Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency)

Colchester North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Colchester North in Essex
County Essex
1983–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Colchester and North Essex
Created from Colchester

Colchester North was a borough constituency in Essex, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence.

Boundaries

The seat was created in 1983 by dividing the Colchester constituency. It took in the northern parts of Colchester, including the town centre, plus the rural areas to the north of Colchester, and south of either the Stour estuary or the Suffolk border. The seat was succeeded in 1997 by Colchester and North Essex, a seat surrounding Colchester. The present Colchester seat most closely resembles this seat's boundaries.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1]Party
1983 Sir Antony Buck Conservative
1992 Bernard Jenkin Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Colchester & North Essex

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Colchester North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Jenkin 35,123 51.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrat J R Raven 18,721 27.4 −3.1
Labour D G Lee 13,870 20.3 +2.4
Green M Tariq Shabeer 372 0.5 N/A
Natural Law M Mears 238 0.4 N/A
Majority 16,402 24.1 +2.3
Turnout 68,324 79.1 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Colchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Antony Buck 32,747 52.3 −0.7
Social Democratic A Hayman 19,124 30.5 +4.3
Labour R A Green 10,768 17.2 −0.5
Majority 13,623 21.8 −4.8
Turnout 62,639 76.0 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.5
General Election 1983: Colchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Buck 29,921 53.0 +0.1
Liberal R Montgomerie 14,873 26.3 +12.2
Labour R C Allen 10,397 18.4 −14.9
Independent Conservative D Wilkinson 784 1.4 N/A
Independent R Davies 510 0.9 N/A
Majority 15,048 26.6
Turnout 56,485 73.08 −3.5
Conservative hold Swing −6.1

Changes in vote share for 1983 is based on change from 1979 result of Colchester.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  2. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.