1983 United Kingdom general election result in Essex

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1979 results in Essex | Constituencies in Essex | 1987 results in Essex

[edit] Overall Result

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%
	Conservative Party	15		424,932	51.9
	Liberal Party	0		148,465	18.1
	Labour Party	1		145,600	17.8
	Social Democrats	0		95,214	11.6
	Ecology	0		704	0.1
	BNP	0		330	0.0
	Communist	0		199	0.0
	Others	0		3,674	0.4
Swing needed for equal Con/Lab				12.2% swing from Con to Lab

Constituency		Party	MP	Majority	Result
	Basildon	Conservative	David Amess	1,379	Con hold
	Billericay	Conservative	Harvey Proctor	14,615	Con hold
	Braintree	Conservative	Tony Newton	13,441	Con hold
	Brentwood and Ongar	Conservative	Robert McCrindle	9,387	Con hold
	Castle Point	Conservative	Bernard Braine	15,417	Con hold
	Chelmsford	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	378	Con hold
	Colchester North	Conservative	Antony Buck	15,048	Con hold
	Colchester South and Maldon	Conservative	John Wakeham	12,165	Con hold
	Epping Forest	Conservative	John Biggs-Davison	15,378	Con hold
	Harlow	Conservative	Jerry Haynes	3,674	Con hold
	Harwich	Conservative	Julian Ridsdale	12,502	Con hold
	Rochford	Conservative	Michael Clark	13,102	Con hold
	Saffron Walden	Conservative	Alan Haselhurst	15,249	Con hold
	Southend East	Conservative	Teddy Taylor	10,691	Con hold
	Southend West	Conservative	Paul Channon	8,033	Con hold
	Thurrock	Labour	Dr. Oonagh McDonald	1,722	Lab hold