West Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| West Chelmsford County constituency |
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| West Chelmsford shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Simon Burns |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
West Chelmsford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – "present": Simon Burns, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: West Chelmsford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Simon Burns | 22,946 | 44.9 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 13,326 | 26.1 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Russell Kennedy | 13,236 | 25.9 | -3.6 | |
| UK Independence | Ken Wedon | 1,544 | 3.0 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 9,620 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 51,052 | 61.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: West Chelmsford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Simon Burns | 20,446 | 42.5 | +1.9 | |
| Labour | Adrian Longden | 14,185 | 29.5 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 11,197 | 23.3 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Eleanor Burgess | 837 | 1.7 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | Ken Wedon | 693 | 1.4 | +1.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Herb Philbin | 442 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,261 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 48,143 | 61.5 | -15.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
