North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Canadian House of Commons constituency, see Essex North (electoral district).

North Essex
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Essex in Essex for the 2005 general election.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
1997–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Harwich and North Essex
Created from	Colchester North
1832–1868
Replaced by	East Essex, West Essex
Created from	Essex

North Essex was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

A previous constituency called Essex Northern, electing two members, existed from 1832 until 1868, when it was divided into two new constituencies: East Essex and West Essex.

The new Harwich and North Essex constituency

Following boundary changes by the Boundary Commission for England, parts of the two former constituencies of Harwich and Essex North were combined to create the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.

History

The North Essex constituency was created in 1997 mostly replacing the former seat of Colchester North.

Boundaries

Boundaries 1997-2010

The Borough of Colchester wards of Birch Messing and Copford, Boxted and Langham, Dedham, East Donyland, Fordham, Great and Little Horkesley, Great Tey, Marks Tey, Pyefleet, Tiptree, West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, West Mersea, Winstree, and Wivenhoe, and the District of Tendring wards of Alresford, Thorrington and Frating, Ardleigh, Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix, Brightlingsea East, Brightlingsea West, Elmstead, Great Bentley, Great Bromley, Little Bromley and Little Bentley, Lawford and Manningtree, Mistley, St Osyth, and Tendring and Weeley.

Boundaries 1832-1868

Areas covered:

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1868

Election	1st Member ^[1]		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, Bt	Tory	Alexander Baring	Tory
1834			Conservative	Alexander Baring	Conservative
1835 by-election				John Payne Elwes	Conservative
1837				Charles Gray Round	Conservative
1847				William Beresford	Conservative
1857		Charles Du Cane	Conservative	William Beresford	Conservative
1865		Charles Du Cane	Conservative	Sir Thomas Burch Western	Liberal
1868	Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

MPs 1997-2010

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1997	Bernard Jenkin	Conservative
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Harwich and North Essex

Elections

General Election 2005: North Essex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	22,811	47.6	+0.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Hughes	11,908	24.8	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	James Raven	9,831	20.5	+3.0
	Green	Chris Fox	1,718	3.6	+3.6
	UKIP	George Curtis	1,691	3.5	-0.1
Majority			10,903	22.7
Turnout			47,959	65.7	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

General Election 2001: North Essex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	21,325	47.4	+3.5
	Labour	Philip Hawkins	14,139	31.5	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Ellis	7,867	17.5	-2.1
	UKIP	George Curtis	1,613	3.6	+1.2
Majority			7,186	15.9
Turnout			44,944	62.8	-12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North Essex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	22,480	43.9	−13.8
	Labour	Timothy Young	17,004	33.2	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Phillips	10,028	20.0	−2.2
	UKIP	Roger Lord	1,202	2.3	+2.3
	Green	Susan Ransome	495	1.0	+0.5
Majority			5,476	10.7
Turnout			51,209	75.3	−5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.0

Notional result for the General Election 1992: North Essex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	36,381	53.1
	Liberal Democrat		17,224	25.1
	Labour		14,014	20.4
	Green		700	1.0
	Natural Law		238	0.3
Majority			19,157	27.9
Turnout			68,557	79.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832 – 1868	Succeeded by Essex Eastern
Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832 – 1868	Succeeded by Essex Western
Preceded by Colchester North	UK Parliament constituency 1997 – 2010	Succeeded by Harwich and North Essex
Preceded by Colchester South and Maldon	UK Parliament constituency 1997 – 2010	Succeeded by Harwich and North Essex

Constituencies in the East of England (58)

Conservative (52)	Basildon and Billericay Bedford Braintree Brentwood and Ongar Broadland Broxbourne Bury St Edmunds Castle Point Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Harwich and North Essex Hemel Hempstead Hertford and Stortford Hertsmere Hitchin and Harpenden Huntingdon Ipswich Maldon Mid Bedfordshire Mid Norfolk North East Bedfordshire North East Cambridgeshire North East Hertfordshire North West Cambridgeshire North West Norfolk Norwich North Peterborough Rayleigh and Wickford Rochford and Southend East Saffron Walden St Albans South Basildon and East Thurrock South Cambridgeshire South East Cambridgeshire Southend West South Norfolk South Suffolk South West Bedfordshire South West Hertfordshire South West Norfolk Stevenage Suffolk Coastal Thurrock Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Suffolk Witham

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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