South Colchester and Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)

South Colchester and Maldon ? constituency
Created:	1983
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons

South Colchester and Maldon was a parliamentary constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

At the 1997 general election, the the seat was succeeded by the eastern half of Maldon and East Chelmsford and the southern half of North Essex.

[edit] Election results

General Election 1992: South Colchester and Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whittingdale	37,548	54.8	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	I L Thorn	15,727	23.0	−7.6
	Labour	C A Pearson	14,158	20.7	+6.2
	Green	M Patterson	1,028	1.5	+1.5
Majority			21,821	31.9
Turnout			68,461	79.2	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 1987: South Colchester and Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wakeham	34,894	54.9	+1.3
	Social Democrat	J W Stevens	19,411	30.6	−2.2
	Labour	S Bigwood	9,229	14.5	+0.9
Majority			15,483	24.4
Turnout			63,534	76.2	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

General Election 1983: Colchester South and Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wakeham	31,296	53.6	−1.4
	Social Democrat	J W Stevens	19,131	32.8	+17.4
	Labour	H J Barnard	7,932	13.6	−16.0
Majority			12,165	20.8
Turnout			58,359	73.3	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.4

General Election 1979: South Colchester and Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		33,163	55.0
	Labour		17,863	29.6
	Liberal		9,262	15.4
Majority			15,300	25.4
Turnout			60,287	77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preceded by Colchester	UK Parliament constituency 1983–1997	Succeeded by North Essex
Preceded by Maldon	UK Parliament constituency 1983–1997	Succeeded by Maldon and East Chelmsford