Election 97

Maldon and Chelmsford East


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 John Whittingdale
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 24,524 (48.7%)
Labour 97 14,485 (28.7%)
LibDem 97 9,758 (19.4%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,620 ( 3.2%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 66,184
Turnout 97 50,387 (76.1%)



1992 MP John Whittingdale
Old constituency name Colchester South and Maldon
Majority 92 21,585 (41.8%)
Conservative 92 32,944 (63.9%)
Labour 92 6,592 (12.8%)
LibDem 92 11,359 (22.0%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 696 ( 1.3%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 64,712
Turnout 92 51,591 (79.7%)
Maldon and Chelmsford East



Tory change -15.2%
Labour change +16.0%
Lib Dem change -2.7%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +1.9%
Electorate change +2.3%
Turnout Change -3.6%
Robert Waller wrote

Chelmsford only contributes a few south-eastern suburbs to the constituency of Maldon and Chelmsford East, which is better typified by the small towns of Malden and Burnham-on Crouch and the flat rural landscape that peters out to marshland on the Essex coast. The seat also just includes Ingatestone, on the A12. These communities are all essentially Conservative, and although the Liberal Democrats may come a fairly distant second, this ought to be a safe Tory seat.


Super Profiles

7,769 21.17 9.03 234
5,215 14.21 11.17 127
6,759 18.42 11.25 164
7,316 19.94 14.70 136
650 1.77 10.45 17
2,602 7.09 2.81 252
2,525 6.88 8.01 86
2,708 7.38 15.25 48
543 1.48 7.13 21
0 0.00 10.17 0