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Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England

The region[1] of the 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] 49 are represented by Conservative MPs, seven by Labour MPs, one by a Liberal Democrat MP, and one by an independent MP.

Constituencies edit

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Independent

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#
(elected as Conservative) 		  Claire Unwin‡ Suffolk
 
Witham CC 70,402 24,082   Priti Patel†   Martin Edobor‡ Essex
 

Proposed boundary changes edit

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 will increase by 3, from 58 to 61.[7] 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.

Under the final proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the next general election:[8]

Constituency Electorate Ceremonial county Local authority
Basildon and Billericay BC 76,993 Essex Basildon
Bedford BC 70,068 Bedfordshire Bedford
Braintree CC 75,662 Essex Braintree / Uttlesford
Brentwood and Ongar CC 74,937 Essex Brentwood / Epping Forest
Broadland and Fakenham CC 72,907 Norfolk Breckland / Broadland
Broxbourne BC 75,454 Hertfordshire Broxbourne / East Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC 75,655 Suffolk Mid Suffolk / West Suffolk
Cambridge BC 72,560 Cambridgeshire Cambridge
Castle Point BC 70,923 Essex Castle Point / Basildon
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 71,020 Suffolk East Suffolk / Ipswich / Mid Suffolk
Chelmsford BC 76,454 Essex Chelmsford
Clacton CC 75,959 Essex Tendring
Colchester BC 76,843 Essex Colchester
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC 74,069 Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC 76,279 Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC 74,553 Essex Epping Forest
Great Yarmouth CC 70,077 Norfolk Great Yarmouth
Harlow CC 73,479 Essex Epping Forest / Harlow / Uttlesford
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC 71,635 Hertfordshire Dacorum / St Albans
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,838 Essex Colchester / Tendring
Hemel Hempstead CC 70,496 Hertfordshire Dacorum
Hertford and Stortford CC 75,396 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC 73,256 Hertfordshire Hertsmere / Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin CC 72,112 Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire / North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC 75,590 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire
Ipswich BC 75,117 Suffolk Ipswich
Lowestoft CC 73,967 Suffolk East Suffolk
Luton North BC 73,266 Bedfordshire Luton
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC 70,197 Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire / Luton
Maldon CC 76,794 Essex Chelmsford / Maldon
Mid Bedfordshire CC 71,748 Bedfordshire Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC 71,060 Norfolk Breckland / South Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC 76,319 Bedfordshire Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC 70,806 Cambridgeshire Fenland
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,849 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC 70,719 Norfolk North Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC 73,556 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire / Peterborough
North West Essex CC 76,280 Essex Chelmsford / Uttlesford
North West Norfolk CC 75,200 Norfolk Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich North BC 71,441 Norfolk Broadland / Norwich
Norwich South BC 73,201 Norfolk Norwich / South Norfolk
Peterborough CC 72,273 Cambridgeshire Peterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 76,422 Essex Basildon / Rochford
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 73,322 Essex Basildon / Thurrock
South Cambridgeshire CC 75,484 Cambridgeshire Cambridge / South Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC 69,837 Norfolk South Norfolk
South Suffolk CC 71,070 Suffolk Babergh
South West Hertfordshire CC 71,552 Hertfordshire Dacorum / Three Rivers
South West Norfolk CC 72,496 Norfolk Breckland / Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Southend East and Rochford CC 70,094 Essex Rochford / Southend-on-Sea
Southend West and Leigh BC 76,824 Essex Southend-on-Sea
St Albans CC 70,881 Hertfordshire St Albans
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC 74,699 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC 70,370 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire / Stevenage
Suffolk Coastal CC 72,683 Suffolk East Suffolk
Thurrock BC 73,347 Essex Thurrock
Watford BC 70,576 Hertfordshire Hertsmere / Watford
Waveney Valley CC 70,540 Norfolk / Suffolk East Suffolk / Mid Suffolk / South Norfolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,535 Hertfordshire Welwyn Hatfield
West Suffolk CC 76,243 Suffolk West Suffolk
Witham CC 75,064 Essex Braintree / Colchester / Maldon

Results history edit

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

2019 edit

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:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,754,091 57.2%  2.6% 52  2
Labour 749,906 24.4%  8.3% 5  2
Liberal Democrats 410,849 13.4%  5.5% 1 0
Greens 90,957 3.0%  1.1% 0 0
Brexit 11,707 0.4% new 0 0
Others 50,751 1.6%  1.3% 0 0
Total 3,068,261 100.0 58

Percentage votes edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  4. ^ a b c "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. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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