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Eastern
76,454 electors
Active Seat

Chelmsford

Current MP
Marie Goldman
Marie Goldman

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
69.2%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Marie Goldman Gain from Conservative
Majority 4,753
Turnout 65.9% ↓5.2pp
Total Votes 50,716
Winner Swing ↓16.0pp
✓ Marie Goldman
Liberal Democrats
20,214 39.9%
↑13.8pp
Vicky Ford
Conservative
15,461 30.5%
↓24.2pp
Darren Ingrouille
Reform UK
6,754 13.3%
—
Richard Parry
Labour
6,108 12.0%
↓6.1pp
Reza Hossain
Green Party
1,588 3.1%
—
Richard Hyland
—
230 0.5%
—
Mark Lawrence
—
187 0.4%
↓0.7pp
Mark Kenlen
Workers Party of Britain
105 0.2%
—
Kamla Sangha
—
69 0.1%
—
Conservative Vicky Ford Hold
Majority 17,621
Turnout 71.1% ↑0.9pp
Total Votes 57,122
Winner Swing ↑2.2pp
✓ Vicky Ford
Conservative
31,934 55.9%
↑2.2pp
Marie Goldman
Liberal Democrats
14,313 25.1%
↑12.9pp
Penny Richards
Labour
10,295 18.0%
↓11.8pp
Mark Lawrence
—
580 1.0%
—
Conservative Vicky Ford Hold
Majority 13,572
Turnout 70.2% ↑1.7pp
Total Votes 56,860
Winner Swing ↑2.1pp
✓ Vicky Ford
Conservative
30,525 53.7%
↑2.2pp
Chris Vince
Labour
16,953 29.8%
↑12.2pp
Stephen Robinson
Liberal Democrats
6,916 12.2%
↑0.3pp
Nigel Carter
—
1,645 2.9%
↓11.3pp
Reza Hossain
Green Party
821 1.4%
↓2.1pp
Conservative Simon Burns Hold
Majority 18,250
Turnout 68.5% ↓1.9pp
Total Votes 53,817
Winner Swing ↑5.4pp
✓ Simon Burns
Conservative
27,732 51.5%
↑5.4pp
Chris Vince
Labour
9,482 17.6%
↑6.7pp
Mark Gough
—
7,652 14.2%
↑11.4pp
Stephen Robinson
Liberal Democrats
6,394 11.9%
↓24.9pp
Angela Thomson
Green Party
1,892 3.5%
↑2.6pp
Henry Boyle
Liberal
665 1.2%
—
Conservative Simon Burns Hold
Majority 5,110
Turnout 70.4%
Total Votes 54,593
✓ Simon Burns
Conservative
25,207 46.2%
↑6.7pp
Stephen Robinson
Liberal Democrats
20,097 36.8%
↑6.6pp
Peter Dixon
Labour
5,980 11.0%
↓16.0pp
Ken Wedon
—
1,527 2.8%
↓0.6pp
Michael Bateman
—
899 1.7%
—
Angela Thomson
Green Party
476 0.9%
—
Claire Tilbrook
—
254 0.5%
—
Ben Sherman
—
153 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

70.4%
'10
68.5%
'15
70.2%
'17
71.1%
'19
65.9%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
35 to 49
21.7%
0 to 17
21.5%
50 to 64
18.1%
65 and over
16.7% ▲1.5pp
25 to 34
14.6%
18 to 24
7.3%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
85.2%
Asian or Asian British
7.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
3.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.1%
Other
1.2%
📊 Age
18 to 29
21.9%
30 to 44
21.7%
Under 18
21.5%
45 to 64
18.1%
65 and over
16.7%
⛪ Religion
Christian
45.7%
No religion
41.8%
Not answered
5.9%
Muslim
2.8%
Hindu
2.3%
Buddhist
0.6%
Other religion
0.5%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
92.3%
Asian or Asian British
3.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.6%
Other ethnic group
0.4%
📊 Age
45 to 64
24.9%
30 to 44
22.4%
Under 18
21.6%
18 to 29
15.8%
65 and over
15.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
59.9%
No religion
29.6%
Religion not stated
7.0%
Muslim
1.5%
Hindu
0.9%
Buddhist
0.4%
Other religion
0.4%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Vicky Ford Conservative 2017-06-08 2024-05-30
Sir Simon Burns Conservative 1987-06-11 2017-05-03