List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

The ceremonial county of Essex, (which includes the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock) is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies - 6 Borough constituencies and 12 County constituencies.

Constituencies

      Conservative†       Labour‡       Liberal Democrat¤       UKIP

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Basildon and Billericay BC	66,345	12,482		John Baron†		Gavin Callaghan‡
Braintree CC	73,557	17,610		James Cleverly†		Richard Bingley
Brentwood and Ongar CC	71,918	21,810		Eric Pickles†		Mick McGough
Castle Point BC	68,170	8,934		Rebecca Harris†	;	Jamie Huntman
Chelmsford BC	78,580	18,250		Simon Burns†		Chris Vince‡
Clacton CC	68,936	3,437		Douglas Carswell		Giles Watling†
Colchester BC	74,204	5,575		Will Quince†		Bob Russell¤
Epping Forest CC	73,447	17,978		Eleanor Laing†		Andrew Smith
Harlow CC	67,994	8,350		Robert Halfon†		Suzy Stride‡
Harwich and North Essex CC	69,290	15,174		Bernard Jenkin†		Edward Carlsson Browne‡
Maldon CC	69,066	22,070		John Whittingdale†		Beverley Acevedo
Rayleigh and Wickford CC	77,174	17,230		Mark Francois†		John Hayter
Rochford and Southend East CC	71,935	9,476		James Duddridge†		Ian Gilbert‡
Saffron Walden CC	80,615	24,991		Sir Alan Haselhurst†		Peter Day
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC	71,155	7,692		Stephen Metcalfe†		Ian Luder
Southend West BC	66,876	14,021		David Amess†		Julian Ware-Lane
Thurrock BC	77,559	536		Jackie Doyle-Price†		Polly Billington‡
Witham CC	67,090	19,554		Priti Patel†		Garry Cockrill

Boundary changes

Constituency name	Map
Basildon and Billericay BC Braintree CC Brentwood and Ongar CC Castle Point BC Chelmsford BC Clacton CC Colchester BC Epping Forest CC Harlow CC Harwich and North Essex CC Maldon CC Rayleigh and Wickford CC Rochford and Southend East CC Saffron Walden CC South Basildon and East Thurrock CC Southend West BC Thurrock BC Witham CC

List of Constituencies in 1997-2010

1. Basildon BC
2. Billericay CC
3. Braintree CC
4. Brentwood and Ongar CC
5. Castle Point BC
6. Colchester BC
7. Epping Forest CC
8. Harlow CC
9. Harwich CC
10. Maldon and East Chelmsford CC
11. North Essex CC
12. Rayleigh CC
13. Rochford and Southend East CC
14. Saffron Walden CC
15. Southend West BC
16. Thurrock BC
17. West Chelmsford CC

List of Constituencies in 1983–1997

Basildon Billericay Braintree Brentwood and Ongar

Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester North Colchester South and Maldon

Epping Forest Harlow Harwich Rochford

Saffron Walden Southend East Southend West Thurrock

List of Constituencies in 1974–1983

Basildon Braintree Brentwood and Ongar

Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest South East Essex

Harlow Harwich Maldon Saffron Walden

Southend East Southend West Thurrock

List of Constituencies in 1955–1974

Billericay Chelmsford Chigwell Colchester

Epping South East Essex Harwich Maldon

Saffron Walden Southend East Southend West Thurrock

In present-day Greater London

Barking Dagenham East Ham North East Ham South Hornchurch

Ilford North Ilford South Leyton Romford Walthamstow East

Walthamstow West West Ham North West Ham South Woodford (renamed in 1964: Wanstead and Woodford)

Results

2005	2010	2015

See also

• Historical List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
• List of former parliamentary constituencies in Essex

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References