Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England

The region[1] of the 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] 50 are represented by Conservative MPs, seven by Labour MPs, and one by a Liberal Democrat MP.

Constituencies since 2024

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ConstituencyElectorateMajorityMember of ParliamentNearest oppositionMap
Basildon and Billericay BC
Bedford BC
Braintree CC
Brentwood and Ongar CC
Broadland and Fakenham CC
Broxbourne BC
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC
Cambridge BC
Castle Point BC
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
Chelmsford BC
Clacton CC
Colchester BC
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC
Epping Forest CC
Great Yarmouth CC
Harlow CC
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC
Harwich and North Essex CC
Hemel Hempstead CC
Hertford and Stortford CC
Hertsmere CC
Hitchin CC
Huntingdon CC
Ipswich BC
Lowestoft CC
Luton North BC
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC
Maldon CC
Mid Bedfordshire CC
Mid Norfolk CC
North Bedfordshire CC
North East Cambridgeshire CC
North East Hertfordshire CC
North Norfolk CC
North West Cambridgeshire CC
North West Essex CC
North West Norfolk CC
Norwich North BC
Norwich South BC
Peterborough CC
Rayleigh and Wickford CC
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC
South Cambridgeshire CC
South Norfolk CC
South Suffolk CC
South West Hertfordshire CC
South West Norfolk CC
Southend East and Rochford CC
Southend West and Leigh BC
St Albans CC
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC
Stevenage CC
Suffolk Coastal CC
Thurrock BC
Watford BC
Waveney Valley CC
Welwyn Hatfield CC
West Suffolk CC
Witham CC

Constituencies until 2024

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  † Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1]Electorate[3]Majority[4][nb 2]Member of Parliament[4]Nearest opposition[4]CountyConstituency Map
Basildon and Billericay BC69,90620,412 John Baron Andrew Gorgon‡Essex
Bedford BC71,581145 Mohammad Yasin Ryan Henson†Bedfordshire
Braintree CC75,20824,673 James Cleverly Joshua Garfield‡Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC75,25529,065 Alex Burghart Oliver Durose‡Essex
Broadland CC78,15121,861 Jerome Mayhew Jess Barnard‡Norfolk
Broxbourne BC73,18219,807 Charles Walker Sean Waters‡Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds CC89,64424,988 Jo Churchill Cliff Waterman‡Suffolk
Cambridge BC79,9519,639 Daniel Zeichner Rod Cantrill¤Cambridgeshire
Castle Point BC69,60826,634 Rebecca Harris Katie Curtis‡Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC80,03723,391 Dan Poulter[nb 3] Emma Bonner-Morgan‡Suffolk
Chelmsford BC80,39417,621 Vicky Ford Marie Goldman¤Essex
Clacton CC70,93024,702 Giles Watling Kevin BonaviaEssex
Colchester BC82,6259,423 Will Quince Tina McKay‡Essex
Epping Forest CC74,30422,173 Eleanor Laing Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡Essex
Great Yarmouth CC71,95717,663 Brandon Lewis Mike Smith-Clare‡Norfolk
Harlow CC68,07814,063 Robert Halfon Laura McAlpine‡Essex
Harwich and North Essex CC74,15320,182 Bernard Jenkin Stephen Rice‡Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC74,03514,563Michael PenningNabila Ahmed‡Hertfordshire
Hertford and Stortford CC81,76519,620Julie MarsonChris VinceHertfordshire
Hertsmere CC73,97121,313Oliver DowdenHolly Kal-Weiss‡Hertfordshire
Hitchin and Harpenden CC76,3236,895Bim AfolamiSam Collins¤Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC84,65719,383 Jonathan Djanogly Samuel Sweek‡Cambridgeshire
Ipswich BC75,5255,479 Tom Hunt Sandy MartinSuffolk
Luton North BC68,1859,247 Sarah Owen Jeet Bains†Bedfordshire
Luton South BC69,3388,756 Rachel Hopkins Parvez Akhtar†Bedfordshire
Maldon CC72,43830,041 John Whittingdale Stephen Capper‡Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC40,720 (2023)1,192 (2023) Alistair Strathern Festus AkinbusoyeBedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC82,20322,594 George Freeman Adrian Heald‡Norfolk
North East Bedfordshire CC90,67824,283 Richard Fuller Julian Vaughan‡Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC83,69929,993 Steve Barclay Diane Boyd‡Cambridgeshire
North East Hertfordshire CC76,12318,189Oliver HealdKelley Green‡Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC70,72914,395 Duncan Baker Karen Ward¤Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC94,90925,983 Shailesh Vara Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡Cambridgeshire
North West Norfolk CC72,08019,922 James Wild Jo Rust‡Norfolk
Norwich North BC67,1724,738 Chloe Smith Karen Davis‡Norfolk
Norwich South BC77,84512,760 Clive Lewis Mike Spencer†Norfolk
Peterborough BC72,5602580 Paul Bristow Lisa ForbesCambridgeshire
Rayleigh and Wickford CC78,93031,000 Mark Francois David Flack‡Essex
Rochford and Southend East CC75,62412,246 James Duddridge Ashley Dalton‡Essex
Saffron Walden CC87,01727,594 Kemi Badenoch Mike Hibbs¤Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC74,44119,922 Stephen Metcalfe Jack Ferguson‡Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC87,2882,904 Anthony Browne Ian Sollom¤Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire CC86,76911,490 Lucy Frazer Pippa Heylings¤Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC86,21421,275 Richard Bacon Beth Jones‡Norfolk
South Suffolk CC76,20122,897 James Cartlidge Elizabeth Hughes‡Suffolk
South West Bedfordshire CC79,92618,583 Andrew Selous Callum Anderson‡Bedfordshire
South West Hertfordshire CC80,49914,408Gagan MohindraDavid Gauke#Hertfordshire
South West Norfolk CC78,45526,195 Elizabeth Truss Emily Blake‡Norfolk
Southend West BC66,354[5]12,792[6] Anna Firth Jason Pilley#Essex
St Albans CC73,7276,293Daisy Cooper¤Anne MainHertfordshire
Stevenage CC71,5628,562Stephen McPartlandJill Borcherds‡Hertfordshire
Suffolk Coastal CC81,91020,533 Thérèse Coffey Cameron Matthews‡Suffolk
Thurrock BC79,65911,482 Jackie Doyle-Price John Kent‡Essex
Watford BC83,3594,433Dean RussellChris Ostrowski‡Hertfordshire
Waveney CC82,79118,002 Peter Aldous Sonia Barker‡Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC74,89210,955Grant ShappsRosie Newbigging‡Hertfordshire
West Suffolk CC80,19323,194 Matthew Hancock Claire Unwin‡Suffolk
Witham CC70,40224,082 Priti Patel Martin Edobor‡Essex

