List of Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
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 | ||
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Basildon and Billericay BC | 69,906 | 20,412 | John Baron† | Andrew Gorgon‡ | Essex | ||||
Bedford BC | 71,581 | 145 | Mohammad Yasin‡ | Ryan Henson† | Bedfordshire | ||||
Braintree CC | 75,208 | 24,673 | James Cleverly† | Joshua Garfield‡ | Essex | ||||
Brentwood and Ongar CC | 75,255 | 29,065 | Alex Burghart† | Oliver Durose‡ | Essex | ||||
Broadland CC | 78,151 | 21,861 | Jerome Mayhew† | Jess Barnard‡ | Norfolk | ||||
Broxbourne BC | 73,182 | 19,807 | Charles Walker† | Sean Waters‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Bury St Edmunds CC | 89,644 | 24,988 | Jo Churchill† | Cliff Waterman‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Cambridge BC | 79,951 | 9,639 | Daniel Zeichner‡ | Rod Cantrill¤ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
Castle Point BC | 69,608 | 26,634 | Rebecca Harris† | Katie Curtis‡ | Essex | ||||
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC | 80,037 | 23,391 | Dan Poulter† | Emma Bonner-Morgan‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Chelmsford BC | 80,394 | 17,621 | Vicky Ford† | Marie Goldman¤ | Essex | ||||
Clacton CC | 70,930 | 24,702 | Giles Watling† | Kevin Bonavia‡ | Essex | ||||
Colchester BC | 82,625 | 9,423 | Will Quince† | Tina McKay‡ | Essex | ||||
Epping Forest CC | 74,304 | 22,173 | Eleanor Laing† | Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡ | Essex | ||||
Great Yarmouth CC | 71,957 | 17,663 | Brandon Lewis† | Mike Smith-Clare‡ | Norfolk | ||||
Harlow CC | 68,078 | 14,063 | Robert Halfon† | Laura McAlpine‡ | Essex | ||||
Harwich and North Essex CC | 74,153 | 20,182 | Bernard Jenkin† | Stephen Rice‡ | Essex | ||||
Hemel Hempstead CC | 74,035 | 14,563 | Michael Penning† | Nabila Ahmed‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Hertford and Stortford CC | 81,765 | 19,620 | Julie Marson† | Chris Vince‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Hertsmere CC | 73,971 | 21,313 | Oliver Dowden† | Holly Kal-Weiss‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Hitchin and Harpenden CC | 76,323 | 6,895 | Bim Afolami† | Sam Collins¤ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Huntingdon CC | 84,657 | 19,383 | Jonathan Djanogly† | Samuel Sweek‡ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
Ipswich BC | 75,525 | 5,479 | Tom Hunt† | Sandy Martin‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Luton North BC | 68,185 | 9,247 | Sarah Owen‡ | Jeet Bains† | Bedfordshire | ||||
Luton South BC | 69,338 | 8,756 | Rachel Hopkins‡ | Parvez Akhtar† | Bedfordshire | ||||
Maldon CC | 72,438 | 30,041 | John Whittingdale† | Stephen Capper‡ | Essex | ||||
Mid Bedfordshire CC | 87,795 | 24,664 | Nadine Dorries† | Rhiannon Meades‡ | Bedfordshire | ||||
Mid Norfolk CC | 82,203 | 22,594 | George Freeman† | Adrian Heald‡ | Norfolk | ||||
North East Bedfordshire CC | 90,678 | 24,283 | Richard Fuller† | Julian Vaughan ‡ | Bedfordshire | ||||
North East Cambridgeshire CC | 83,699 | 29,993 | Steve Barclay† | Diane Boyd‡ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
North East Hertfordshire CC | 76,123 | 18,189 | Oliver Heald† | Kelley Green‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
North Norfolk CC | 70,729 | 14,395 | Duncan Baker† | Karen Ward¤ | Norfolk | ||||
North West Cambridgeshire CC | 94,909 | 25,983 | Shailesh Vara† | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
North West Norfolk CC | 72,080 | 19,922 | James Wild† | Jo Rust‡ | Norfolk | ||||
Norwich North BC | 67,172 | 4,738 | Chloe Smith† | Karen Davis‡ | Norfolk | ||||
Norwich South BC | 77,845 | 12,760 | Clive Lewis‡ | Mike Spencer† | Norfolk | ||||
Peterborough BC | 72,560 | 2580 | Paul Bristow† | Lisa Forbes‡ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
Rayleigh and Wickford CC | 78,930 | 31,000 | Mark Francois† | David Flack‡ | Essex | ||||
Rochford and Southend East CC | 75,624 | 12,246 | James Duddridge† | Ashley Dalton‡ | Essex | ||||
Saffron Walden CC | 87,017 | 27,594 | Kemi Badenoch† | Mike Hibbs¤ | Essex | ||||
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC | 74,441 | 19,922 | Stephen Metcalfe† | Jack Ferguson‡ | Essex | ||||
South Cambridgeshire CC | 87,288 | 2,904 | Anthony Browne† | Ian Sollom¤ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
South East Cambridgeshire CC | 86,769 | 11,490 | Lucy Frazer† | Pippa Heylings¤ | Cambridgeshire | ||||
South Norfolk CC | 86,214 | 21,275 | Richard Bacon† | Beth Jones‡ | Norfolk | ||||
South Suffolk CC | 76,201 | 22,897 | James Cartlidge† | Elizabeth Hughes‡ | Suffolk | ||||
South West Bedfordshire CC | 79,926 | 18,583 | Andrew Selous† | Callum Anderson‡ | Bedfordshire | ||||
South West Hertfordshire CC | 80,499 | 14,408 | Gagan Mohindra† | David Gauke# | Hertfordshire | ||||
South West Norfolk CC | 78,455 | 26,195 | Elizabeth Truss† | Emily Blake‡ | Norfolk | ||||
Southend West BC | 69,043 | 14,459 | David Amess† | Aston Line‡ | Essex | ||||
St Albans CC | 73,727 | 6,293 | Daisy Cooper¤ | Anne Main† | Hertfordshire | ||||
Stevenage CC | 71,562 | 8,562 | Stephen McPartland† | Jill Borcherds‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Suffolk Coastal CC | 81,910 | 20,533 | Thérèse Coffey† | Cameron Matthews‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Thurrock BC | 79,659 | 11,482 | Jackie Doyle-Price† | John Kent‡ | Essex | ||||
Watford BC | 83,359 | 4,433 | Dean Russell† | Chris Ostrowski‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
Waveney CC | 82,791 | 18,002 | Peter Aldous† | Sonia Barker‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Welwyn Hatfield CC | 74,892 | 10,955 | Grant Shapps† | Rosie Newbigging‡ | Hertfordshire | ||||
West Suffolk CC | 80,193 | 23,194 | Matthew Hancock† | Claire Unwin‡ | Suffolk | ||||
Witham CC | 70,402 | 24,082 | Priti Patel† | Martin Edobor‡ | Essex |
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 |
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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% | 2.6% | 52 | 2 |
Labour | 749,906 | 24.4% | 8.3% | 5 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | 410,849 | 13.4% | 5.5% | 1 | 0 |
Greens | 90,957 | 3.0% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 11,707 | 0.4% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 50,751 | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3,068,261 | 100.0 | 58 |
Percentage votes[]
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[]
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[]
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the Eastern region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England