South Colchester and Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)

South Colchester and Maldon
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[1]
Created from	Colchester and Maldon[1]

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.

Boundaries

The District of Maldon, and the Borough of Colchester wards of Berechurch, Birch-Messing, East Donyland, Harbour, New Town, Prettygate, Pyefleet, Shrub End, Tiptree, West Mersea, and Winstree.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1983	John Wakeham	Conservative
	1992	John Whittingdale	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Maldon and East Chelmsford, North Essex and Colchester

Elections

General Election 1992: South Colchester and Maldon[3]
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wakeham	34,894	54.9	+1.3
	Social Democratic	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 Democratic	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 win (new seat)

1979 Prediction for Colchester South and Maldon boundaries

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

Notes and references

1. "'Colchester South and Maldon', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Boundary changes