Proposed boundary changes

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Eastern region will increase by 3, from 58 to 61.[7] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the final proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the 2024 general election:[8]

ConstituencyElectorateCeremonial countyLocal authority
Basildon and Billericay BC76,993EssexBasildon
Bedford BC70,068BedfordshireBedford
Braintree CC75,662EssexBraintree / Uttlesford
Brentwood and Ongar CC74,937EssexBrentwood / Epping Forest
Broadland and Fakenham CC72,907NorfolkBreckland / Broadland
Broxbourne BC75,454HertfordshireBroxbourne / East Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC75,655SuffolkMid Suffolk / West Suffolk
Cambridge BC72,560CambridgeshireCambridge
Castle Point BC70,923EssexCastle Point / Basildon
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC71,020SuffolkEast Suffolk / Ipswich / Mid Suffolk
Chelmsford BC76,454EssexChelmsford
Clacton CC75,959EssexTendring
Colchester BC76,843EssexColchester
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC74,069BedfordshireCentral Bedfordshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC76,279CambridgeshireEast Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC74,553EssexEpping Forest
Great Yarmouth CC70,077NorfolkGreat Yarmouth
Harlow CC73,479EssexEpping Forest / Harlow / Uttlesford
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC71,635HertfordshireDacorum / St Albans
Harwich and North Essex CC74,838EssexColchester / Tendring
Hemel Hempstead CC70,496HertfordshireDacorum
Hertford and Stortford CC75,396HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC73,256HertfordshireHertsmere / Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin CC72,112Bedfordshire / HertfordshireCentral Bedfordshire / North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC75,590CambridgeshireHuntingdonshire
Ipswich BC75,117SuffolkIpswich
Lowestoft CC73,967SuffolkEast Suffolk
Luton North BC73,266BedfordshireLuton
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC70,197BedfordshireCentral Bedfordshire / Luton
Maldon CC76,794EssexChelmsford / Maldon
Mid Bedfordshire CC71,748BedfordshireBedford / Central Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC71,060NorfolkBreckland / South Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC76,319BedfordshireBedford / Central Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC70,806CambridgeshireFenland
North East Hertfordshire CC76,849HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC70,719NorfolkNorth Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC73,556CambridgeshireHuntingdonshire / Peterborough
North West Essex CC76,280EssexChelmsford / Uttlesford
North West Norfolk CC75,200NorfolkKings Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich North BC71,441NorfolkBroadland / Norwich
Norwich South BC73,201NorfolkNorwich / South Norfolk
Peterborough CC72,273CambridgeshirePeterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford CC76,422EssexBasildon / Rochford
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC73,322EssexBasildon / Thurrock
South Cambridgeshire CC75,484CambridgeshireCambridge / South Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC69,837NorfolkSouth Norfolk
South Suffolk CC71,070SuffolkBabergh
South West Hertfordshire CC71,552HertfordshireDacorum / Three Rivers
South West Norfolk CC72,496NorfolkBreckland / Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Southend East and Rochford CC70,094EssexRochford / Southend-on-Sea
Southend West and Leigh BC76,824EssexSouthend-on-Sea
St Albans CC70,881HertfordshireSt Albans
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC74,699CambridgeshireHuntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC70,370HertfordshireEast Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire / Stevenage
Suffolk Coastal CC72,683SuffolkEast Suffolk
Thurrock BC73,347EssexThurrock
Watford BC70,576HertfordshireHertsmere / Watford
Waveney Valley CC70,540Norfolk / SuffolkEast Suffolk / Mid Suffolk / South Norfolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC74,535HertfordshireWelwyn Hatfield
West Suffolk CC76,243SuffolkWest Suffolk
Witham CC75,064EssexBraintree / Colchester / Maldon

Results history

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

2019

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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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative1,754,09157.2% 2.6%52 2
Labour749,90624.4% 8.3%5 2
Liberal Democrats410,84913.4% 5.5%10
Greens90,9573.0% 1.1%00
Brexit11,7070.4%new00
Others50,7511.6% 1.3%00
Total3,068,261100.058

Percentage votes

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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

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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

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Notes

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  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
  3. ^ Elected as a Conservative in 2010, Poulter defected to Labour on 27 April 2024.

References

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  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Southend West by-election live updates: Residents vote to elect MP after Sir David Amess' death". Essex Live. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022. The turnout for the Southend West by election was 24.03 per cent of an electorate of 66,354
  6. ^ "Election results Southend West by-election 2022". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".