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North Essex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Colchester North |
Replaced by | Harwich and North Essex |
1832–1868 | |
Created from | Essex |
Replaced by | East Essex, West Essex |
North Essex was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The name was also used for the Northern Division of Essex, covering a much wider area and electing two members using the bloc vote system from 1832 until 1868.
The Northern Division of Essex was one of two Divisions, along with the Southern Division, created from the undivided Parliamentary County of Essex by the Reform Act of 1832. The constituency was abolished under the Reform Act 1867 (as amended by the Boundaries Act 1868) which divided Essex into three two-member Divisions (East, South and West).
The North Essex constituency was created for the 1997 general election following the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, mostly replacing the former seat of Colchester North. This was abolished for the 2010 general election by the Fifth Review, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.
See map on Vision of Britain website. [2]
On abolition, the Hundreds of Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable, Winstree and Witham were included in the new East Division of Essex; the Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell and Uttlesford were included in the new West Division.
The new constituency comprised rural areas of the Borough of Colchester, including West Mersea and Wivenhoe, and western parts of the District of Tendring, including Brightlingsea. Formed primarily from parts of the abolished constituencies of North Colchester and South Colchester and Maldon, with a small slice of the western part of Harwich, including St Osyth.
On abolition in 2010, the rural area to the south-west of Colchester was transferred to the new constituency of Witham. The remainder formed the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex, together with the town of Harwich and surrounding areas, previously part of the abolished Harwich constituency.
Election | 1st Member [4] | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Sir John Tyrell, Bt | Tory [5] | Alexander Baring | Tory [5] | ||
1834 | Conservative [5] | Conservative [5] | ||||
1835 by-election | John Payne Elwes | Conservative [5] | ||||
1837 | Charles Gray Round | Conservative [5] | ||||
1847 | William Beresford | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Charles Du Cane | Conservative | ||||
1865 | Sir Thomas Western | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished |
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1997 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Harwich and North Essex |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 22,811 | 47.6 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | 11,908 | 24.8 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Raven | 9,831 | 20.5 | +3.0 | |
Green | Chris Fox | 1,718 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | George Curtis | 1,691 | 3.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 10,903 | 22.8 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,959 | 65.7 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 21,325 | 47.4 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Philip Hawkins | 14,139 | 31.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Ellis | 7,867 | 17.5 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | George Curtis | 1,613 | 3.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 7,186 | 15.9 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,944 | 62.8 | −12.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 22,480 | 43.9 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Timothy Young | 17,004 | 33.2 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Phillips | 10,028 | 20.0 | −5.1 | |
UKIP | Roger Lord | 1,202 | 2.3 | New | |
Green | Susan Ransome | 495 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 5,476 | 10.7 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,209 | 75.3 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 36,381 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 17,224 | 25.1 | |||
Labour | 14,014 | 20.4 | |||
Green | 700 | 1.0 | |||
Natural Law | 238 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 19,157 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 68,557 | 79.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | 2,081 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Western | 1,931 | 32.8 | New | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 1,881 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,912 (est) | 78.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,904 | ||||
Majority | 150 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 50 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,510 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,553 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Tyrell | 2,412 | 43.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 2,334 | 41.8 | +5.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Barrett-Lennard | 833 | 14.9 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 1,501 | 26.9 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,206 (est) | 56.1 (est) | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,715 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Tyrell | 2,472 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 2,292 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Whig | John Gurdon Rebow | 1,555 | 24.5 | New | |
Whig | Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison | 36 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 737 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,178 (est) | 58.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,461 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Gray Round | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,771 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Gray Round | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,899 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Payne Elwes | 2,406 | 63.9 | ||
Whig | John Disney | 1,357 | 36.1 | ||
Majority | 1,049 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,763 | 70.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,351 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Alexander Baring | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,351 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Tyrell | 2,448 | 27.8 | ||
Tory | Alexander Baring | 2,280 | 25.9 | ||
Whig | Charles Western [11] | 2,244 | 25.5 | ||
Whig | Thomas Brand | 1,840 | 20.8 | ||
Majority | 36 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,513 | 87.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,163 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Tory win (new seat) |
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