Harwich and North Essex | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 71,087 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Harwich, Wivenhoe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Harwich, North Essex |
Harwich and North Essex /ˈhærɪtʃ ... ˈɛsɪks/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Bernard Jenkin of the Conservative Party since its creation in 2010.[n 2]
The constituency maintains a strong maritime connection, containing the eponymous port and town of Harwich which offers regular ferry services to the Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland). Deprivation in terms of low income and unemployment exists in the Dovercourt, Parkeston and station neighbourhoods of Harwich itself and south of Brightlingsea whereas the other villages and towns (down to localised Output Areas of a few hundred homes) fall above the national average on the same measures.[2]
The seat was created for the 2010 general election following a review of the Parliamentary representation of Essex by the Boundary Commission for England. It was formed from the majority of the abolished constituency of North Essex, together with the town of Harwich and surrounding areas, previously part of the abolished Harwich constituency, with the remainder of the Harwich seat creating the new seat of Clacton.
Jenkin was previously Member of Parliament for North Essex.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st December 2020):
Minor changes - Old Heath and The Hythe areas to the south east of Colchester city centre added from Colchester, offset by the transfer of some rural areas in the east to Clacton.
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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2010 | Sir Bernard Jenkin | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 31,830 | 61.3 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Rice | 11,648 | 22.4 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Beckett | 5,866 | 11.3 | +5.9 | |
Green | Peter Banks | 1,945 | 3.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Richard Browning-Smith | 411 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Tony Francis | 263 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 20,182 | 38.9 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,963 | 70.1 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin[7] | 29,921 | 58.5 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Rosalind Scott[8] | 15,565 | 30.4 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Graham[9] | 2,787 | 5.4 | -2.0 | |
UKIP | Aaron Hammond[8] | 1,685 | 3.3 | -14.2 | |
Green | Blake Roberts[8][10] | 1,042 | 2.0 | -2.4 | |
CPA | Stephen Todd[11] | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,356 | 28.1 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,141 | 71.7 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 24,722 | 51.0 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Edward Browne[13] | 9,548 | 19.7 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Mark Hughes[13] | 8,464 | 17.5 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Graham[13] | 3,576 | 7.4 | -16.2 | |
Green | Christopher Flossman | 2,122 | 4.4 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 15,174 | 31.3 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,432 | 69.9 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard Jenkin* | 23,001 | 46.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Raven | 11,554 | 23.6 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Darren Barrenger | 9,774 | 19.9 | -10.9 | |
UKIP | Simon Anselmi | 2,572 | 5.2 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Stephen Robey | 1,065 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | Chris Fox | 909 | 1.9 | -1.8 | |
Independent | Peter Bates | 170 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,447 | 23.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,000 | 69.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 |