Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1801-1983 & 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the electoral district in the United Kingdom. For the electoral district of the same name in Canada, see Colchester (provincial electoral district).
Colchester is a constituency[n 1] in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Pam Cox, of the Labour party.[n 2]
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Colchester | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 76,843 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Colchester, The Hythe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Pam Cox (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Colchester North, South Colchester and Maldon |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Colchester (Parliamentary Borough), Harwich (part) |
Replaced by | Colchester North and Colchester South & Maldon |
1295–1918 | |
Seats | Two to 1885, one from 1885 to 1918 |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Colchester (county constituency) |
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The seat was previously held by Conservative MP Will Quince who announced in June 2023 that he would not be standing for re-election.[2]