North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)
North Essex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Colchester North |
Replaced by | Harwich and North Essex |
1832–1868 | |
Created from | Essex |
Replaced by | East Essex, West 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.
The name was also used for the Northern Division of Essex, covering a much wider area and electing two members using the bloc vote system from 1832 until 1868.
History
The Northern Division of Essex was one of two Divisions, along with the Southern Division, created from the undivided Parliamentary County of Essex by the Reform Act of 1832. The constituency was abolished under the Reform Act 1867 (as amended by the Boundaries Act 1868) which divided Essex into three two-member Divisions (East, South and West).
The North Essex constituency was created for the 1997 general election following the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, mostly replacing the former seat of Colchester North. This was abolished for the 2010 general election by the Fifth Review, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.
Boundaries
1832–1868
- The Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell, Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable, Uttlesford, Winstree and Witham.
See map on Vision of Britain website.
On abolition, the Hundreds of Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable, Winstree and Witham were included in the new East Division of Essex; the Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell and Uttlesford were included in the new West Division.
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.
The new constituency comprised rural areas of the Borough of Colchester, including West Mersea and Wivenhoe, and western parts of the District of Tendring, including Brightlingsea. Formed primarily from parts of the abolished constituencies of North Colchester and South Colchester and Maldon, with a small slice of the western part of Harwich, including St Osyth.
Abolition and the new Harwich and North Essex constituency
On abolition in 2010, the rural area to the south-west of Colchester was transferred to the new constituency of Witham. The remainder formed the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex, together with the town of Harwich and surrounding areas, previously part of the abolished Harwich constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1868
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Sir John Tyrell, Bt | Tory | Alexander Baring | Tory | ||
1834 | Conservative | Conservative | ||||
1835 by-election | John Payne Elwes | Conservative | ||||
1837 | Charles Gray Round | Conservative | ||||
1847 | William Beresford | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Charles Du Cane | Conservative | ||||
1865 | Sir Thomas Western | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished |
MPs 1997-2010
Election | Member | Party | |
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1997 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Harwich and North Essex |
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 22,811 | 47.6 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | 11,908 | 24.8 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Raven | 9,831 | 20.5 | +3.0 | |
Green | Chris Fox | 1,718 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | George Curtis | 1,691 | 3.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 10,903 | 22.8 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,959 | 65.7 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 21,325 | 47.4 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Philip Hawkins | 14,139 | 31.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Ellis | 7,867 | 17.5 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | George Curtis | 1,613 | 3.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 7,186 | 15.9 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,944 | 62.8 | −12.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 22,480 | 43.9 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Timothy Young | 17,004 | 33.2 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Phillips | 10,028 | 20.0 | −5.1 | |
UKIP | Roger Lord | 1,202 | 2.3 | New | |
Green | Susan Ransome | 495 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 5,476 | 10.7 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,209 | 75.3 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 36,381 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 17,224 | 25.1 | |||
Labour | 14,014 | 20.4 | |||
Green | 700 | 1.0 | |||
Natural Law | 238 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 19,157 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 68,557 | 79.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Du Cane's appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | 2,081 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Western | 1,931 | 32.8 | New | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 1,881 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,912 (est) | 78.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,904 | ||||
Majority | 150 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 50 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,510 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Du Cane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,553 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Tyrell | 2,412 | 43.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 2,334 | 41.8 | +5.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Barrett-Lennard | 833 | 14.9 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 1,501 | 26.9 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,206 (est) | 56.1 (est) | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,715 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Beresford's appointment as Secretary at War.
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Tyrell | 2,472 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 2,292 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Whig | John Gurdon Rebow | 1,555 | 24.5 | New | |
Whig | Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison | 36 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 737 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,178 (est) | 58.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,461 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Gray Round | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,771 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Gray Round | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,899 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Payne Elwes | 2,406 | 63.9 | ||
Whig | John Disney | 1,357 | 36.1 | ||
Majority | 1,049 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,763 | 70.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,351 | ||||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Baring's elevation to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Ashburton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Tyrell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Alexander Baring | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,351 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Tyrell | 2,448 | 27.8 | ||
Tory | Alexander Baring | 2,280 | 25.9 | ||
Whig | Charles Western | 2,244 | 25.5 | ||
Whig | Thomas Brand | 1,840 | 20.8 | ||
Majority | 36 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,513 | 87.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,163 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Tory win (new seat) |