Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1801-1983 & 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 2015 by Will Quince, a Conservative.[n 2] In June 2023 Quince announced that he would not be standing for re-election.[2]
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Colchester | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 73,638 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Colchester, The Hythe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Will Quince (Conservative) |
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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