Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England

The region ^[1] of the East of England is divided into 61 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 14 borough constituencies and 47 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 27 are represented by Labour MPs, 23 by Conservative MPs, seven by Liberal Democrat MPs, three by Reform UK MPs, and one by a Green MP.

2023 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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region would increase by 3, from 58 to 61. ^[2] 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 and came into effect at the 2024 general election.

Constituencies since 2024

See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election in the East of England

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrat    Reform UK    Green

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		County	Map
Basildon and Billericay BC	76,873	20		Richard Holden		Alex Harrison	Essex
Bedford BC	72,478	9,430		Mohammad Yasin		Pinder Chauhan	Bedfordshire
Braintree CC	77,781	3,670		James Cleverly		Matthew Wright	Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC	75,352	5,980		Alex Burghart		Paul Godfrey	Essex
Broadland and Fakenham CC	75,730	719		Jerome Mayhew		Iain Simpson	Norfolk
Broxbourne BC	75,187	2,858		Lewis Cocking		Catherine Deakin	Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC	77,599	1,452		Peter Prinsley		Will Tanner	Suffolk
Cambridge BC	70,315	11,078		Daniel Zeichner		Cheney Payne	Cambridgeshire
Castle Point BC	70,967	3,251		Rebecca Harris		Keiron McGill	Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC	71,975	4,290		Patrick Spencer		Kevin Craig	Suffolk
Chelmsford BC	76,972	4,753		Marie Goldman		Vicky Ford	Essex
Clacton CC	78,703	8,405		Nigel Farage		Giles Watling	Essex
Colchester BC	78,662	8,250		Pam Cox		James Cracknell	Essex
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC	76,742	667		Alex Mayer		Andrew Selous	Bedfordshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC	79,112	495		Charlotte Cane		Lucy Frazer	Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC	72,229	5,682		Neil Hudson		Rosalind Doré	Essex
Great Yarmouth CC	73,317	1,426		Rupert Lowe		Keir Cozens	Norfolk
Harlow CC	74,683	2,504		Chris Vince		Hannah Ellis	Essex
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC	72,242	10,708		Victoria Collins		Nigel Gardner	Hertfordshire
Harwich and North Essex CC	76,579	1,162		Bernard Jenkin		Alex Diner	Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC	71,038	4,857		David Taylor		Andrew Williams	Hertfordshire
Hertford and Stortford CC	78,915	4,748		Josh Dean		Julie Marson	Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC	73,518	7,992		Oliver Dowden		Josh Tapper	Hertfordshire
Hitchin CC	75,080	7,109		Alistair Strathern		Bim Afolami	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC	79,074	1,499		Ben Obese-Jecty		Alex Bulat	Cambridgeshire
Ipswich BC	76,319	8,213		Jack Abbott		Tom Hunt	Suffolk
Lowestoft CC	74,332	2,016		Jess Asato		Peter Aldous	Suffolk
Luton North BC	74,866	7,510		Sarah Owen		Jilleane Brown	Bedfordshire
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC	76,970	6,858		Rachel Hopkins		Mark Versallion	Bedfordshire
Maldon CC	78,281	6,906		John Whittingdale		Pamela Walford	Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC	76,218	1,321		Blake Stephenson		Maahwish Mirza	Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC	75,238	3,054		George Freeman		Michael Rosen	Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC	78,850	5,414		Richard Fuller		Uday Nagaraju	Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC	71,511	7,189		Steve Barclay		Chris Thornhill	Cambridgeshire
North East Hertfordshire CC	77,090	1,923		Chris Hinchliff		Nikki da Costa	Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC	71,438	2,585		Steffan Aquarone		Duncan Baker	Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC	75,915	39		Sam Carling		Shailesh Vara	Cambridgeshire
North West Essex CC	79,824	2,610		Kemi Badenoch		Issy Waite	Essex
North West Norfolk CC	74,415	4,954		James Wild		Tim Leaver	Norfolk
Norwich North BC	73,834	10,850		Alice Macdonald		Charlotte Salomon	Norfolk
Norwich South BC	76,381	13,239		Clive Lewis		Jamie Osborn	Norfolk
Peterborough CC	73,378	118		Andrew Pakes		Paul Bristow	Cambridgeshire
Rayleigh and Wickford CC	76,576	5,621		Mark Francois		Grant Randall	Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC	72,314	98		James McMurdock		Jack Ferguson	Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC	77,327	10,641		Pippa Heylings		Chris Carter-Chapman	Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC	74,135	2,826		Ben Goldsborough		Poppy Simister-Thomas	Norfolk
South Suffolk CC	73,385	3,047		James Cartlidge		Emma Bishton	Suffolk
South West Hertfordshire CC	71,353	4,456		Gagan Mohindra		Sally Symington	Hertfordshire
South West Norfolk CC	74,724	630		Terry Jermy		Liz Truss	Norfolk
Southend East and Rochford CC	70,217	4,027		Bayo Alaba		Gavin Haran	Essex
Southend West and Leigh BC	75,154	1,949		David Burton-Sampson		Anna Firth	Essex
St Albans CC	72,739	19,834		Daisy Cooper		James Spencer	Hertfordshire
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC	78,115	4,648		Ian Sollom		Anthony Browne	Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC	70,086	6,618		Kevin Bonavia		Alex Clarkson	Hertfordshire
Suffolk Coastal CC	74,522	1,070		Jenny Riddell-Carpenter		Thérèse Coffey	Suffolk
Thurrock BC	73,405	6,474		Jen Craft		Sophie Preston-Hall	Essex
Watford BC	73,000	4,723		Matt Turmaine		Dean Russell	Hertfordshire
Waveney Valley CC	71,629	5,593		Adrian Ramsay		Richard Rout	Norfolk and Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC	75,259	3,799		Andrew Lewin		Grant Shapps	Hertfordshire
West Suffolk CC	77,149	3,247		Nick Timothy		Rebecca Denness	Suffolk
Witham CC	79,072	5,145		Priti Patel		Rumi Chowdhury	Essex

