Este artículo trata sobre el distrito electoral del Reino Unido. Para el distrito electoral del mismo nombre en Canadá, vea Colchester (distrito electoral provincial) .
The Parliamentary Borough of Colchester had sent two members to Parliament since the Model Parliament of 1295. In 1885, representation was reduced to one, being one of 36 English boroughs and three Irish boroughs to which this occurred under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.[2] Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the Parliamentary Borough was abolished and replaced with a Division of the County of Essex (later a County Constituency).
The constituency remained virtually unchanged until it was briefly abolished for the 1983 general election following the Third Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies, but re-established for the 1997 general election as a Borough Constituency by the Fourth Review.
Boundaries and boundary changes[edit]
Colchester in Essex 1918-50
Map of present boundaries
1918–1950: The Borough of Colchester, and the Rural District of Lexden and Winstree except the detached part of the parish of Inworth which was wholly surrounded by the parishes of Great Braxted and Kelvedon.[3]
The area comprising the Rural District of Lexden and Winstree had largely been part of the Harwich Division.
1950–1983: The Borough of Colchester, the Urban District of West Mersea, and the Rural District of Lexden and Winstree.[4]
No changes (the Urban District of West Mersea had been formed as a separate local authority in 1926).
For the 1983 general election the constituency was abolished, with the northern parts (comprising the majority) forming the bulk of the new constituency of North Colchester. Southern areas were included in the new constituency of South Colchester and Maldon.
1997–2010: The Borough of Colchester wards of Berechurch, Castle, Harbour, Lexden, Mile End, New Town, Prettygate, St Andrew's, St Anne's, St John's, St Mary's, Shrub End, and Stanway.[5]
Re-established from parts of the abolished constituencies of South Colchester and Maldon (Berechurch, Harbour, New Town, Prettygate and Shrub End wards) and North Colchester (remaining wards).
2010–present: The Borough of Colchester wards of Berechurch, Castle, Christ Church, Harbour, Highwoods, Lexden, Mile End, New Town, Prettygate, St Andrew's, St Anne's, St John's, and Shrub End.[6]
Local authority wards redistributed. Minor reduction in electorate, with Stanway ward being included in the new constituency of Witham.
Constituency profile[edit]
Once the basis for one or two semi-rural seats, the modern-day Colchester constituency is a compact, urban core, containing the town centre and surrounding neighbourhoods.
The present Colchester constituency most closely resembles the old seat of Colchester North, which was held by the Conservative Bernard Jenkin from 1992 to 1997.
The seat has one of Britain's largest residential military populations. The non-military vote in Colchester swung further in favour of the Liberal Democrats since 1997 when Bob Russell stood. He was elected for the party with a small majority. Russell increased his votes and percentage share in three elections. In the 2010 election this was the only non-Conservative seat in Essex. Russell was defeated in the 2015 general election by Conservative Will Quince, by an 11.5% majority. In the 2017 election Quince was re-elected by a slightly decreased margin by percentage (10.6%), with Labour moving into 2nd place after a substantial increase in their vote, meaning this seat is now much more a contest between Labour and the Conservatives for the first time in many years. In the 2019 election, Quince increased his majority to 9,423 or 17.6% in percentage terms.
Members of Parliament[edit]
MPs 1295–1640[edit]
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Parliament
First member
Second member
1312
Joseph Elianore
1386
Thomas Francis
Ralph Algar[7]
1388 (Feb)
Thomas Francis
Simon Fordham[7]
1388 (Sep)
Ralph Algar
Simon Fordham[7]
1390 (Jan)
Thomas Francis
Simon Fordham[7]
1390 (Nov)
1391
Thomas Francis
John Christian[7]
1393
William Mate
John Christian[7]
1394
1395
Thomas Francis
John Christian[7]
1397 (Jan)
Henry Boss
John Seaburgh[7]
1397 (Sep)
1399
Thomas Francis
Thomas Godstone[7]
1401
1402
Henry Boss
Thomas Godstone[7]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406
Henry Boss
William Mate[7]
1407
Thomas Godstone
William Mate[7]
1410
1411
Thomas Godstone
John Pod[7]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)
Thomas Godstone
Thomas Francis[7]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)
Thomas Godstone
Simon Mate[7]
1415
1416 (Mar)
John Ford
John Sumpter[7]
1416 (Oct)
1417
Thomas Godstone
John Ford[7]
1419
Thomas Godstone
John Sumpter[7]
1420
Thomas Godstone
John Kimberley[7]
1421 (May)
Thomas Godstone
John Kimberley[7]
1421 (Dec)
Thomas Godstone
William Nottingham[7]
1485
Thomas Christmas
John Vertue[8]
1510
No names known[9]
1512
?John Clere
?John Makin[9]
1515
?John Clere
?John Makin[9]
1523
Thomas Audley
Ambrose Lowth[9]
1529
Sir John Raynsford
Richard Rich[9]
1536
?
