Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

Chelmsford
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chelmsford in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Population	105,424 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	77,835 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Chelmsford, Great Baddow
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Simon Burns (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	West Chelmsford, Maldon & East Chelmsford
1885–1997
Replaced by	West Chelmsford, Maldon and Chelmsford East, Rayleigh
Created from	West Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Chelmsford is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Simon Burns of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Following the Boundary Commission review of parliamentary representation in 2008 Parliament created a new Chelmsford constituency which had for the previous three elections been split in two halves and included more surrounding rural settlements. A majority of the electorate for this new constituency comes from the previous West Chelmsford constituency. A smaller element (Great Baddow and outskirts) comes from the Maldon & East Chelmsford constituency

The constituency is contained entirely within the Borough of Chelmsford which is larger and contributes to the Maldon and Saffron Walden constituencies.

Since 2010 it consists of the following electoral wards of the Borough 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, Waterhouse Farm.

At its first contest in 2010, the seat was closely fought by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, who finished less than 10% apart, with Conservative candidate Simon Burns (the former MP for West Chelmsford) being elected. Labour polled 11%, despite having been only around 100 votes behind the Liberal Democrats in West Chelmsford in 2005, and even taking second place in 2001.

History

Chelmsford in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1945.

Chelmsford in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1945 to 1950.

Chelmsford had its own constituency from 1885 until its abolition in 1997. During its latter years, the old seat was narrowly won by a Conservative over a strong Liberal Democrat performances, including their predecessor party the Liberal Party. The constituency was recreated in time for the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1997

	Member^[3]^[4]	Party
1885	William James Beadel	Conservative
1892 by-election	Thomas Usborne	Conservative
1900	Sir Carne Rasch, Bt	Conservative
1908 by-election	E. G. Pretyman	Conservative
1918		Coalition Conservative
1922		Conservative
1923	Sydney Walter Robinson	Liberal
1924	Sir Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett	Conservative
1926 by-election	Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury	Conservative
1931	Sir Vivian Leonard Henderson	Conservative
1935	John Macnamara	Conservative
1945 by-election	Ernest Millington	Common Wealth
1946	Ernest Millington	Labour
1950	Sir Hubert Ashton	Conservative
1964	Norman St John-Stevas	Conservative
1987	Simon Burns	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished - see West Chelmsford, Maldon and Chelmsford East, Rayleigh

MPs since 2010

Election		Member^[4]	Party
	2010	Simon Burns	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Chelmsford^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns	27,732	51.5	+5.4
	Labour	Chris Vince ^[7]	9,482	17.6	+6.7
	UKIP	Mark Gough^[8]	7,652	14.2	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Robinson	6,394	11.9	-24.9
	Green	Angela Thomson	1,892	3.5	+2.6
	Liberal	Henry Boyle	665	1.2	+1.2
Majority			18,250	35.9
Turnout			53,817	68.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Chelmsford^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns*	25,207	46.2	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Robinson	20,097	36.8	+6.6
	Labour	Peter Dixon	5,980	11.0	−16.0
	UKIP	Ken Wedon	1,527	2.8	−0.6
	BNP	Michael Richard Bateman	899	1.6	+1.6
	Green	Angela Thomson	476	0.9	+0.9
	English Democrats	Claire Breed	254	0.5	+0.3
	Reduce Tax On Beer	Ben Sherman	153	0.3	+0.3
Majority			5,110	9.4
Turnout			54,593	70.4	+9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

* Served in the 2005–2010 Parliament as MP for West Chelmsford

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Chelmsford^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns	39,043	55.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Palmer Nicholson	20,783	29.4	−11.1
	Labour	Dr. Roy Kenneth Chad	10,010	14.2	+7.3
	Green	Ms. Eleanor Jessy Burgess	769	1.1	+0.4
Majority			18,260	25.9	+14.4
Turnout			70,605	84.6	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Chelmsford^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Burns	35,231	51.9	+4.3
	Liberal	Stuart Gordon Mole	27,470	40.5	−6.5
	Labour	Clive Ernest Playford	4,642	6.8	+1.7
	Green	Anthony Charles Slade	486	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,761	11.4	+10.8
Turnout			67,829	82.2	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

General Election 1983: Chelmsford^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Norman St John-Stevas	29,824	47.6	−2.0
	Liberal	Stuart Gordon Mole	29,446	47.0	+5.5
	Labour	Clive Ernest Playford	3,208	5.1	−3.8
	Independent	Philip David Peile Waite	127	0.2	N/A
Majority			378	0.6	−9.3
Turnout			62,605	79.4	−4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.7