Constituencies until 2024

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [3]	Majority [4] [nb 2]	Member of Parliament [4]		Nearest opposition [4]		County	Constituency Map
Basildon and Billericay BC	69,906	20,412		John Baron†		Andrew Gorgon‡	Essex
Bedford BC	71,581	145		Mohammad Yasin‡		Ryan Henson†	Bedfordshire
Braintree CC	75,208	24,673		James Cleverly†		Joshua Garfield‡	Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC	75,255	29,065		Alex Burghart†		Oliver Durose‡	Essex
Broadland CC	78,151	21,861		Jerome Mayhew†		Jess Barnard‡	Norfolk
Broxbourne BC	73,182	19,807		Charles Walker†		Sean Waters‡	Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds CC	89,644	24,988		Jo Churchill†		Cliff Waterman‡	Suffolk
Cambridge BC	79,951	9,639		Daniel Zeichner‡		Rod Cantrill¤	Cambridgeshire
Castle Point BC	69,608	26,634		Rebecca Harris†		Katie Curtis‡	Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC	80,037	23,391		Dan Poulter‡ [nb 3]		Emma Bonner-Morgan‡	Suffolk
Chelmsford BC	80,394	17,621		Vicky Ford†		Marie Goldman¤	Essex
Clacton CC	70,930	24,702		Giles Watling†		Kevin Bonavia‡	Essex
Colchester BC	82,625	9,423		Will Quince†		Tina McKay‡	Essex
Epping Forest CC	74,304	22,173		Eleanor Laing†		Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡	Essex
Great Yarmouth CC	71,957	17,663		Brandon Lewis†		Mike Smith-Clare‡	Norfolk
Harlow CC	68,078	14,063		Robert Halfon†		Laura McAlpine‡	Essex
Harwich and North Essex CC	74,153	20,182		Bernard Jenkin†		Stephen Rice‡	Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC	74,035	14,563		Michael Penning†		Nabila Ahmed‡	Hertfordshire
Hertford and Stortford CC	81,765	19,620		Julie Marson†		Chris Vince‡	Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC	73,971	21,313		Oliver Dowden†		Holly Kal-Weiss‡	Hertfordshire
Hitchin and Harpenden CC	76,323	6,895		Bim Afolami†		Sam Collins¤	Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC	84,657	19,383		Jonathan Djanogly†		Samuel Sweek‡	Cambridgeshire
Ipswich BC	75,525	5,479		Tom Hunt†		Sandy Martin‡	Suffolk
Luton North BC	68,185	9,247		Sarah Owen‡		Jeet Bains†	Bedfordshire
Luton South BC	69,338	8,756		Rachel Hopkins‡		Parvez Akhtar†	Bedfordshire
Maldon CC	72,438	30,041		John Whittingdale†		Stephen Capper‡	Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC	40,720 (2023)	1,192 (2023)		Alistair Strathern‡		Festus Akinbusoye†	Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC	82,203	22,594		George Freeman†		Adrian Heald‡	Norfolk
North East Bedfordshire CC	90,678	24,283		Richard Fuller†		Julian Vaughan ‡	Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC	83,699	29,993		Steve Barclay†		Diane Boyd‡	Cambridgeshire
North East Hertfordshire CC	76,123	18,189		Oliver Heald†		Kelley Green‡	Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC	70,729	14,395		Duncan Baker†		Karen Ward¤	Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC	94,909	25,983		Shailesh Vara†		Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡	Cambridgeshire
North West Norfolk CC	72,080	19,922		James Wild†		Jo Rust‡	Norfolk
Norwich North BC	67,172	4,738		Chloe Smith†		Karen Davis‡	Norfolk
Norwich South BC	77,845	12,760		Clive Lewis‡		Mike Spencer†	Norfolk
Peterborough BC	72,560	2580		Paul Bristow†		Lisa Forbes‡	Cambridgeshire
Rayleigh and Wickford CC	78,930	31,000		Mark Francois†		David Flack‡	Essex
