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
Constituencies until 2024
† Conservative
‡ Labour
¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency [nb 1]
Electorate[3]
Majority[4] [nb 2]
Member of Parliament [4]
Nearest opposition[4]
County
Constituency Map
Basildon and Billericay BC
69,906
20,412
John Baron †
Andrew Gorgon‡
Essex
Bedford BC
71,581
145
Mohammad Yasin ‡
Ryan Henson†
Bedfordshire
Braintree CC
75,208
24,673
James Cleverly †
Joshua Garfield‡
Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC
75,255
29,065
Alex Burghart †
Oliver Durose‡
Essex
Broadland CC
78,151
21,861
Jerome Mayhew †
Jess Barnard‡
Norfolk
Broxbourne BC
73,182
19,807
Charles Walker †
Sean Waters‡
Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds CC
89,644
24,988
Jo Churchill †
Cliff Waterman‡
Suffolk
Cambridge BC
79,951
9,639
Daniel Zeichner ‡
Rod Cantrill¤
Cambridgeshire
Castle Point BC
69,608
26,634
Rebecca Harris †
Katie Curtis‡
Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
80,037
23,391
Dan Poulter ‡[nb 3]
Emma Bonner-Morgan‡
Suffolk
Chelmsford BC
80,394
17,621
Vicky Ford †
Marie Goldman¤
Essex
Clacton CC
70,930
24,702
Giles Watling †
Kevin Bonavia ‡
Essex
Colchester BC
82,625
9,423
Will Quince †
Tina McKay‡
Essex
Epping Forest CC
74,304
22,173
Eleanor Laing †
Vicky Ashworth Te Velde‡
Essex
Great Yarmouth CC
71,957
17,663
Brandon Lewis †
Mike Smith-Clare‡
Norfolk
Harlow CC
68,078
14,063
Robert Halfon †
Laura McAlpine‡
Essex
Harwich and North Essex CC
74,153
20,182
Bernard Jenkin †
Stephen Rice‡
Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC
74,035
14,563
Michael Penning †
Nabila Ahmed‡
Hertfordshire
Hertford and Stortford CC
81,765
19,620
Julie Marson †
Chris Vince ‡
Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC
73,971
21,313
Oliver Dowden †
Holly Kal-Weiss‡
Hertfordshire
Hitchin and Harpenden CC
76,323
6,895
Bim Afolami †
Sam Collins¤
Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC
84,657
19,383
Jonathan Djanogly †
Samuel Sweek‡
Cambridgeshire
Ipswich BC
75,525
5,479
Tom Hunt †
Sandy Martin ‡
Suffolk
Luton North BC
68,185
9,247
Sarah Owen ‡
Jeet Bains†
Bedfordshire
Luton South BC
69,338
8,756
Rachel Hopkins ‡
Parvez Akhtar†
Bedfordshire
Maldon CC
72,438
30,041
John Whittingdale †
Stephen Capper‡
Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC
40,720 (2023 )
1,192 (2023)
Alistair Strathern ‡
Festus Akinbusoye †
Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC
82,203
22,594
George Freeman †
Adrian Heald‡
Norfolk
North East Bedfordshire CC
90,678
24,283
Richard Fuller †
Julian Vaughan ‡
Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC
83,699
29,993
Steve Barclay †
Diane Boyd‡
Cambridgeshire
North East Hertfordshire CC
76,123
18,189
Oliver Heald †
Kelley Green‡
Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC
70,729
14,395
Duncan Baker †
Karen Ward¤
Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC
94,909
25,983
Shailesh Vara †
Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach‡
Cambridgeshire
North West Norfolk CC
72,080
19,922
James Wild †
Jo Rust‡
Norfolk
Norwich North BC
67,172
4,738
Chloe Smith †
Karen Davis‡
Norfolk
Norwich South BC
77,845
12,760
Clive Lewis ‡
Mike Spencer†
Norfolk
Peterborough BC
72,560
2580
Paul Bristow †
Lisa Forbes ‡
Cambridgeshire
Rayleigh and Wickford CC
78,930
31,000
Mark Francois †
David Flack‡
Essex
Rochford and Southend East CC
75,624
12,246
James Duddridge †
Ashley Dalton‡
Essex
Saffron Walden CC
87,017
27,594
Kemi Badenoch †
Mike Hibbs¤
Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC
74,441
19,922
Stephen Metcalfe †
Jack Ferguson‡
Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC
87,288
2,904
Anthony Browne †
Ian Sollom¤
Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire CC
86,769
11,490
Lucy Frazer †
Pippa Heylings¤
Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC
86,214
21,275
Richard Bacon †
Beth Jones‡
Norfolk
South Suffolk CC
76,201
22,897
James Cartlidge †
Elizabeth Hughes‡
Suffolk
South West Bedfordshire CC
79,926
18,583
Andrew Selous †
Callum Anderson‡
Bedfordshire
South West Hertfordshire CC
80,499
14,408
Gagan Mohindra †
David Gauke #
Hertfordshire
South West Norfolk CC
78,455
26,195
Elizabeth Truss †
Emily Blake‡
Norfolk
Southend West BC
66,354[5]
12,792[6]
Anna Firth †
Jason Pilley#
Essex
St Albans CC
73,727
6,293
Daisy Cooper ¤
Anne Main †
Hertfordshire
Stevenage CC
71,562
8,562
Stephen McPartland †
Jill Borcherds‡
Hertfordshire
Suffolk Coastal CC
81,910
20,533
Thérèse Coffey †
Cameron Matthews‡
Suffolk
Thurrock BC
79,659
11,482
Jackie Doyle-Price †
John Kent‡
Essex
Watford BC
83,359
4,433
Dean Russell †
Chris Ostrowski‡
Hertfordshire
Waveney CC
82,791
18,002
Peter Aldous †
Sonia Barker‡
Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC
74,892
10,955
Grant Shapps †
Rosie Newbigging‡
Hertfordshire
West Suffolk CC
80,193
23,194
Matthew Hancock †
Claire Unwin‡
Suffolk
Witham CC
70,402
24,082
