Maldon and East Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

Maldon and East Chelmsford was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1997 to 2010 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

It included the whole of the Maldon District Council area and part of the Borough of Chelmsford Council area. Danbury and Great Baddow are villages in the East Chelmsford part of the constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England abolished the Maldon and East Chelmsford constituency. The wards currently which made up this constituency were divided between a new Maldon constituency; a new Witham constituency; and a re-created Chelmsford constituency. For the first time, the Maldon District was split between constituencies.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	John Whittingdale	Conservative
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Maldon and Witham

Elections

General Election 2005: Maldon and East Chelmsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whittingdale	23,732	51.5	+2.3
	Labour	Sue Tibballs	11,159	24.2	−5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Lambert	9,270	20.1	+4.2
	UKIP	Jesse Pryke	1,930	4.2	+1.6
Majority			12,573	27.3
Turnout			46,091	66.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Maldon and East Chelmsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whittingdale	21,719	49.2	+0.6
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	13,257	30.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Jackson	7,002	15.9	-3.5
	UKIP	Geoffrey Harris	1,135	2.6	+0.7
	Green	Walter Schwarz	987	2.2	+0.9
Majority			8,462	19.1
Turnout			44,100	62.8	-15.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Maldon and East Chelmsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whittingdale	24,524	48.67
	Labour	K Freeman	14,485	28.75
	Liberal Democrat	G Pooley	9,758	19.37
	UKIP	L Overy-Owen	935	1.86
	Green	E Burgess	685	1.36
Majority			10,039	19.92
Turnout			50,387	77.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex