Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Harwich | |
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| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Harwich in Essex in 2005. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| before 1660–2010 | |
| Number of members | one (two before 1868) |
| Replaced by | Clacton, Harwich and North Essex |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Harwich was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until its abolition for the 2010 general election it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
From 1997 to 2010 the Harwich constituency included the towns of Clacton-on-Sea, Holland-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and Harwich itself. It also included the villages of Beaumont-cum-Moze, Great Holland, Great Oakley, Jaywick, Kirby Cross, Kirby-le-Soken, Little Clacton, Little Oakley, Parkeston, Ramsey and Thorpe-le-Soken.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Clacton, which is based on the current Harwich seat.
Harwich will be moved into a new constituency called Harwich and North Essex.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Constituency founded 1604
[edit] 1604 to 1660
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1604 | Sir Thomas Cheek | Edward Grimston |
| 1614 | Sir Thomas Cheek | Edward Grimston |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Thomas Cheek | Edward Grimston |
| 1624 | Sir Nathaniel Rich | Christopher Harris |
| 1625 | Sir Edward Sawyer | Christopher Harris |
| 1626 | Sir Nathaniel Rich | Christopher Harris |
| 1628–1629 | Sir Nathaniel Rich | Christopher Harris |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
| 1640 (Apr) | Sir Thomas Cheek | Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet | Sir Thomas Cheek |
| 1645 | Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet, died replaced 1647 by Capel Luckyn who was secluded Dec 1648 in Pride's Purge |
Sir Thomas Cheek |
| 1648 | Sir Thomas Cheek | |
| 1653 | Harwich not represented in Barebone's Parliament | |
| 1654 | Harwich not represented in First Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1656 | Harwich not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1659 | John Sicklemore | Thomas King |
[edit] 1660–1868
[edit] 1868–2010
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1868 | Henry Jervis-White-Jervis | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Henry Whatley Tyler | Conservative | |
| 1885 | James Round | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Arthur Levy Lever | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Harry Newton | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Albert Ernest Hillary | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Frederick Gill Rice | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Sir Percy John Pybus | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1935 | Sir Stanley Holmes | National Liberal | |
| 1954 | Julian Ridsdale | National Liberal | |
| 1966 | Conservative | ||
| 1992 | Iain Sproat | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Ivan Henderson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Douglas Carswell | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Clacton and Harwich and North Essex | ||
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Harwich | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Douglas Carswell | 21,235 | 42.1 | +1.9 | |
| Labour | Ivan Henderson | 20,315 | 40.3 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Tully | 5,913 | 11.7 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Jeffrey Titford | 2,314 | 4.6 | −0.5 | |
| Respect | John Tipple | 477 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Christopher Humphrey | 154 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 920 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 50,408 | 62.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Harwich | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ivan Henderson | 21,951 | 45.6 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Iain Sproat | 19,355 | 40.2 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Wilcock | 4,099 | 8.5 | -4.6 | |
| UKIP | Tony Finnegan-Butler | 2,463 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Clive Lawrance | 247 | 0.5 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 2,596 | 5.4 | |||
| Turnout | 48,115 | 62.1 | -8.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Harwich[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Iain Sproat | 32,369 | 51.9 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs Pauline A. Bevan | 15,210 | 24.4 | −6.1 | |
| Labour | Ralph Knight | 14,511 | 23.3 | +5.8 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs Eileen P. McGrath | 279 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,159 | 27.5 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 62,369 | 77.7 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
