Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England
The
Constituencies
† Conservative
‡ Labour
¤ Liberal Democrat
Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the
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 | 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
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]
2019
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
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 -
Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
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
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Essex
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
Notes
References
- NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- 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
- ^ "Election results Southend West by-election 2022". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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