Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Colchester North ? constituency |
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| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Colchester North was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom up until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat was succeeded by Colchester and the northern half of Essex North.
| Party | 1992 Actual Result | 1992 Predicted Result |
| Conservative | 51.5 | 54.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 27.4 | 19.1 |
| Labour | 20.3 | 23.7 |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1992: Colchester North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 35,123 | 51.5 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J R Raven | 18,721 | 27.4 | −3.1 | |
| Labour | D G Lee | 13,870 | 20.3 | +2.4 | |
| Green | M Tariq Shabeer | 372 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Natural Law | M Mears | 238 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 16,402 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 79.1 | +3.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| General Election 1987: Colchester North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Antony Buck | 32,747 | 52.3 | –0.7 | |
| Social Democrat | A Hayman | 19,124 | 30.5 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | R A Green | 10,768 | 17.2 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,623 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 76.0 | +2.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
| General Election 1983: Colchester North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Antony Buck | 29,921 | 53.0 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | R Montgomerie | 14,873 | 26.3 | +12.2 | |
| Labour | R C Allen | 10,397 | 18.4 | −14.9 | |
| Ind. Conservative | D Wilkinson | 784 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Independent | R Davies | 510 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 15,048 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 73.08 | −3.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.1 | |||
Changes in vote share for 1983 is basedon change from 1979 result of Colchester.
