North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Canadian House of Commons constituency, see Essex North (electoral district).

North Essex
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Essex in Essex for the 2005 general election
Location of Essex within England
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.

A previous constituency called Essex Northern, electing two members, existed from 1832 until 1868, when it was divided into two new constituencies: East Essex and West Essex.

The new Harwich and North Essex constituency

Following boundary changes by the Boundary Commission for England, parts of the two former constituencies of Harwich and Essex North were combined to create the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.

History

The North Essex constituency was created in 1997 mostly replacing the former seat of Colchester North.

Boundaries

Boundaries 1997-2010

The Borough of Colchester wards of Birch/Messing and Copford, Boxted and Langham, Dedham, East Donyland, Fordham, Great & Little Horkesley, Great Tey, Marks Tey, Pyefleet, Tiptree, West Bergholt & 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.

Boundaries 1832-1868

Areas covered:

• Saffron Walden and Uttlesford
• Braintree
• Maldon
• Chelmsford

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1868

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" |	Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, Bt	Tory	style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" |	Alexander Baring	Tory
1834	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		Conservative	rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		Conservative
1835 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |			John Payne Elwes	Conservative
1837	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Charles Gray Round	Conservative
1847	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |			William Beresford	Conservative
1857	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Charles Du Cane	Conservative
1865	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Sir Thomas Burch Western	Liberal
1868	Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

MPs 1997-2010

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Bernard Jenkin	Conservative
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Harwich and North Essex

Elections

General Election 2005: North Essex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	+3.6
	UKIP	George Curtis	1,691	3.5	−0.1
Majority			10,903	22.7
Turnout			47,959	65.7	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

General Election 2001: North Essex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	−2.1
	UKIP	George Curtis	1,613	3.6	+1.2
Majority			7,186	15.9
Turnout			44,944	62.8	−12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North Essex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Jenkin	22,480	43.9	−13.8
	Labour	Timothy Young	17,004	33.2	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	10,028	20.0	−2.2
	UKIP	[Roger Lord (politician)	1,202	2.3	+2.3
	Green	Susan Ransome	495	1.0	+0.5
Majority			5,476	10.7
Turnout			51,209	75.3	−5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.0

Notional result for the General Election 1992: North Essex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	27.9
Turnout			68,557	79.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex