Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Chelmsford in Essex.
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![]() Location of Essex within England.
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County | Essex |
Population | 105,424 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 77,835 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Chelmsford, Great Baddow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of parliament | Simon Burns (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | West Chelmsford, Maldon & East Chelmsford |
1885–1997 | |
Replaced by | West Chelmsford, Maldon and Chelmsford East, Rayleigh |
Created from | West Essex |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Chelmsford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Simon Burns of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
Following the Boundary Commission review of parliamentary representation in 2008 Parliament created a new Chelmsford constituency which had for the previous three elections been split in two halves and included more surrounding rural settlements. A majority of the electorate for this new constituency comes from the previous West Chelmsford constituency. A smaller element (Great Baddow and outskirts) comes from the Maldon & East Chelmsford constituency
The constituency is contained entirely within the Borough of Chelmsford which is larger and contributes to the Maldon and Saffron Walden constituencies.
It contains the following wards from the Borough of Chelmsford:
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park, Galleywood, Goat Hall, Great Baddow East, Great Baddow West, Marconi, Moulsham and Central, Moulsham Lodge, Patching Hall, St Andrews, Springfield North, The Lawns, Trinity, Waterhouse Farm and Writtle
At its first contest in 2010, the seat was closely fought by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, who finished less than 10% apart, with Conservative candidate Simon Burns (the former MP for West Chelmsford) being elected. Labour polled 11%, despite having been only around 100 votes behind the Liberal Democrats in West Chelmsford in 2005, and even taking second place in 2001.
History
Chelmsford had its own constituency from 1885 until its abolition in 1997. During its latter years, the old seat was narrowly won by a Conservative over a strong Liberal Democrat performances, including their predecessor party the Liberal Party. The constituency was recreated in time for the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1997
MPs since 2010
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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2010 | Simon Burns | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Burns | 27,732 | 51.5 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Chris Vince [7] | 9,482 | 17.6 | +6.7 | |
UKIP | Mark Gough[8] | 7,652 | 14.2 | +11.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Robinson | 6,394 | 11.9 | -24.9 | |
Green | Angela Thomson | 1,892 | 3.5 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Boyle | 665 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 18,250 | 35.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,817 | 68.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Burns* | 25,207 | 46.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Robinson | 20,097 | 36.8 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Peter Dixon | 5,980 | 11.0 | −16.0 | |
UKIP | Ken Wedon | 1,527 | 2.8 | −0.6 | |
BNP | Michael Richard Bateman | 899 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Green | Angela Thomson | 476 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
English Democrats | Claire Breed | 254 | 0.5 | +0.3 | |
Reduce Tax On Beer | Ben Sherman | 153 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 5,110 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,593 | 70.4 | +9.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- * Served in the 2005–2010 Parliament as MP for West Chelmsford
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Burns | 39,043 | 55.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Hugh P. Nicholson | 20,783 | 29.4 | −11.1 | |
Labour | Dr. Roy K. Chad | 10,010 | 14.2 | +7.3 | |
Green | Ms. Eleanor J. Burgess | 769 | 1.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 18,260 | 25.9 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 70,605 | 84.6 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Burns | 35,231 | 51.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Stuart Gordon Mole | 27,470 | 40.5 | −6.5 | |
Labour | Clive Ernest Playford | 4,642 | 6.8 | +1.7 | |
Green | Anthony Charles Slade | 486 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,761 | 11.4 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 67,829 | 82.2 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Norman St John-Stevas | 29,824 | 47.6 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Stuart Gordon Mole | 29,446 | 47.0 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Clive Ernest Playford | 3,208 | 5.1 | −3.8 | |
Independent | Philip David Peile Waite | 127 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | 0.6 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 62,605 | 79.4 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Norman St John-Stevas | 33,808 | 49.6 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Stuart Gordon Mole | 28,337 | 41.5 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Mrs. Susan Ann Reeves | 6,041 | 8.9 | −14.3 | |
Majority | 5,471 | 8.1 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 68,186 | 81.0 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 26,334 | 41.6 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Stuart Gordon Mole | 22,332 | 35.2 | +2.2 | |
Labour | J.T. Acklaw | 14,711 | 23.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 4,002 | 6.4 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 66,377 | 79.2 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 28,560 | 42.9 | −11.1 | |
Liberal | Stuart Gordon Mole | 21,929 | 33.0 | +24.3 | |
Labour | Frances Morrell | 16,063 | 24.1 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 6,631 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 66,552 | 83.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 36,821 | 55.15 | ||
Labour | Gavin Kennedy | 23,780 | 35.62 | ||
Liberal | Miss Jessie Hunt | 5,811 | 8.70 | ||
Independent | Joseph D Steel | 350 | 0.52 | ||
Majority | 13,041 | 19.53 | |||
