Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chelmsford Borough constituency
Image:Constituency.svg
Chelmsford shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England
Created:	1885, for next general election
MP:	[[]]
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Type:	House of Commons
County:	Essex
EP constituency:	East of England

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

A previous Chelmsford constituency existed from 1885 to 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Boundary review 3 History 4 Members of Parliament 5 Elections 6 Boundary changes 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Boundaries

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.

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

The Maldon constituency uses six electoral wards from the district of Chelmsford. Because the 'Chelmsford' constituency concentrates solely upon the town, it is expected to be closely fought by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, who have both selected candidates to fight the new seat. During the recent local elections, the Liberal Democrats won the new constituency, but with only a 1,200 lead, the Conservatives were not far behind.

[edit] Boundary review

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] History

Chelmsford had its own constituency 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

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William James Beadel	Conservative
	1892	Thomas Usborne	Conservative
	1900	Sir Carne Rasch, Bt	Conservative
	1908	Ernest George Pretyman	Conservative
	1918		Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1923	Sydney Walter Robinson	Liberal
	1924	Sir Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett	Conservative
	1926	Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury	Conservative
	1931	Sir Vivian Leonard Henderson	Conservative
	1935	John Robert Jermain Macnamara	Conservative
	1945	Ernest Millington	Common Wealth
	1946		Labour
	1950	Sir Hubert Ashton	Conservative
	1964	Norman St John-Stevas	Conservative
	1987	Simon Burns	Conservative
1997		constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

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

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Robinson
	UK Independence	Ken Wedon

General Election 1992: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns	39,043	55.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Nicholson	20,783	29.4	-11.1
	Labour	Roy 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

General Election 1987: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns	35,231	51.9	+4.3
	Liberal	Stuart Mole	27,470	40.5	-6.5
	Labour	Clive Playford	4,642	6.8	+1.7
	Green	A C Slade	468	0.7
Majority			7,761	11.4	+10.8
Turnout			67,829	82.2	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

General Election 1983: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	27,824	47.6	-2.0
	Liberal	Stuart Mole	29,446	47.0	+5.5
	Labour	Clive Playford	3,208	5.1	-3.8
	Independent	P D P Waite	127	0.2
Majority			378	0.6	-9.3
Turnout			62,605	79.4	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 1979: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	33,560	49.6	+8.0
	Liberal	Stuart Mole	28,337	41.5	+6.3
	Labour	S A Reeves	6,041	8.9	-14.3
Majority			5,471	8.1	+2.5
Turnout			68,186	81.0	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election October 1974: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	26,334	41.6	-1.3
	Liberal	Stuart Mole	22,332	35.2	+2.2
	Labour	J T Acklaw	14,711	23.2	-0.9
Majority			4,002	6.4	-3.5
Turnout			66,377	79.2	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.8

General Election February 1974: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	28,560	42.9
	Liberal	Stuart Mole	21,929	33.0
	Labour	F Morrell	16,063	24.1
Majority			6,631	9.9
Turnout			66,552	83.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Boundary changes

Preceded by Constituency created	UK Parliament constituency Chelmsford (West), Writtle 1885 – 1997	Succeeded by Chelmsford West
	UK Parliament constituency Chelmsford (East), Great Baddow, Danbury 1885 – 1997	Succeeded by Maldon and Chelmsford East
	UK Parliament constituency Ingatestone 1885 – 1974	Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar
	UK Parliament constituency Ongar 1885 – 1955	Succeeded by Chigwell
	UK Parliament constituency Brentwood 1885 – 1950	Succeeded by Romford

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election

[edit] References

• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 - 1983
• The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983, 1987 & 1992

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)