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Eastern
75,064 electors
Active Seat

Witham

Current MP
Priti Patel
Priti Patel

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
69.1%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Priti Patel Hold
Majority 5,145
Turnout 64.1% ↓6.0pp
Total Votes 50,603
Winner Swing ↓29.4pp
✓ Priti Patel
Conservative
18,827 37.2%
↓29.5pp
Rumi Chowdhury
Labour
13,682 27.0%
↑9.6pp
Timothy Blaxill
Reform UK
9,870 19.5%
—
James Abbott
Green Party
3,539 7.0%
↑1.2pp
Ashley Thompson
Liberal Democrats
3,439 6.8%
↓3.2pp
Chelsey Jay
—
1,246 2.5%
—
Conservative Priti Patel Hold
Majority 24,082
Turnout 70.1% ↓1.1pp
Total Votes 49,344
Winner Swing ↑2.3pp
✓ Priti Patel
Conservative
32,876 66.6%
↑2.3pp
Martin Edobor
Labour
8,794 17.8%
↓8.6pp
Sam North
Liberal Democrats
4,584 9.3%
↑3.8pp
James Abbott
Green Party
3,090 6.3%
↑2.5pp
Conservative Priti Patel Hold
Majority 18,646
Turnout 71.2% ↑0.9pp
Total Votes 49,241
Winner Swing ↑6.8pp
✓ Priti Patel
Conservative
31,670 64.3%
↑6.8pp
Phil Barlow
Labour
13,024 26.5%
↑10.6pp
Jo Hayes
Liberal Democrats
2,715 5.5%
↓0.6pp
James Abbott
Green Party
1,832 3.7%
↓0.6pp
Conservative Priti Patel Hold
Majority 19,554
Turnout 70.3% ↑0.4pp
Total Votes 47,168
Winner Swing ↑5.3pp
✓ Priti Patel
Conservative
27,123 57.5%
↑5.3pp
Gary Cockrill
—
7,569 16.1%
↑9.5pp
John Clarke
Labour
7,467 15.8%
↓2.7pp
Jo Hayes
Liberal Democrats
2,891 6.1%
↓13.6pp
James Abbott
Green Party
2,038 4.3%
↑1.3pp
Doreen Scrimshaw
—
80 0.2%
—
Conservative Priti Patel Hold
Majority 15,196
Turnout 69.9%
Total Votes 46,835
✓ Priti Patel
Conservative
24,448 52.2%
↑2.5pp
Margaret Phelps
Liberal Democrats
9,252 19.8%
↑4.6pp
John Spademan
Labour
8,656 18.5%
↓13.9pp
David Hodges
—
3,060 6.5%
↑3.8pp
James Abbott
Green Party
1,419 3.0%
—

Turnout Trend

69.9%
'10
70.3%
'15
71.2%
'17
70.1%
'19
64.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
22.0% ▲3.8pp
0 to 17
20.8%
50 to 64
20.1%
35 to 49
18.8%
25 to 34
12.2%
18 to 24
6.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.9%
Asian or Asian British
1.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.3%
Other
0.6%
📊 Age
65 and over
22.0%
Under 18
20.8%
45 to 64
20.1%
30 to 44
18.8%
18 to 29
18.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.7%
No religion
43.4%
Not answered
5.7%
Muslim
0.6%
Hindu
0.5%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Asian or Asian British
1.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.5%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.4%
Under 18
21.1%
30 to 44
19.9%
65 and over
18.2%
18 to 29
12.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
63.9%
No religion
27.7%
Religion not stated
7.0%
Muslim
0.4%
Other religion
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
📚
No previous MPs found
No historic membership records available for this constituency