Priti Patel †
Martin Edobor‡
Essex
Proposed boundary changes
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]
Constituency
Electorate
Ceremonial county
Local authority
Basildon and Billericay BC
76,993
Essex
Basildon
Bedford BC
70,068
Bedfordshire
Bedford
Braintree CC
75,662
Essex
Braintree / Uttlesford
Brentwood and Ongar CC
74,937
Essex
Brentwood / Epping Forest
Broadland and Fakenham CC
72,907
Norfolk
Breckland / Broadland
Broxbourne BC
75,454
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne / East Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC
75,655
Suffolk
Mid Suffolk / West Suffolk
Cambridge BC
72,560
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge
Castle Point BC
70,923
Essex
Castle Point / Basildon
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
71,020
Suffolk
East Suffolk / Ipswich / Mid Suffolk
Chelmsford BC
76,454
Essex
Chelmsford
Clacton CC
75,959
Essex
Tendring
Colchester BC
76,843
Essex
Colchester
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC
74,069
Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC
76,279
Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC
74,553
Essex
Epping Forest
Great Yarmouth CC
70,077
Norfolk
Great Yarmouth
Harlow CC
73,479
Essex
Epping Forest / Harlow / Uttlesford
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC
71,635
Hertfordshire
Dacorum / St Albans
Harwich and North Essex CC
74,838
Essex
Colchester / Tendring
Hemel Hempstead CC
70,496
Hertfordshire
Dacorum
Hertford and Stortford CC
75,396
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC
73,256
Hertfordshire
Hertsmere / Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin CC
72,112
Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire
Central Bedfordshire / North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC
75,590
Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire
Ipswich BC
75,117
Suffolk
Ipswich
Lowestoft CC
73,967
Suffolk
East Suffolk
Luton North BC
73,266
Bedfordshire
Luton
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC
70,197
Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire / Luton
Maldon CC
76,794
Essex
Chelmsford / Maldon
Mid Bedfordshire CC
71,748
Bedfordshire
Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC
71,060
Norfolk
Breckland / South Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC
76,319
Bedfordshire
Bedford / Central Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC
70,806
Cambridgeshire
Fenland
North East Hertfordshire CC
76,849
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC
70,719
Norfolk
North Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC
73,556
Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire / Peterborough
North West Essex CC
76,280
Essex
Chelmsford / Uttlesford
North West Norfolk CC
75,200
Norfolk
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich North BC
71,441
Norfolk
Broadland / Norwich
Norwich South BC
73,201
Norfolk
Norwich / South Norfolk
Peterborough CC
72,273
Cambridgeshire
Peterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford CC
76,422
Essex
Basildon / Rochford
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC
73,322
Essex
Basildon / Thurrock
South Cambridgeshire CC
75,484
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge / South Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC
69,837
Norfolk
South Norfolk
South Suffolk CC
71,070
Suffolk
Babergh
South West Hertfordshire CC
71,552
Hertfordshire
Dacorum / Three Rivers
South West Norfolk CC
72,496
Norfolk
Breckland / Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Southend East and Rochford CC
70,094
Essex
Rochford / Southend-on-Sea
Southend West and Leigh BC
76,824
Essex
Southend-on-Sea
St Albans CC
70,881
Hertfordshire
St Albans
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC
74,699
Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC
70,370
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire / North Hertfordshire / Stevenage
Suffolk Coastal CC
72,683
Suffolk
East Suffolk
Thurrock BC
73,347
Essex
Thurrock
Watford BC
70,576
Hertfordshire
Hertsmere / Watford
Waveney Valley CC
70,540
Norfolk / Suffolk
East Suffolk / Mid Suffolk / South Norfolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC
74,535
Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield
West Suffolk CC
76,243
Suffolk
West Suffolk
Witham CC
75,064
Essex
Braintree / Colchester / Maldon
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%
2.6%
52
2
Labour
749,906
24.4%
8.3%
5
2
Liberal Democrats
410,849
13.4%
5.5%
1
0
Greens
90,957
3.0%
1.1%
0
0
Brexit
11,707
0.4%
new
0
0
Others
50,751
1.6%
1.3%
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
^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency
^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival
^ Elected as a Conservative in 2010, Poulter defected to Labour on 27 April 2024.
References
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