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Norman St John-Stevas	33,808	49.6	+8.0
	Liberal	Stuart Gordon Mole	28,337	41.5	+6.3
	Labour	Mrs. Susan Ann 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 Gordon Mole	22,332	35.2	+2.2
	Labour	John Thomas 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	−11.1
	Liberal	Stuart Gordon Mole	21,929	33.0	+24.3
	Labour	Frances Morrell	16,063	24.1	−12.7
Majority			6,631	9.9
Turnout			66,552	83.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Chelmsford Electorate 88,312
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	36,821	55.15
	Labour	Gavin Kennedy	23,780	35.62
	Liberal	Miss Jessie Hunt	5,811	8.70
	Independent	Joseph D Steel	350	0.52
Majority			13,041	19.53
Turnout			66,762	75.60
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Chelmsford Electorate 73,535
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	28,600	47.16
	Labour	Colin George	23,625	38.96
	Liberal	W Peter Longhurst	8,419	13.88
Majority			4,975	8.20
Turnout			60,644	82.47
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.00

General Election 1964: Chelmsford Electorate 70,158
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman St John-Stevas	27,849	47.95
	Labour	E Gordon Lawrence	20,816	35.84
	Liberal	W Peter Longhurst	9,414	16.21
Majority			7,033	12.11
Turnout			58,105	82.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Chelmsford Electorate 61,630
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hubert Ashton	29,992	59.85
	Labour	Brian Ralph Clapham	20,124	40.15
Majority			9,868	19.69
Turnout			50,116	81.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Chelmsford Electorate 55,920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hubert Ashton	25,450	55.63
	Labour	Bernard Francis Castle Floud	20,301	44.37
Majority			5,149	11.25
Turnout			45,751	81.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Chelmsford Electorate 63,433
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hubert Ashton	29,069	55.01
	Labour	James Haworth	23,775	44.99
Majority			5,294	10.02
Turnout				83.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Chelmsford Electorate 61,930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hubert Ashton	28,541	54.65
	Labour	Ernest Rogers Millington	23,682	45.35
Majority			4,859	9.30
Turnout				84.33
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945 Electorate 79,638
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Common Wealth	Ernest Rogers Millington	27,309	46.7
	Conservative	Hubert Ashton	25,229	43.2
	Liberal	Hilda Mary Adela Buckmaster	5,909	10.1
Majority			2,080	3.6
Turnout				73.4
	Common Wealth hold		Swing

Chelmsford by-election, 1945 Electorate 78,806
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Common Wealth	Wing-Com. Ernest Rogers Millington	24,548	57.5
	Conservative	Fl-Lt. Brian Caldwell Cook	18,117	42.5
Majority			6,431	15.0
Turnout				54.1
	Common Wealth gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: John Macnamara, Labour: Dr Mary Day.

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935 Electorate 61,661
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Robert Jermain Macnamara	28,314	70.8
	Labour	Fred Hughes	11,690	29.2
Majority			16,624	41.6
Turnout			40,004	65.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931 Electorate 56,505
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Vivian Leonard Henderson	31,961	80.5
	Labour	Joseph Alfred Sparks	7,755	19.5
Majority			24,206	60.9
Turnout			39,716	70.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury	17,094	43.8	-4.0
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	13,034	33.4	+3.2
	Labour	Nils Henry Moller	8,910	22.8	+0.8
Majority			4,060	10.4	-7.2
Turnout			39,038	75.1	+4.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.6

Chelmsford by-election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury	13,395	47.8	-6.9
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	8,435	30.2	-5.1
	Labour	Nils Henry Moller	6,140	22.0	+12.0
Majority			4,960	17.6	-1.8
Turnout				70.5	-6.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-0.9

General Election 1924: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett	15,875	54.7	+10.5
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	10,244	35.3	-20.5
	Labour	Nils Henry Moller	2,904	10.0	n/a
Majority			5,631	19.4	31.0
Turnout				77.1	+13.6
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+15.5

General Election 1923: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	12,877	55.8	+26.0
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Ernest George Pretyman	10,185	44.2	-8.4
Majority			2,692	11.6	34.4
Turnout				63.5	+2.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+17.2

General Election 1922: Chelmsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Ernest George Pretyman	11,267	52.6	-14.3
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	6,380	29.8	n/a
	Labour	Clara Rackham	3,767	17.6	-15.5
Majority			4,887	22.8	-11.0
Turnout				61.0	+10.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 33,429
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Ernest George Pretyman	11,217	66.9
	Labour	W. F. Toynbee	5,551	33.1
Majority			5,666	33.8
Turnout				50.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

General Election January 1910^[14] Electorate 13,314
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest George Pretyman	6,816	61.5	-1.7
	Liberal	T.Cuthbertson	4,271	38.5	+1.7
Majority			2,545	23.0	-3.4
Turnout				83.3	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1900s

Chelmsford by-election, 1908^[14] Electorate 12,539
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest George Pretyman	6,152	63.2
	Liberal	A.H. Dence	3,587	36.8
Majority			2,565	26.4
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election January 1906^[14] Electorate 11,767
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederic Carne Rasch	4,915	52.4	-20.5
	Liberal	A.H. Dence	4,461	47.6	+20.5
Majority			454	4.8
Turnout				79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+20.5

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

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Chelmsford 1885-1997". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Chelmsford parliamentary constituency, BBC
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chelmsford-2015.html
↑ "Mark Gough PPC page". UK Independence Party. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 3 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918

Sources

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

External Links

nomis Constituency Profile for Chelmsford — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

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