Maldon and East Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Maldon and East Chelmsford County constituency |
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| Maldon and East Chelmsford shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | John Whittingdale |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Maldon and East Chelmsford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
It includes the whole of the Maldon District Council area and part of the Borough of Chelmsford Council area. Danbury and Great Baddow are villages in the East Chelmsford part of the constituency.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new seat of Witham and a new Maldon. The creation of new constituencies has created major alterations to almost all Essex seats.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – "present": John Whittingdale, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Maldon and East Chelmsford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Whittingdale | 23,732 | 51.5 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Sue Tibballs | 11,159 | 24.2 | −5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Lambert | 9,270 | 20.1 | +4.2 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||
| General Election 2001: Maldon and East Chelmsford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Whittingdale | 21,719 | 49.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Russell Kennedy | 13,257 | 30.1 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Jackson | 7,002 | 15.9 | -3.5 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | ||||
