South Colchester and Maldon | |
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Former County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Maldon and East Chelmsford, North Essex, Colchester |
Created from | Maldon |
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 seat was succeeded by the eastern half of Maldon and East Chelmsford and the southern half of North Essex.
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Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1983 | John Wakeham | Conservative | |
1992 | John Whittingdale | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Maldon and East Chelmsford, North Essex and Colchester |
General Election 1992: South Colchester and Maldon[2] | |||||
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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 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 68,461 | 79.2 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
General Election 1987: South Colchester and Maldon | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |