Constituencies since 2024
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Reform UK Green
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.
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.
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Reform UK Green
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
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 |
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)
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Southend West and Leigh is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. In the 2024 general election the seat was won by David Burton-Sampson for Labour. It was previously held by Anna Firth who won the 2022 by-election, following the murder of the incumbent MP, David Amess.
The ceremonial county of Cornwall, which includes the Isles of Scilly, is divided into six parliamentary constituencies. They are all county constituencies.
The ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies—19 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. At the 2024 general election in Greater Manchester, Labour won 25 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 2.
The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies - 25 borough and 2 county constituencies, one of which crosses the boundary with Staffordshire. Each constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2024 general election.
The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted. Since the general election of July 2024, 59 are represented by Labour MPs, 9 by Conservative MPs, 6 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.
The county of Essex is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies.
The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies, one of which crosses the county boundary with Wiltshire.
Humberside was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by the four unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four unitary authorities were considered together, and for the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the former county of Humberside with the county of South Yorkshire as a sub-region of Yorkshire and the Humber.
The county of Norfolk is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies.
The ceremonial county of Merseyside, created in 1974, is divided into 16 parliamentary constituencies. Three seats cross the county boundary - two are shared with Cheshire and one with Lancashire.
The ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, is divided into 5 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 4 county constituencies. As with all constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system.
The county of West Sussex is divided into 9 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 7 county constituencies, one of which crosses the county border with East Sussex.
The region of South West England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 16 borough constituencies and 42 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 24 are represented by Labour MPs, 22 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 11 by Conservative MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.
The region of North East England is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 11 borough constituencies and 16 county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, 26 are represented by Labour MPs and one by a Conservative MP.
The region of East Midlands is divided into 47 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 borough constituencies and 35 county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, 29 are represented by Labour MPs, 15 by Conservative MPs, 2 by Reform UK MPs and 1 by an independent MP.
The region of Yorkshire and the Humber is divided into 54 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 23 borough constituencies and 31 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 43 are represented by Labour MPs, 9 by Conservative MPs, one by a Liberal Democrat MP, and one by an Independent MP.
The region of West Midlands is divided into 57 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 28 borough constituencies and 29 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 38 are represented by Labour MPs,15 by Conservative MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.
The region of North West England is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies, of which 34 are borough constituencies and 39 are county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, 65 are represented by Labour MPs, 3 by Conservative MPs, 3 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 1 by the Speaker, and 1 by an Independent MP.
The region of South East England is divided into 91 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 27 borough constituencies and 64 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 35 are represented by Labour MPs, 30 by Conservative MPs, 24 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 1 by a Green MP, and 1 by an independent MP.
The turnout for the Southend West by election was 24.03 per cent of an electorate of 66,354