1539
?
1542
?
1545
John Lucas
Benjamin Clere[9]
1547
John Ryther
John Lucas[9]
1553 (Mar)
Sir Francis Jobson
?John Lucas[9]
1553 (Oct)
John Lucas
John Best[9]
1554 (Apr)
Sir Francis Jobson
William Cardinall[9]
1554 (Nov)
George Sayer
Robert Browne[9]
1555
Sir Francis Jobson
John Hering[9]
1558
George Christmas
Thomas Lucas[9]
1559
Sir Francis Jobson
William Cardinall[10]
1562/3
Sir Francis Jobson
William Cardinall[10]
1571
Henry Golding
Francis Harvey[10]
1572
Robert Christmas
Henry Golding, died and repl, 1576 by Nicholas Clere, who alao died and was repl. 1579 by Robert Middleton[10]
1584
James Morice
Francis Harvey[10]
1586
James Morice
Francis Harvey[10]
1588
James Morice
Arthur Throckmorton[10]
1593
James Morice
Martin Bessell[10]
1597
Richard Symnell
Robert Barker[10]
1601
Robert Barker
Richard Symnell[10]
1604–1611
Robert Barker
Edward Alford
1614
Robert Barker
Edward Alford
1621–1622
Edward Alford
William Towse
1624
Edward Alford
William Towse
1625
Sir Robert Quarles
William Towse
1626
Edward Alford
William Towse
1628
Sir Thomas Cheek
Edward Alford repl. on petition by Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet
1639–1640
No Parliaments summoned
MPs 1640–1885[edit]
Year
First member[11]
First party
Second member[11]
Second party
April 1640
(Sir) Harbottle Grimston[mpnotes 1]
Parliamentarian
Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet
November 1640
Sir Thomas Barrington
Parliamentarian
September 1644
Barrington died September 1644 - seat vacant
1645
John Sayer
December 1648
Grimston excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
Sayer not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653
Colchester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654
Colonel John Barkstead
John Maidstone
1656
Henry Lawrence
January 1659
Abraham Johnson
John Shaw
May 1659
Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660
Sir Harbottle Grimston
John Shaw
1679
Sir Walter Clarges, Bt
1681
Samuel Reynolds
1685
Sir Walter Clarges
Nathaniel Lawrence
1689
Samuel Reynolds
Isaac Rebow
1690
Edward Cary
1692
Sir Isaac Rebow
1694
Sir Thomas Cooke
1695
Sir John Morden, Bt
1698
Sir Thomas Cooke
May 1705
Edward Bullock
December 1705
Sir Thomas Webster, Bt[mpnotes 2]
1711
William Gore
1713
Sir Thomas Webster, Bt
1714[mpnotes 3]
William Gore
Nicholas Corsellis
1715
Richard Du Cane
Whig
Sir Isaac Rebow
Whig
1722
Sir Thomas Webster
Whig
Matthew Martin
Whig
1727
Stamp Brooksbank
Whig
Samuel Tufnell
Whig
1734
Isaac Lemyng Rebow
Whig
Matthew Martin
Whig
1735
Jacob Houblon
Tory
1741
John Olmius
Whig
1742[mpnotes 4]
Samuel Savill
Charles Gray[mpnotes 5]
Tory
1747
Richard Savage Nassau
1754
John Olmius
Whig
1755
Isaac Martin Rebow
Whig
1761
Charles Gray
Tory
1780
Sir Robert Smyth, Bt
Radical Whig
1781
Christopher Potter[mpnotes 6]
1782[mpnotes 6]
Sir Edmund Affleck, Bt[mpnotes 7]
April 1784
Christopher Potter[mpnotes 8]
July 1784
Sir Robert Smyth, Bt
Radical
1788
George Tierney
Radical
1790
Robert Thornton
Tory[12]
George Jackson
Tory
1796
The Lord Muncaster
Tory
1802
John Denison
Tory
1806
William Tufnell
Whig
1807
Richard Hart Davis
Tory[12]
1812
Hart Davis
Tory
1817
Sir William Burroughs, Bt
Tory
February 1818
James Beckford Wildman
Tory[12]
June 1818
Daniel Whittle Harvey[mpnotes 9]
Radical[12]
1820
Henry Baring
Tory
1826
Daniel Whittle Harvey
Radical[12]
Sir George Smyth, Bt
Tory[12]
1829
Richard Sanderson
Tory[12]
1830
Andrew Spottiswoode[mpnotes 10]
Tory[12]
1831
William Mayhew
Whig[12]
1832
Richard Sanderson
Tory[12]
1834
Conservative[12]
1835
Sir George Smyth, Bt
Conservative[12]
1847
Joseph Hardcastle
Whig[13][14][15]
1850
Lord John Manners
Conservative
1852
William Warwick Hawkins
Conservative
February 1857
John Gurdon Rebow
Radical[16][17][18]
March 1857
Taverner John Miller
Conservative
1859
Philip Oxenden Papillon
Conservative
1865
John Gurdon Rebow
Liberal
1867
Edward Karslake
Conservative
1868
William Brewer
Liberal
1870
Alexander Learmonth
Conservative
1874
Herbert Mackworth-Praed
Conservative
1880
Richard Causton
Liberal
William Willis
Liberal
1885
Representation reduced to one member
Notes[edit]
^Succeeded to a baronetcy, April 1648
