Harwich and North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

Harwich and North Essex
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harwich and North Essex in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Electorate	71,087 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Harwich, North Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Harwich and North Essex /hærɪdʒ ənd nɔːrθ ɛsᵻks/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Bernard Jenkin of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The District of Tendring wards of Alresford, Ardleigh and Little Bromley, Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix, Brightlingsea, Great and Little Oakley, Great Bentley, Harwich East, Harwick East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Lawford, Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley and Tendring, Ramsey and Parkeston, and Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead and Great Bromley, and the Borough of Colchester wards of Dedham and Langham, East Donyland, Fordham and Stour, Great Tey, Pyefleet, West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, West Mersea, Wivenhoe Cross, and Wivenhoe Quay.

Constituency profile

The constituency maintains a strong maritime connection, containing the eponymous port and town of Harwich which offers regular ferry services to the Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) as well as having one of the largest container ports in Britain. Deprivation in terms of low income and unemployment exists in the Dovercourt, Parkeston and station neighbourhoods of Harwich itself and south of Brightlingsea whereas the other villages and towns (down to localised Output Areas of a few hundred homes) fall above the national average on the same measures.^[2]

Following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Essex prior to the 2010 election, much of the existing North Essex constituency was combined with part of the existing Harwich constituency, with the remainder of the Harwich seat renamed as the new Clacton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	2010	Bernard Jenkin	Conservative

Elections

For results prior to the boundary review, see Harwich and North Essex

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Harwich and North Essex[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	24,722	51.0	+4.1
	Labour	Edward Carlsson Browne[5]	9,548	19.7	-0.2
	UKIP	Mark Hughes[5]	8,464	17.5	+12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Dominic Graham[5]	3,576	7.4	-16.2
	Green	Christopher Flossman	2,122	4.4	+2.5
Majority			15,174	31.3	+7.9
Turnout			48,432	69.9	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Harwich and North Essex[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin*	23,001	46.9	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	James Raven	11,554	23.6	+4.3
	Labour	Darren Barrenger	9,774	19.9	-10.9
	UKIP	Simon Anselmi	2,572	5.2	+1.5
	BNP	Stephen Robey	1,065	2.2	+2.2
	Green	Chris Fox	909	1.9	-1.8
	Independent	Peter Thompson Bates	170	0.3	+0.3
Majority			11,447	23.4
Turnout			49,000	69.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. 2001 Census
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "UKIP chooses candidate for Harwich seat". Harwich and Manningtree Standard. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Harwich & Essex North". BBC News.

Coordinates: 51°55′N 1°01′E / 51.92°N 1.02°E