Maldon and East Chelmsford
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Maldon and East Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Maldon and East Chelmsford | |
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| Former County constituency | |
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 Boundary of Maldon and East Chelmsford in Essex for the 2005 general election. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| Major settlements | Maldon, Danbury and Great Baddow |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Chelmsford, Maldon, Witham |
| Created from | Chelmsford, Maldon |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
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.
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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 [1] | Party | |
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| 1997 | John Whittingdale | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Maldon and Witham | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Maldon and East Chelmsford | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
See also
Notes and references
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