are a follows: [5] [6]

Containing electoral wards from Basildon

Containing electoral wards from Braintree

Containing electoral wards from Brentwood

Containing electoral wards from Castle Point

Containing electoral wards from Chelmsford

Containing electoral wards from Colchester

Containing electoral wards from Epping Forest

Containing electoral wards from Harlow

Containing electoral wards from Maldon

Containing electoral wards from Rochford

Containing electoral wards from Southend-on-Sea

Containing electoral wards from Tendring

Containing electoral wards from Thurrock

Containing electoral wards from Uttlesford

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]

2019

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

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 577,11864.5%Increase2.svg6.0%180
Labour 189,47121.2%Decrease2.svg7.8%00
Liberal Democrats 95,07810.6%Increase2.svg4.8%00
Greens 20,4382.3%Increase2.svg0.8%00
Others12,5021.4%Decrease2.svg3.8%00
Total894,607100.018

Percentage votes

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 40.340.952.551.954.153.940.342.846.049.250.358.564.5
Labour 32.935.228.917.818.923.536.434.728.918.618.429.021.2
Liberal Democrat 126.723.817.729.726.621.718.216.719.121.36.75.810.6
Green Party ----*****1.03.01.52.3
UKIP ------***4.120.54.6*
Other-0.10.90.60.31.05.05.86.05.81.10.61.4

11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 11111215161510111317171818
Labour 3321016530000
Liberal Democrat 10000001111000
UKIP ------0000100
Total14141416161617171718181818

11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1970

1974-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

Key: bulk or all of areas marked † form part of present-day Greater London.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Independent Labour    Independent Labour Party    Labour    Liberal    Liberal-Labour

Constituency1885188688921892939495189597190001190608Jan 1910Dec 1910111217
Chelmsford Beadel Usborne Rasch Pretyman
Colchester Trotter Greville Naylor-Leyland Pearson Worthington-Evans
Epping Selwin-Ibbetson Lockwood Colvin
Essex South East Makins Rasch Tufnell Whitehead Kirkwood Guinness
Harwich Round Lever Newton
Maldon Kitching Gray Dodd Strutt T. Bethell Flannery
Saffron Walden Gardner Gold Wodehouse Pease Proby Beck
Romford† Westlake Theobald Money-Wigram Sinclair J. Bethell
Walthamstow† Buxton Makins Byrne Woods Morgan Simon
West Ham North† Cook Fulton Grove Gray Masterman de Forest
West Ham South† Leicester Banes Hardie → Banes Thorne

1918 to 1945

   British Socialist (1919-20) / Communist (1920-22)   Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour    Common Wealth    Conservative    Constitutionalist    Independent    Labour    Liberal    National Liberal (1931-68)   National Socialist

Constituency19181819202119221923192424262728192931193134193537404245
Chelmsford Pretyman Robinson Curtis-Bennett Howard-Bury Henderson Macnamara Millington
Colchester Worthington-Evans Lewis
Epping Colvin Lyle Churchill →
Essex South East Hilder Hoffman Looker Oldfield Raikes
Harwich Newton Hillary Rice Pybus → Holmes
Maldon Flannery Ruggles-Brise Crittall Ruggles-Brise Driberg
Saffron Walden Beck → → Mitchell Butler
Southend R. Guinness G. Guinness H. Channon
Romford† Martin Rhys Muggeridge Hutchison Parker
Walthamstow East† Johnson Greenwood → Wallace Beauchamp
Walthamstow West† Jesson McEntee Crawfurd McEntee
Leyton East† Malone → → Alexander Church Alexander Brockway Mills
Leyton West† Wrightson Newbould Cassels Sorensen Sugden Sorensen
Silvertown† Jones → Hollins
Stratford† Lyle Groves
East Ham North† Bethell Crook Lawrence Crook Lawrence Mayhew
East Ham South† Edwards Barnes Campbell-Jn Barnes
Ilford† Griggs Wise Hamilton Hutchinson
Plaistow† Thorne
Upton† Wild Margesson Gardner Holt Gardner Chotzner Gardner

1945 to 1974

   Common Wealth    Conservative    Labour Independent Group (1949-50)   Labour    National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency1945464919501951541955565759195961196419666768691970
Leyton East† Bechervaise
Silvertown† Comyns
Stratford† Nicholls
Chelmsford Millington → Ashton St John-Stevas
Colchester Smith Alport Buck
East Ham North† Daines Prentice
East Ham South† Barnes Oram
Epping Manning Davies Finlay Newens Tebbit
Essex South East Gunter Braine
Harwich Holmes Ridsdale →
Ilford North† Ridealgh Hutchinson Iremonger
Leyton West / Leyton (1950)† Sorensen
Maldon Driberg Harrison
Romford† Macpherson Lockwood Ledger Leonard
Saffron Walden Butler
Southend / Southend W (1950) H. Channon P. Channon
Walthamstow E† Wallace Harvey Robinson McNair-Wilson
Walthamstow W† McEntee Attlee Redhead Silvester Deakins
West Ham S† Elwyn Jones
West Ham N† Lewis
Woodford / Woodford & Wanstead (1964)† Churchill Jenkin
Ilford South† Ranger Cooper Shaw Thorne
Barking† Hastings Driberg
Dagenham† Parker
Hornchurch† Bing Lagden Lee Williams Squire
Thurrock Solley → Delargy
Southend East McAdden
Billericay Braine Body Gardner Moonman McCrindle
Chigwell Biggs-Davison

1974 to present

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal Democrats    UKIP

ConstituencyFeb 74Oct 7476771979801983198788199219972001200508082010142015172017201922
Essex South East / Castle Point (1983) Braine Spink Butler Spink → → Harris
Colchester (1974–83, 1997-) / Colchester North (1983-97) Buck Jenkin Russell Quince
Epping Forest Biggs-Davison Norris Laing
Harlow Newens Hayes Rammell Halfon
Harwich / Clacton (2010) Ridsdale Sproat Henderson Carswell → → Watling
Maldon (74-83, 2010-) / S Colchester & Maldon (83-97)
/ Maldon & East Chelmsford (1997)		 Wakeham Whittingdale
Southend East / Rochford & Southend East (1997) McAdden Taylor Duddridge
Saffron Walden Kirk Haselhurst Badenoch
Southend West Channon Amess Firth
Thurrock Delargy McDonald Janman MacKinlay Doyle-Price
Chelmsford (1974-97, 2010-) / West Chelmsford (1997-2010) St John-Stevas Burns Ford
Billericay / Basildon & Billericay (2010) Proctor Gorman Baron
Basildon / South Basildon & East Thurrock (2010) Moonman Proctor Amess Smith Metcalfe
Braintree Newton Hurst Newmark Cleverly
Brentwood and Ongar McCrindle Pickles Burghart
Rochford / Rayleigh (1997) / Rayleigh & Wickford (2010) Clark Francois
North Essex / Harwich & North Essex (2010) Jenkin
Witham Patel

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

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  2. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England | Page 5". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. para 379. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary constituency changes affect Norfolk/Suffolk border". BBC News. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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