Maldon and East Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)
Maldon and East Chelmsford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Maldon and East Chelmsford in Essex for the 2005 general election. | |
Location of Essex within England. | |
County | Essex |
Major settlements | Maldon, Danbury and Great Baddow |
1997–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Chelmsford, Maldon, Witham |
Created from | Chelmsford, Colchester South and Maldon |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Maldon and East Chelmsford was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1997 to 2010 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
The District of Maldon, and the Borough of Chelmsford wards of Baddow Road and Great Baddow Village, Galleywood, Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon, Rothmans, and Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre.
Boundary review
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England abolished the Maldon and East Chelmsford constituency. The wards which made up this constituency were divided between a new Maldon constituency; a new Witham constituency; and a re-created Chelmsford constituency. For the first time, the Maldon District was split between constituencies.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1997 | John Whittingdale | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Maldon and Witham |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Whittingdale | 23,732 | 51.5 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Sue Tibballs | 11,159 | 24.2 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Matthew Lambert | 9,270 | 20.1 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Jesse Pryke | 1,930 | 4.2 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 12,573 | 27.3 | |||
Turnout | 46,091 | 66.3 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Whittingdale | 21,719 | 49.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Russell Kennedy | 13,257 | 30.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Jackson | 7,002 | 15.9 | -3.5 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Harris | 1,135 | 2.6 | +0.7 | |
Green | Walter Schwarz | 987 | 2.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 8,462 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 44,100 | 62.8 | -15.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Whittingdale | 24,524 | 48.67 | ||
Labour | Kevin Freeman | 14,485 | 28.75 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Graham Pooley | 9,758 | 19.37 | ||
UKIP | L Overy-Owen | 935 | 1.86 | ||
Green | Eleanor Burgess | 685 | 1.36 | ||
Majority | 10,039 | 19.92 | |||
Turnout | 50,387 | 77.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
Coordinates: 51°43′N 0°42′E / 51.72°N 0.70°E