Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England

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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

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † 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
Basildon and Billericay BC 69,906 20,412 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Baron† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Gorgon‡ Essex
Bedford BC 71,581 145 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mohammad Yasin‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ryan Henson† Bedfordshire
A small constituency, located north of the centre of the county.
Braintree CC 75,208 24,673 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Cleverly† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Joshua Garfield‡ Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC 75,255 29,065 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alex Burghart† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Oliver Durose‡ Essex
Broadland CC 78,151 21,861 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jerome Mayhew† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jess Barnard‡ Norfolk
Broxbourne BC 73,182 19,807 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Charles Walker† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sean Waters‡ Hertfordshire
A fairly small constituency in the southeast part of the county.
Bury St Edmunds CC 89,644 24,988 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jo Churchill† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Cliff Waterman‡ Suffolk
Cambridge BC 79,951 9,639 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Daniel Zeichner‡ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Rod Cantrill¤ Cambridgeshire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county.
Castle Point BC 69,608 26,634 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rebecca Harris† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Katie Curtis‡ Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 80,037 23,391 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dan Poulter† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emma Bonner-Morgan‡ Suffolk
Chelmsford BC 80,394 17,621 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Vicky Ford† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Marie Goldman¤ Essex
Clacton CC 70,930 24,702 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Giles Watling† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kevin Bonavia‡ Essex
Colchester BC 82,625 9,423 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Will Quince† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tina McKay‡ Essex
Epping Forest CC 74,304 22,173 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Eleanor Laing† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡ Essex
Great Yarmouth CC 71,957 17,663 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Brandon Lewis† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Smith-Clare‡ Norfolk
Harlow CC 68,078 14,063 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Halfon† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Laura McAlpine‡ Essex
Harwich and North Essex CC 74,153 20,182 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Bernard Jenkin† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Rice‡ Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC 74,035 14,563 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Penning† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nabila Ahmed‡ Hertfordshire
A medium-sized constituency. It is slightly to the northwest of the centre of the county.
Hertford and Stortford CC 81,765 19,620 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Julie Marson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Vince‡ Hertfordshire
A medium-sized constituency located in the east of the county.
Hertsmere CC 73,971 21,313 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Oliver Dowden† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Holly Kal-Weiss‡ Hertfordshire
A small-to-medium sized constituency, located in the south of the county.
Hitchin and Harpenden CC 76,323 6,895 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bim Afolami† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Sam Collins¤ Hertfordshire
A fairly large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county northwards.
Huntingdon CC 84,657 19,383 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jonathan Djanogly† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Samuel Sweek‡ Cambridgeshire
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
Ipswich BC 75,525 5,479 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tom Hunt† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sandy Martin‡ Suffolk
Luton North BC 68,185 9,247 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sarah Owen‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jeet Bains† Bedfordshire
A small constituency south of the centre of the county.
Luton South BC 69,338 8,756 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rachel Hopkins‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Parvez Akhtar† Bedfordshire
A small constituency, located in the southwest of the county.
Maldon CC 72,438 30,041 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Whittingdale† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Capper‡ Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC 87,795 24,664 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nadine Dorries† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rhiannon Meades‡ Bedfordshire
A large constituency, occupying the centre of the county.
Mid Norfolk CC 82,203 22,594 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  George Freeman† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Adrian Heald‡ Norfolk
North East Bedfordshire CC 90,678 24,283 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Richard Fuller† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julian Vaughan ‡ Bedfordshire
A large constituency in the north of the county.
North East Cambridgeshire CC 83,699 29,993 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Barclay† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Diane Boyd‡ Cambridgeshire
A large constituency, located in the northeast of the county.
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,123 18,189 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Oliver Heald† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kelley Green‡ Hertfordshire
The largest constituency in the county, primarily located in the northeast of the county. Its northernmost parts are considerably further north than constituencies in the west.
North Norfolk CC 70,729 14,395 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Duncan Baker† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Karen Ward¤ Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC 94,909 25,983 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Shailesh Vara† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡ Cambridgeshire
A medium-to-large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county to the northwest.
North West Norfolk CC 72,080 19,922 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Wild† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jo Rust‡ Norfolk
Norwich North BC 67,172 4,738 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chloe Smith† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Karen Davis‡ Norfolk
Norwich South BC 77,845 12,760 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Clive Lewis‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Spencer† Norfolk
Peterborough BC 72,560 2580 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paul Bristow† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lisa Forbes‡ Cambridgeshire
A small constituency in the northwest of the county.
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 78,930 31,000 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Francois† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Flack‡ Essex
Rochford and Southend East CC 75,624 12,246 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Duddridge† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ashley Dalton‡ Essex
Saffron Walden CC 87,017 27,594 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kemi Badenoch† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Hibbs¤ Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 74,441 19,922 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Metcalfe† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Ferguson‡ Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC 87,288 2,904 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Anthony Browne† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Ian Sollom¤ Cambridgeshire
A medium constituency in the south of the county.
South East Cambridgeshire CC 86,769 11,490 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lucy Frazer† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Pippa Heylings¤ Cambridgeshire
A large constituency, situated in the southeast of the county.
South Norfolk CC 86,214 21,275 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Richard Bacon† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Beth Jones‡ Norfolk
South Suffolk CC 76,201 22,897 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Cartlidge† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Elizabeth Hughes‡ Suffolk
South West Bedfordshire CC 79,926 18,583 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Selous† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Callum Anderson‡ Bedfordshire
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
South West Hertfordshire CC 80,499 14,408 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gagan Mohindra† bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | David Gauke# Hertfordshire
A medium sized constituency. It is long and thin in shape, stretching from the northwest to the southwest of the county.
South West Norfolk CC 78,455 26,195 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Elizabeth Truss† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emily Blake‡ Norfolk
Southend West BC 69,043 14,459 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Amess† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Aston Line‡ Essex
St Albans CC 73,727 6,293 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Daisy Cooper¤ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Anne Main† Hertfordshire
A small-to-medium sized constituency, slightly west of the centre of the county. It is bordered entirely by other constituencies in the county.
Stevenage CC 71,562 8,562 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen McPartland† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jill Borcherds‡ Hertfordshire
A small constituency located slightly north of the centre of the county. It is bordered exclusively by other constituencies in the county.
Suffolk Coastal CC 81,910 20,533 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Thérèse Coffey† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Cameron Matthews‡ Suffolk
Thurrock BC 79,659 11,482 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jackie Doyle-Price† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Kent‡ Essex
Watford BC 83,359 4,433 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Dean Russell† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Ostrowski‡ Hertfordshire
A small constituency, southwest of the centre of the county.
Waveney CC 82,791 18,002 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Peter Aldous† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sonia Barker‡ Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,892 10,955 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grant Shapps† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rosie Newbigging‡ Hertfordshire
A medium sized constituency at the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
West Suffolk CC 80,193 23,194 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Matthew Hancock† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Claire Unwin‡ Suffolk
Witham CC 70,402 24,082 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Priti Patel† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Martin Edobor‡ Essex

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region will increase by 3, from 58 to 61.[8]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

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% Increase2.6% 52 Increase2
Labour 749,906 24.4% Decrease8.3% 5 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 410,849 13.4% Increase5.5% 1 0
Greens 90,957 3.0% Increase1.1% 0 0
Brexit 11,707 0.4% new 0 0
Others 50,751 1.6% Decrease1.3% 0 0
Total 3,068,261 100.0 58

Percentage votes

East of England votes percentage

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

East of England 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

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival

References

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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