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The region[1] of the East of England is divided into 61 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 14 borough constituencies and 47 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 27 are represented by Labour MPs, 23 by Conservative MPs, seven by Liberal Democrat MPs, three by Reform UK MPs, and one by a Green MP.

2023 boundary changes

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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 would increase by 3, from 58 to 61.[2] 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 and came into effect at the 2024 general election.

Constituencies since 2024

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See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election in the East of England

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat   Reform UK   Green

Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition County Map
Basildon and Billericay BC 76,873 20   Richard Holden   Alex Harrison Essex
Bedford BC 72,478 9,430   Mohammad Yasin   Pinder Chauhan Bedfordshire
Braintree CC 77,781 3,670   James Cleverly   Matthew Wright Essex
Brentwood and Ongar CC 75,352 5,980   Alex Burghart   Paul Godfrey Essex
Broadland and Fakenham CC 75,730 719   Jerome Mayhew   Iain Simpson Norfolk
Broxbourne BC 75,187 2,858   Lewis Cocking   Catherine Deakin Hertfordshire
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC 77,599 1,452   Peter Prinsley   Will Tanner Suffolk
Cambridge BC 70,315 11,078   Daniel Zeichner   Cheney Payne Cambridgeshire
Castle Point BC 70,967 3,251   Rebecca Harris   Keiron McGill Essex
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 71,975 4,290   Patrick Spencer   Kevin Craig Suffolk
Chelmsford BC 76,972 4,753   Marie Goldman   Vicky Ford Essex
Clacton CC 78,703 8,405   Nigel Farage   Giles Watling Essex
Colchester BC 78,662 8,250   Pam Cox   James Cracknell Essex
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard CC 76,742 667   Alex Mayer   Andrew Selous Bedfordshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC 79,112 495   Charlotte Cane   Lucy Frazer Cambridgeshire
Epping Forest CC 72,229 5,682   Neil Hudson   Rosalind Doré Essex
Great Yarmouth CC 73,317 1,426   Rupert Lowe   Keir Cozens Norfolk
Harlow CC 74,683 2,504   Chris Vince   Hannah Ellis Essex
Harpenden and Berkhamsted CC 72,242 10,708   Victoria Collins   Nigel Gardner Hertfordshire
Harwich and North Essex CC 76,579 1,162   Bernard Jenkin   Alex Diner Essex
Hemel Hempstead CC 71,038 4,857   David Taylor   Andrew Williams Hertfordshire
Hertford and Stortford CC 78,915 4,748   Josh Dean   Julie Marson Hertfordshire
Hertsmere CC 73,518 7,992   Oliver Dowden   Josh Tapper Hertfordshire
Hitchin CC 75,080 7,109   Alistair Strathern   Bim Afolami Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Huntingdon CC 79,074 1,499   Ben Obese-Jecty   Alex Bulat Cambridgeshire
Ipswich BC 76,319 8,213   Jack Abbott   Tom Hunt Suffolk
Lowestoft CC 74,332 2,016   Jess Asato   Peter Aldous Suffolk
Luton North BC 74,866 7,510   Sarah Owen   Jilleane Brown Bedfordshire
Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC 76,970 6,858   Rachel Hopkins   Mark Versallion Bedfordshire
Maldon CC 78,281 6,906   John Whittingdale   Pamela Walford Essex
Mid Bedfordshire CC 76,218 1,321   Blake Stephenson   Maahwish Mirza Bedfordshire
Mid Norfolk CC 75,238 3,054   George Freeman   Michael Rosen Norfolk
North Bedfordshire CC 78,850 5,414   Richard Fuller   Uday Nagaraju Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire CC 71,511 7,189   Steve Barclay   Chris Thornhill Cambridgeshire
North East Hertfordshire CC 77,090 1,923   Chris Hinchliff   Nikki da Costa Hertfordshire
North Norfolk CC 71,438 2,585   Steffan Aquarone   Duncan Baker Norfolk
North West Cambridgeshire CC 75,915 39   Sam Carling   Shailesh Vara Cambridgeshire
North West Essex CC 79,824 2,610   Kemi Badenoch   Issy Waite Essex
North West Norfolk CC 74,415 4,954   James Wild   Tim Leaver Norfolk
Norwich North BC 73,834 10,850   Alice Macdonald   Charlotte Salomon Norfolk
Norwich South BC 76,381 13,239   Clive Lewis   Jamie Osborn Norfolk
Peterborough CC 73,378 118   Andrew Pakes   Paul Bristow Cambridgeshire
Rayleigh and Wickford CC 76,576 5,621   Mark Francois   Grant Randall Essex
South Basildon and East Thurrock CC 72,314 98   James McMurdock   Jack Ferguson Essex
South Cambridgeshire CC 77,327 10,641   Pippa Heylings   Chris Carter-Chapman Cambridgeshire
South Norfolk CC 74,135 2,826   Ben Goldsborough   Poppy Simister-Thomas Norfolk
South Suffolk CC 73,385 3,047   James Cartlidge   Emma Bishton Suffolk
South West Hertfordshire CC 71,353 4,456   Gagan Mohindra   Sally Symington Hertfordshire
South West Norfolk CC 74,724 630   Terry Jermy   Liz Truss Norfolk
Southend East and Rochford CC 70,217 4,027   Bayo Alaba   Gavin Haran Essex
Southend West and Leigh BC 75,154 1,949   David Burton-Sampson   Anna Firth Essex
St Albans CC 72,739 19,834   Daisy Cooper   James Spencer Hertfordshire
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC 78,115 4,648   Ian Sollom   Anthony Browne Cambridgeshire
Stevenage CC 70,086 6,618   Kevin Bonavia   Alex Clarkson Hertfordshire
Suffolk Coastal CC 74,522 1,070   Jenny Riddell-Carpenter   Thérèse Coffey Suffolk
Thurrock BC 73,405 6,474   Jen Craft   Sophie Preston-Hall Essex
Watford BC 73,000 4,723   Matt Turmaine   Dean Russell Hertfordshire
Waveney Valley CC 71,629 5,593   Adrian Ramsay   Richard Rout Norfolk and Suffolk
Welwyn Hatfield CC 75,259 3,799   Andrew Lewin   Grant Shapps Hertfordshire
West Suffolk CC 77,149 3,247   Nick Timothy   Rebecca Denness Suffolk
Witham CC 79,072 5,145   Priti Patel   Rumi Chowdhury Essex

Constituencies until 2024

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Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

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‡[nb 3]   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

2024 results

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies in the East of England region in the 2024 general election were as follows:[7]

Party Votes % Change
from 2019 		Seats Change from
2019 (actual) 		Change from
2019 (notional)
Conservative 869,447 30.6 Decrease 26.6 23 Decrease 29 Decrease 32
Labour 834,896 29.4 Increase 5.0 27 Increase 22 Increase 22
Reform UK 496,237 17.5 Increase 17.1 3 Increase 3 Increase 3
Liberal Democrats 375,642 13.2 Decrease 0.2 7 Increase 6 Increase 6
Green 195,665 6.9 Increase 3.9 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
Others 67,432 2.4 Increase 0.8 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
Total 2,839,319 100.0 61 Increase 3

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)

Percentage votes

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East of England votes % 1945-2024

Key:

Seats

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East of England seats 1945-2024

Key:

Maps

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  • 2024
    2024

See also

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Notes

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  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
  3. ^ Elected as a Conservative in 2010, Poulter defected to Labour on 27 April 2024.

References

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  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  4. ^ a b c "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. ^ "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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