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

  † 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
A small constituency, located north of the centre of the county.
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
A fairly small constituency in the southeast part of the county.
Bury St Edmunds CC 89,644 24,988   Jo Churchill†   Cliff Waterman‡ Suffolk
Cambridge BC 79,951 9,639   Daniel Zeichner‡   Rod Cantrill¤ Cambridgeshire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county.
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
A medium-sized constituency. It is slightly to the northwest of the centre of the county.
Hertford and Stortford CC 81,765 19,620 Julie Marson† Chris Vince‡ Hertfordshire
A medium-sized constituency located in the east of the county.
Hertsmere CC 73,971 21,313 Oliver Dowden† Holly Kal-Weiss‡ Hertfordshire
A small-to-medium sized constituency, located in the south of the county.
Hitchin and Harpenden CC 76,323 6,895 Bim Afolami† Sam Collins¤ Hertfordshire
A fairly large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county northwards.
Huntingdon CC 84,657 19,383   Jonathan Djanogly†   Samuel Sweek‡ Cambridgeshire
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
Ipswich BC 75,525 5,479   Tom Hunt†   Sandy Martin‡ Suffolk
Luton North BC 68,185 9,247   Sarah Owen‡   Jeet Bains† Bedfordshire
A small constituency south of the centre of the county.
Luton South BC 69,338 8,756   Rachel Hopkins‡   Parvez Akhtar† Bedfordshire
A small constituency, located in the southwest of the county.
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
A large constituency, occupying the centre of the county.
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
A large constituency in the north of the county.
North East Cambridgeshire CC 83,699 29,993   Steve Barclay†   Diane Boyd‡ Cambridgeshire
A large constituency, located in the northeast of the county.
North East Hertfordshire CC 76,123 18,189 Oliver Heald† Kelley Green‡ Hertfordshire
The largest constituency in the county, primarily located in the northeast of the county. Its northernmost parts are considerably further north than constituencies in the west.
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
A medium-to-large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county to the northwest.
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
A small constituency in the northwest of the county.
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
A medium constituency in the south of the county.
South East Cambridgeshire CC 86,769 11,490   Lucy Frazer†   Pippa Heylings¤ Cambridgeshire
A large constituency, situated in the southeast of the county.
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
A medium constituency in the southwest of the county.
South West Hertfordshire CC 80,499 14,408 Gagan Mohindra† David Gauke# Hertfordshire
A medium sized constituency. It is long and thin in shape, stretching from the northwest to the southwest of the county.
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
A small-to-medium sized constituency, slightly west of the centre of the county. It is bordered entirely by other constituencies in the county.
Stevenage CC 71,562 8,562 Stephen McPartland† Jill Borcherds‡ Hertfordshire
A small constituency located slightly north of the centre of the county. It is bordered exclusively by other constituencies in the county.
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
A small constituency, southwest of the centre of the county.
Waveney CC 82,791 18,002   Peter Aldous†   Sonia Barker‡ Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC 74,892 10,955 Grant Shapps† Rosie Newbigging‡ Hertfordshire
A medium sized constituency at the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
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 next 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% Increase2.6% 52 Increase2
Labour 749,906 24.4% Decrease8.3% 5 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 410,849 13.4% Increase5.5% 1 0
Greens 90,957 3.0% Increase1.1% 0 0
Brexit 11,707 0.4% new 0 0
Others 50,751 1.6% Decrease1.3% 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

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival

References

  1. ↑ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ↑ "2019 Election Results". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Southend West by-election live updates: Residents vote to elect MP after Sir David Amess' death". Essex Live. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022. The turnout for the Southend West by election was 24.03 per cent of an electorate of 66,354
  6. ↑ "Election results Southend West by-election 2022". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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