^Webster and Rebow were re-elected in 1714, but on petition the result was reversed and Gore declared to have been duly elected instead, following a dispute over whether foreigners could be made freemen of the borough and thereby acquire voting rights
^Webster was re-elected in 1710, but on petition the result was reversed and Gore and Corsellis declared to have been duly elected instead, following a further dispute over foreign freemen's voting rights
^At the election of 1741, Olmius and Martin were returned as elected, but on petition their election was declared void and their opponents, Savill and Gray, declared elected in their place
^At the election of 1754, Gray was re- elected, but on petition his election was declared void and his opponent, Rebow, declared elected in his place
^ a bOn petition, Potter's election was declared void on the grounds of defective qualification and his opponent, Affleck, declared duly elected
^Admiral from 1784
^On petition, Potter was declared ineligible on the grounds of bankruptcy, and a writ for a new election was issued
^Harvey was re-elected in 1820 but on petition his election was declared void on the grounds of defective qualification and a by-election was held
^On petition, Spottiswoode's election was declared void and a by-election was held
MPs 1885–1983[edit]
See also: List of MPs of Colchester, 1885–1983
Election
Member[11]
Party
1885
Henry John Trotter
Conservative
1888
Lord Brooke
Conservative
1892
Herbert Naylor-Leyland
Conservative
1895
Weetman Pearson
Liberal
1910
Laming Worthington-Evans
Conservative
1929
Oswald Lewis
Conservative
1945
George Smith
Labour
1950
Cuthbert Alport
Conservative
1961
Antony Buck
Conservative
1983
Constituency abolished
MPs since 1997[edit]
Election
Member[11]
Party
1997
Bob Russell
Liberal Democrat
2015
Will Quince
Conservative
Elections[edit]
Graph of election results in Colchester since 1997 (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
General election 2019: Colchester[19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Will Quince
26,917
50.4
+4.5
Labour
Tina McKay
17,494
32.8
−2.5
Liberal Democrats
Martin Goss
7,432
13.9
−3.1
Green
Mark Goacher
1,530
2.9
+1.4
Majority
9,423
17.6
+7.0
Turnout
53,373
64.6
−2.3
Conservative hold
Swing
+3.5
General election 2017: Colchester[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Will Quince
24,565
45.9
+7.0
Labour
Tim Young
18,888
35.3
+19.1
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
9,087
17.0
−10.5
Green
Mark Goacher
828
1.5
−3.6
CPA
Robin Rennie[22]
177
0.3
+0.1
Majority
5,677
10.6
-0.8
Turnout
53,545
66.9
+1.4
Conservative hold
Swing
- 6.1
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Colchester
General election 2015: Colchester[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Will Quince
18,919
38.9
+6.0
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
13,344
27.5
−20.5
Labour
Jordan Newell
7,852
16.2
+3.9
UKIP
John Pitts
5,870
12.1
+9.2
Green
Mark Goacher
2,499
5.1
+3.6
CPA
Ken Scrimshaw
109
0.2
New
Majority
5,575
11.4
N/A
Turnout
48,593
65.5
+3.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Swing
+7.2
General election 2010: Colchester[24][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
22,151
48.0
+0.3
Conservative
Will Quince
15,169
32.9
+0.8
Labour
Jordan Newell
5,680
12.3
−7.9
UKIP
John Pitts
1,350
2.9
New
BNP
Sidney Chaney
705
1.5
New
Green
Peter Lynn
694
1.5
New
English Democrat
Eddie Bone
335
0.7
New
Peoples Party Essex
Garryck Noble
35
0.1
New
Independent
Paul Shaw
20
0.0
New
Majority
6,982
15.1
−0.5
Turnout
46,139
62.3
+5.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Swing
−0.2
Elections in the 2000s[edit]
General election 2005: Colchester[26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
21,145
47.1
+4.5
Conservative
Kevin Bentley
14,868
33.1
+3.2
Labour
Laura Bruni
8,886
19.8
−5.2
Majority
6,277
14.0
+1.3
Turnout
44,899
56.8
+0.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Swing
+0.6
General election 2001: Colchester[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
18,627
42.6
+8.2
Conservative
Kevin Bentley
13,074
29.9
−1.5
Labour
Christopher Fegan
10,925
25.0
−5.6
UKIP
Roger Lord
631
1.4
New
Grey Party
Leonard Overy-Owen
479
1.1
New
Majority
