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] 51 are represented by Conservative MPs, six by Labour MPs, and one by a Liberal Democrat MP.

Constituencies[edit]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Independent

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†		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[edit]

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 next general election:^[8]

Results history[edit]

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

2019[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Essex
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

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