List of Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)

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The region[1] of East of England is divided into 58 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 16 Borough Constituencies and 42 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 52 are represented by Conservative MPs, five by Labour MPs, and one by a Liberal Democrat MP.

Constituencies[]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Basildon and Billericay BC 69,906 20,412   John Baron   Andrew Gorgon‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Bedford BC 71,581 145   Mohammad Yasin   Ryan Henson† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A small constituency, located north of the centre of the county.
Braintree CC 75,208 24,673   James Cleverly   Joshua Garfield‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Brentwood and Ongar CC 75,255 29,065   Alex Burghart   Oliver Durose‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Broadland CC 78,151 21,861   Jerome Mayhew   Jess Barnard‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Broxbourne BC 73,182 19,807   Charles Walker   Sean Waters‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A fairly small constituency in the southeast part of the county.
Bury St Edmunds CC 89,644 24,988   Jo Churchill   Cliff Waterman‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Cambridge BC 79,951 9,639   Daniel Zeichner   Rod Cantrill¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county.
Castle Point BC 69,608 26,634   Rebecca Harris   Katie Curtis‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 80,037 23,391   Dan Poulter   Emma Bonner-Morgan‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Chelmsford BC 80,394 17,621   Vicky Ford   Marie Goldman¤ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Clacton CC 70,930 24,702   Giles Watling   Kevin Bonavia‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Colchester BC 82,625 9,423   Will Quince   Tina McKay‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Epping Forest CC 74,304 22,173   Eleanor Laing   Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Great Yarmouth CC 71,957 17,663   Brandon Lewis   Mike Smith-Clare‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Harlow CC 68,078 14,063   Robert Halfon   Laura McAlpine‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,153 20,182   Bernard Jenkin   Stephen Rice‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Hemel Hempstead CC 74,035 14,563 Michael Penning Nabila Ahmed‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A medium-sized constituency. It is slightly to the northwest of the centre of the county.
Hertford and Stortford CC 81,765 19,620 Julie Marson Chris Vince‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A medium-sized constituency located in the east of the county.
Hertsmere CC 73,971 21,313 Oliver Dowden Holly Kal-Weiss‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A small-to-medium sized constituency, located in the south of the county.
Hitchin and Harpenden CC 76,323 6,895 Bim Afolami Sam Collins¤ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A fairly large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county northwards.
Huntingdon CC 84,657 19,383   Jonathan Djanogly   Samuel Sweek‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
Ipswich BC 75,525 5,479   Tom Hunt   Sandy Martin Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Luton North BC 68,185 9,247   Sarah Owen   Jeet Bains† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A small constituency south of the centre of the county.
Luton South BC 69,338 8,756   Rachel Hopkins   Parvez Akhtar† Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A small constituency, located in the southwest of the county.
Maldon CC 72,438 30,041   John Whittingdale   Stephen Capper‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Mid Bedfordshire CC 87,795 24,664   Nadine Dorries   Rhiannon Meades‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A large constituency, occupying the centre of the county.
Mid Norfolk CC 82,203 22,594   George Freeman   Adrian Heald‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
North East Bedfordshire CC 90,678 24,283   Richard Fuller   Julian Vaughan ‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A large constituency in the north of the county.
North East Cambridgeshire CC 83,699 29,993   Steve Barclay   Diane Boyd‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A large constituency, located in the northeast of the county.
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,123 18,189 Oliver Heald Kelley Green‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
The largest constituency in the county, primarily located in the northeast of the county. Its northernmost parts are considerably further north than constituencies in the west.
North Norfolk CC 70,729 14,395   Duncan Baker   Karen Ward¤ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
North West Cambridgeshire CC 94,909 25,983   Shailesh Vara   Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A medium-to-large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county to the northwest.
North West Norfolk CC 72,080 19,922   James Wild   Jo Rust‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Norwich North BC 67,172 4,738   Chloe Smith   Karen Davis‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Norwich South BC 77,845 12,760   Clive Lewis   Mike Spencer† Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Peterborough BC 72,560 2580   Paul Bristow   Lisa Forbes Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A small constituency in the northwest of the county.
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 78,930 31,000   Mark Francois   David Flack‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Rochford and Southend East CC 75,624 12,246   James Duddridge   Ashley Dalton‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Saffron Walden CC 87,017 27,594   Kemi Badenoch   Mike Hibbs¤ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 74,441 19,922   Stephen Metcalfe   Jack Ferguson‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
South Cambridgeshire CC 87,288 2,904   Anthony Browne   Ian Sollom¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A medium constituency in the south of the county.
South East Cambridgeshire CC 86,769 11,490   Lucy Frazer   Pippa Heylings¤ Cambridgeshire EnglandCambridgeshire.svg
A large constituency, situated in the southeast of the county.
South Norfolk CC 86,214 21,275   Richard Bacon   Beth Jones‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
South Suffolk CC 76,201 22,897   James Cartlidge   Elizabeth Hughes‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
South West Bedfordshire CC 79,926 18,583   Andrew Selous   Callum Anderson‡ Bedfordshire EnglandBedfordshire.svg
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
South West Hertfordshire CC 80,499 14,408 Gagan Mohindra David Gauke# Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A medium sized constituency. It is long and thin in shape, stretching from the northwest to the southwest of the county.
South West Norfolk CC 78,455 26,195   Elizabeth Truss   Emily Blake‡ Norfolk EnglandNorfolk.svg
Southend West BC 69,043 14,459   David Amess   Aston Line‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
St Albans CC 73,727 6,293 Daisy Cooper¤ Anne Main Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A small-to-medium sized constituency, slightly west of the centre of the county. It is bordered entirely by other constituencies in the county.
Stevenage CC 71,562 8,562 Stephen McPartland Jill Borcherds‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A small constituency located slightly north of the centre of the county. It is bordered exclusively by other constituencies in the county.
Suffolk Coastal CC 81,910 20,533   Thérèse Coffey   Cameron Matthews‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Thurrock BC 79,659 11,482   Jackie Doyle-Price   John Kent‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg
Watford BC 83,359 4,433 Dean Russell Chris Ostrowski‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A small constituency, southwest of the centre of the county.
Waveney CC 82,791 18,002   Peter Aldous   Sonia Barker‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,892 10,955 Grant Shapps Rosie Newbigging‡ Hertfordshire EnglandHertfordshire.svg
A medium sized constituency at the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
West Suffolk CC 80,193 23,194   Matthew Hancock   Claire Unwin‡ Suffolk EnglandSuffolk.svg
Witham CC 70,402 24,082   Priti Patel   Martin Edobor‡ Essex EnglandEssex.svg

