Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chelmsford
Borough constituency
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Chelmsford shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England
Created: for 2009 or 2010 election
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Type: House of Commons
County: Essex
EP constituency: East of England

Chelmsford will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

A large element of this seat is a successor to the existing seat of Maldon and East Chelmsford.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new Chelmsford constituency, separating the current link of Maldon with elements of Chelmsford.

The new constituency of Maldon uses six electoral wards from the district of Chelmsford.

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[edit] Boundaries

The Boundary Commission have made radical changes to almost all existing Essex seats due to the increasing population. The new Chelmsford constituency has been formed from electoral wards entirely within the district 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 and Waterhouse Farm

[edit] Chelmsfords parliamentary constituency history

Chelmsford had its own UK Parliamentary Constituency dating back from 1885 until its abolition in 1997.

Under the proposals of the Boundary Commission of England the constituency will be recreated in time for the next UK General Election

Below is a list of the MPs who represented the constituency and the parties they represented before the constituency's abolition

1997, Constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

The new seat of Chelmsford will be fought for the first time at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010

General Election 1992: Chelmsford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Burns 39,043 55.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats H Nicholson 20,783 29.4 −11.1
Labour R Chad 10,010 14.2 +7.3
Green E Burgess 769 1.1 +0.4
Majority 18,260 25.9
Turnout 70,065 84.6 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing +7.2
Preceded by:
Essex West
UK Parliament constituency
1885–1997
Succeeded by:
Chelmsford West
UK Parliament constituency
1885–1997
Succeeded by:
Maldon and East Chelmsford

[edit] See also

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative

Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk

Labour

Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney

Liberal Democrat

Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)