Rochford and Southend East CC	75,624	12,246		James Duddridge†		Ashley Dalton‡	Essex
Saffron Walden CC	87,017	27,594		Kemi Badenoch†		Mike Hibbs¤	Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC	74,441	19,922		Stephen Metcalfe†		Jack Ferguson‡	Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC	87,288	2,904		Anthony Browne†		Ian Sollom¤	Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire CC	86,769	11,490		Lucy Frazer†		Pippa Heylings¤	Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC	86,214	21,275		Richard Bacon†		Beth Jones‡	Norfolk
South Suffolk CC	76,201	22,897		James Cartlidge†		Elizabeth Hughes‡	Suffolk
South West Bedfordshire CC	79,926	18,583		Andrew Selous†		Callum Anderson‡	Bedfordshire
South West Hertfordshire CC	80,499	14,408		Gagan Mohindra†		David Gauke#	Hertfordshire
South West Norfolk CC	78,455	26,195		Elizabeth Truss†		Emily Blake‡	Norfolk
Southend West BC	66,354 [5]	12,792 [6]		Anna Firth†		Jason Pilley#	Essex
St Albans CC	73,727	6,293		Daisy Cooper¤		Anne Main†	Hertfordshire
Stevenage CC	71,562	8,562		Stephen McPartland†		Jill Borcherds‡	Hertfordshire
Suffolk Coastal CC	81,910	20,533		Thérèse Coffey†		Cameron Matthews‡	Suffolk
Thurrock BC	79,659	11,482		Jackie Doyle-Price†		John Kent‡	Essex
Watford BC	83,359	4,433		Dean Russell†		Chris Ostrowski‡	Hertfordshire
Waveney CC	82,791	18,002		Peter Aldous†		Sonia Barker‡	Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC	74,892	10,955		Grant Shapps†		Rosie Newbigging‡	Hertfordshire
West Suffolk CC	80,193	23,194		Matthew Hancock†		Claire Unwin‡	Suffolk
Witham CC	70,402	24,082		Priti Patel†		Martin Edobor‡	Essex

2024 results

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies in the East of England region in the 2024 general election were as follows: ^[7]

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019 (actual)	Change from 2019 (notional)
Conservative	869,447	30.6	26.6	23	29	32
Labour	834,896	29.4	5.0	27	22	22
Reform UK	496,237	17.5	17.1	3	3	3
Liberal Democrats	375,642	13.2	0.2	7	6	6
Green	195,665	6.9	3.9	1	1	1
Others	67,432	2.4	0.8	0	0	0
Total	2,839,319	100.0		61	3

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)

Percentage votes

East of England votes % 1945-2024

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
• REF - Reform UK (Brexit Party in 2019)
• GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

East of England seats 1945-2024

Key:

• CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
• LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative Party
• LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
• REF - Reform UK
• GRN - Green Party of England and Wales
• OTH - 1945 - Common Wealth Party (unopposed by Labour); 2015 - UK Independence Party

Maps

• 
  2024

See also

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Essex
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

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
3. Elected as a Conservative in 2010, Poulter defected to Labour on 27 April 2024.

References

1. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
2. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
4. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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. "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.