West Chelmsford | |
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Former County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of West Chelmsford in Essex for the 2005 general election. |
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Location of Essex within England. |
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County | Essex |
Major settlements | Chelmsford |
1997–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Chelmsford |
Created from | Chelmsford |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
West Chelmsford was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency was created in 1997 and abolished in 2010. It always returned a Conservative MP.
Chelmsford West comprised a majority of the Borough of Chelmsford, and by far the majority of the town itself. It took in rural areas extending as far north as Great Leighs, the Walthams and Good Easter.
At the 2010 General Election, a newly re-created Chelmsford constituency succeeded this seat.
Rural wards from this constituency mainly joined the Saffron Walden constituency, with a small area around Margaretting becoming part of the Maldon constituency.
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1997 | Simon Burns | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Chelmsford and Saffron Walden |
General Election 2005: West Chelmsford | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Simon Burns | 22,946 | 44.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Robinson | 13,326 | 26.1 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Russell Kennedy | 13,236 | 25.9 | -3.6 | |
UKIP | Ken Wedon | 1,544 | 3.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 9,620 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 51,052 | 61.9 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 |
General Election 2001: West Chelmsford | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Simon Burns | 20,446 | 42.5 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Adrian Longden | 14,185 | 29.5 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Robinson | 11,197 | 23.3 | -5.9 | |
Green | Eleanor Burgess | 837 | 1.7 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Ken Wedon | 693 | 1.4 | +1.0 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Herb Philbin | 442 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,261 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,143 | 61.5 | -15.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: West Chelmsford | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Simon Burns | 23,781 | 40.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Brackan | 17,090 | 29.2 | ||
Labour | Roy Chad | 15,463 | 26.4 | ||
Referendum Party | T Smith | 1,536 | 2.6 | ||
Green | G Rumens | 411 | 0.7 | ||
UKIP | M Levin | 323 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 6,691 | ||||
Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |