Harwich and North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)
| Harwich and North Essex | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Harwich and North Essex in Essex. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| Electorate | 71,087 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Harwich, North Essex |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Harwich and North Essex is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Essex, much of the existing North Essex constituency was combined with part of the existing Harwich constituency, with the remainder of the Harwich seat renamed as the new Clacton constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
The electoral wards used in the formation of Harwich and North Essex are from the districts of Colchester and Tendring.
- From Colchester, the wards of Dedham and Langham, East Donyland, Fordham and Stour, Great Tey, Pyefleet, West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, West Mersea, Wivenhoe Cross and Wivenhoe Quay.
- From Tendring, the wards of Alresford, Ardleigh and Little Bromley, Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix, Brightlingsea, Great and Little Oakley, Great Bentley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Lawford, Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley and Tendring, Ramsey and Parkeston, Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead and Great Bromley.
[edit] Constituency profile
The constituency maintains a strong maritime connection, containing as it does the eponymous Harwich, one of the largest container ports in Britain. There are high levels of deprivation in the seat, however the villages and towns through the countryside inland are more affluent.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 2010 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
For results prior to the boundary review, see Harwich and North Essex
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Harwich and North Essex[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Jenkin* | 23,001 | 46.9 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Raven | 11,554 | 23.6 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Darren Barrenger | 9,774 | 19.9 | -10.9 | |
| UKIP | Simon Anselmi | 2,572 | 5.2 | +1.5 | |
| BNP | Stephen Robey | 1,065 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Chris Fox | 909 | 1.9 | -1.8 | |
| Independent | Peter Thompson Bates | 170 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,447 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49,000 | 69.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Harwich & Essex North". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c07.stm.
Coordinates: 51°55′N 1°01′E / 51.92°N 1.02°E
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