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region will increase by 3, from 58 to 61.[5]

The following seats are proposed:[6]

Constituency Electorate Ceremonial County Local authority
Basildon and Billericay BC 76,993 Essex Basildon
Bedford BC 70,068 Bedfordshire Bedford
Braintree CC 70,454 Essex Braintree / Chelmsford
71,298 Essex Brentwood / Epping Forest
Broadland CC 73,822 Norfolk Breckland / Broadland
Broxbourne BC 75,454 Hertfordshire Broxbourne / East Hertfordshire
75,055 Suffolk West Suffolk
Cambridge BC 72,560 Cambridgeshire Cambridge
Castle Point BC 76,569 Essex Castle Point / Southend-on-Sea
Chelmsford BC 76,454 Essex Chelmsford
Clacton CC 70,942 Essex Tendring
Colchester BC 74,520 Essex Colchester
74,069 Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire
76,279 Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC 72,785 Essex Epping Forest
Great Yarmouth CC 76,713 Norfolk Great Yarmouth / North Norfolk
Harlow CC 70,190 Essex Epping Forest / Harlow
71,635 Hertfordshire Dacorum / St Albans
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,056 Essex Colchester / Tendring
70,787 Essex / Suffolk Braintree / West Suffolk
Hemel Hempstead CC 70,496 Hertfordshire Dacorum
Hertford and Stortford CC 75,396 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC 73,256 Hertfordshire Hertsmere / Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin CC 72,112 Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire / North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC 75,590 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire
Ipswich BC 75,117 Suffolk Ipswich
75,860 Suffolk East Suffolk / Ipswich / Mid Suffolk
Lowestoft CC 73,967 Suffolk East Suffolk
Luton North BC 73,266 Bedfordshire Luton
70,197 Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire / Luton
Maldon CC 70,201 Essex Chelmsford / Maldon
Mid Bedfordshire CC 71,748 Bedfordshire Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC 75,389 Norfolk Breckland / South Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC 76,319 Bedfordshire Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC 70,806 Cambridgeshire Fenland
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,849 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC 76,648 Norfolk North Norfolk
76,747 Suffolk East Suffolk / Mid Suffolk / West Suffolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC 73,556 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire / Peterborough
North West Norfolk CC 75,200 Norfolk Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich North BC 74,086 Norfolk Broadland / Norwich
Norwich South BC 73,515 Norfolk Norwich / South Norfolk
Peterborough CC 72,273 Cambridgeshire Peterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 76,422 Essex Basildon / Rochford
Rochford and Southend East CC 69,841 Essex Rochford / Southend-on-Sea
Saffron Walden CC 71,575 Essex Epping Forest / Uttlesford
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 76,260 Essex Basildon / Thurrock
South Cambridgeshire CC 75,484 Cambridgeshire Cambridge / South Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC 76,479 Norfolk South Norfolk
South Suffolk CC 71,070 Suffolk Babergh
South West Norfolk CC 73,926 Norfolk Breckland / Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Southend West BC 69,817 Essex Southend-on-Sea
St Albans CC 70,881 Hertfordshire St Albans
74,699 Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC 70,370 Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire / Stevenage
Suffolk Coastal CC 73,270 Suffolk East Suffolk
71,552 Hertfordshire Dacorum / Three Rivers
Thurrock BC 72,023 Essex Thurrock
Watford BC 70,576 Hertfordshire Hertsmere / Watford
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,535 Hertfordshire Welwyn Hatfield
Witham CC 74,050 Essex Braintree / Colchester / Maldon

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019[]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the East of England region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,754,091 57.2% Increase2.6% 52 Increase2
Labour 749,906 24.4% Decrease8.3% 5 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 410,849 13.4% Increase5.5% 1 0
Greens 90,957 3.0% Increase1.1% 0 0
Brexit 11,707 0.4% new 0 0
Others 50,751 1.6% Decrease1.3% 0 0
Total 3,068,261 100.0 58

Percentage votes[]

East of England votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats[]

East of England seats

Key: CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Common Wealth Party (unopposed by Labour); 2015 - UK Independence Party

See also[]

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[]

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the Eastern region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  7. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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