Turnout | 66,762 | 75.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 28,600 | 47.16 | ||
Labour | Colin George | 23,625 | 38.96 | ||
Liberal | W Peter Longhurst | 8,419 | 13.88 | ||
Majority | 4,975 | 8.20 | |||
Turnout | 60,644 | 82.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 27,849 | 47.95 | ||
Labour | E Gordon Lawrence | 20,816 | 35.84 | ||
Liberal | W Peter Longhurst | 9,414 | 16.21 | ||
Majority | 7,033 | 12.11 | |||
Turnout | 58,105 | 82.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Hubert Ashton | 29,992 | 59.85 | ||
Labour | Brian Ralph Clapham | 20,124 | 40.15 | ||
Majority | 9,868 | 19.69 | |||
Turnout | 50,116 | 81.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hubert Ashton | 25,450 | 55.63 | ||
Labour | Bernard Francis Castle Floud | 20,301 | 44.37 | ||
Majority | 5,149 | 11.25 | |||
Turnout | 45,751 | 81.82 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hubert Ashton | 29,069 | 55.01 | ||
Labour | James Haworth | 23,775 | 44.99 | ||
Majority | 5,294 | 10.02 | |||
Turnout | 83.31 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hubert Ashton | 28,541 | 54.65 | ||
Labour | Ernest Rogers Millington | 23,682 | 45.35 | ||
Majority | 4,859 | 9.30 | |||
Turnout | 84.33 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Common Wealth | Ernest Rogers Millington | 27,309 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | Hubert Ashton | 25,229 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal | Hilda Mary Adela Buckmaster | 5,909 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 2,080 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.4 | ||||
Common Wealth hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Common Wealth | Wing-Com. Ernest Rogers Millington | 24,548 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | Fl-Lt. Brian Caldwell Cook | 18,117 | 42.5 | ||
Majority | 6,431 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 54.1 | ||||
Common Wealth gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: John Macnamara, Labour: Dr Mary Day.
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Robert Jermain Macnamara | 28,314 | 70.8 | ||
Labour | Fred Hughes | 11,690 | 29.2 | ||
Majority | 16,624 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,004 | 65.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Vivian Leonard Henderson | 31,961 | 80.5 | ||
Labour | Joseph Alfred Sparks | 7,755 | 19.5 | ||
Majority | 24,206 | 60.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,716 | 70.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury | 17,094 | 43.8 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | Sydney Walter Robinson | 13,034 | 33.4 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Nils Henry Moller | 8,910 | 22.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 4,060 | 10.4 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,038 | 75.1 | +4.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury | 13,395 | 47.8 | -6.9 | |
Liberal | Sydney Walter Robinson | 8,435 | 30.2 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Nils Henry Moller | 6,140 | 22.0 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 4,960 | 17.6 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 70.5 | -6.6 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett | 15,875 | 54.7 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | Sydney Walter Robinson | 10,244 | 35.3 | -20.5 | |
Labour | Nils Henry Moller | 2,904 | 10.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,631 | 19.4 | 31.0 | ||
Turnout | 77.1 | +13.6 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sydney Walter Robinson | 12,877 | 55.8 | +26.0 | |
Unionist | Rt Hon. Ernest George Pretyman | 10,185 | 44.2 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 2,692 | 11.6 | 34.4 | ||
Turnout | 63.5 | +2.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Rt Hon. Ernest George Pretyman | 11,267 | 52.6 | -14.3 | |
Liberal | Sydney Walter Robinson | 6,380 | 29.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Clara Dorothea Rackham | 3,767 | 17.6 | -15.5 | |
Majority | 4,887 | 22.8 | -11.0 | ||
Turnout | 61.0 | +10.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | 11,217 | 66.9 | |||
Labour | W. F. Toynbee | 5,551 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 5,666 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 50.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest George Pretyman | 6,816 | 61.5 | -1.7 | |
Liberal | T.Cuthbertson | 4,271 | 38.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,545 | 23.0 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 83.3 | +5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest George Pretyman | 6,152 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal | A.H. Dence | 3,587 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 2,565 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 77.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Frederic Carne Rasch | 4,915 | 52.4 | -20.5 | |
Liberal | A.H. Dence | 4,461 | 47.6 | +20.5 | |
Majority | 454 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 79.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +20.5 |
Boundary changes
Preceded by
Constituency created
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UK Parliament constituency Chelmsford (West), Writtle 1885 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Chelmsford West |
UK Parliament constituency Chelmsford (East), Great Baddow, Danbury 1885 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Maldon and Chelmsford East |
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UK Parliament constituency Ingatestone 1885 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar |
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UK Parliament constituency Ongar 1885 – 1955 |
Succeeded by Chigwell |
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UK Parliament constituency Brentwood 1885 – 1950 |
Succeeded by Romford |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
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- References
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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- Sources
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 - 1983
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983, 1987 & 1992
External Links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Chelmsford — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
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