North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)
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For the Canadian House of Commons constituency, see Essex North.
| North Essex County constituency |
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| North Essex shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1997 |
| MP: | Bernard Jenkin |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
North Essex is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – "present": Bernard Jenkin, Conservative
[edit] Election results
[edit] Result of 2005
| General Election 2005: North Essex | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||
[edit] Result of 2001
| General Election 2001: North Essex | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | George Curtis | 1,613 | 3.6 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 7,186 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,944 | 62.8 | -12.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Result of 1997
| General Election 1997: North Essex | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 hold | Swing | −14.0 | |||
[edit] Notional result of 1992
| General Election 1992: North Essex | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] Boundary changes
| Preceded by: Colchester North |
UK Parliament constituency 1997– |
Succeeded by: Current constituency |
| Preceded by: Colchester South and Maldon |
UK Parliament constituency 1997– |
