North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

North Essex
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

1832-1868: The Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell, Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable, Uttlesford, Winstree and Witham.^[1]

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1868

Election	1st Member ^[2]		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, Bt	Tory	style="background-color: Template:Tories (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" \|	Alexander Baring	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	William Beresford	Conservative
1865	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Charles Du Cane	Conservative	Sir Thomas Burch Western	Liberal
1868	Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

MPs 1997-2010

Election		Member ^[2]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Bernard Jenkin	Conservative
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Harwich and North Essex

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Essex^[3]
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^[4]
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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Essex^[5]
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	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 win (new seat)

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

Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 16 July 1866: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Du Cane	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Du Cane's appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

General Election 1865: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Du Cane	2,081	35.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	Thomas Western	1,931	32.8	*N/A*
	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	0.8	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1859: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Du Cane	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Beresford	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,510
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General Election 1857: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Du Cane	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Beresford	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,553
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General Election 1852: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Tyrell	2,412	43.2
	Conservative	William Beresford	2,334	41.8
	Whig	Thomas Barrett-Lennard	833	14.9
Majority			1,501	26.9
Turnout			3,206 (est)	56.1 (est)
Registered electors			5,715
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election, 9 March 1852: North Essex^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Beresford	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Beresford's appointment as Secretary at War.

Boundary changes

Notes and references

^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832 – 1868	Succeeded by Essex Eastern
Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832 – 1868	Succeeded by Essex Western
Preceded by Colchester North	UK Parliament constituency 1997 – 2010	Succeeded by Harwich and North Essex
Preceded by Colchester South and Maldon	UK Parliament constituency 1997 – 2010	Succeeded by Harwich and North Essex

[1] "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

[rayment-2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus2005-3] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-4] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-5] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[craig1832-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

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