5,553
12.7
+9.7
Turnout
43,736
56.1
−13.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Swing
+4.9
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
General election 1997: Colchester[28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Bob Russell
17,886
34.4
+1.7
Conservative
Stephan Shakespeare
16,335
31.4
−10.6
Labour
Rod Green
15,891
30.5
+6.4
Referendum
John Hazell
1,776
3.4
New
Natural Law
Loretta Basker
148
0.3
New
Majority
1,551
3.0
N/A
Turnout
52,036
69.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Swing
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
General election 1979: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
36,740
52.93
Labour
Bob Russell
22,877
32.96
Liberal
M Gage
9,794
14.11
Majority
13,863
19.97
Turnout
69,411
76.62
Conservative hold
Swing
General election October 1974: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
27,693
44.45
Labour
David Whytock
22,193
35.62
Liberal
D Christian
12,421
19.94
Majority
5,500
8.83
Turnout
62,307
76.14
Conservative hold
Swing
General election February 1974: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
29,072
43.38
Labour
David Whytock
22,210
33.14
Liberal
DW Thomas
15,737
23.48
Majority
6,862
10.24
Turnout
67,019
82.60
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1970: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
30,562
52.57
Labour
John G Bartlett
20,325
34.96
Liberal
Peter S Watts
7,248
12.47
Majority
10,237
17.61
Turnout
58,135
77.57
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
General election 1966: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
24,320
45.60
Labour
Michael Meacher
23,305
43.69
Liberal
Peter S Watts
5,714
10.71
Majority
1,015
1.91
Turnout
53,339
82.26
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1964: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
23,319
46.03
Labour
Charles Williams
19,780
39.04
Liberal
Eric W Rodnight
7,566
14.93
Majority
3,539
6.99
Turnout
50,665
82.06
Conservative hold
Swing
By Election 1961: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Antony Buck
17,891
47.14
−4.46
Labour
John Wilson Fear
12,547
33.06
−2.81
Liberal
Howard Fry
7,487
19.74
+7.26
Majority
5,344
14.08
−1.66
Turnout
37,925
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
General election 1959: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Cuthbert Alport
24,592
51.63
Labour
Joan I. Edmonson
17,096
35.89
Liberal
Peter M Linfoot
5,942
12.48
New
Majority
7,496
15.74
Turnout
47,630
82.44
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1955: Colchester[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Cuthbert Alport
24,796
55.48
Labour Co-op
Norman R Thomas
19,898
44.52
Majority
4,898
10.96
Turnout
44,694
80.49
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1951: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Cuthbert Alport
25,063
54.16
Labour
Xenia Field
21,217
45.84
Majority
3,846
8.32
Turnout
46,280
84.84
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1950: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Cuthbert Alport
21,403
46.50
Labour
Charles Delacourt-Smith
20,472
44.47
Liberal
David Goldblatt
4,157
9.03
Majority
931
2.03
N/A
Turnout
46,032
86.77
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
General election 1945: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Charles Delacourt-Smith
16,587
45.31
Conservative
Oswald Lewis
14,123
38.58
Liberal
George Alexander Routledge
5,899
16.11
New
Majority
2,464
6.73
N/A
Turnout
36,609
73.87
Labour gain from Conservative
Swing
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Conservative: Oswald Lewis
Labour: Charles Delacourt-Smith
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
General election 1935: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Oswald Lewis
19,915
58.65
Labour
Hubert Beaumont
14,039
41.35
Majority
5,876
17.30
Turnout
33,954
74.63
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1931: Colchester
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Oswald Lewis
22,285
67.51
Labour
Edward Aylmer Digby
10,725
32.49
Majority
11,560
35.02
Turnout
33,010
76.38
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
General election 1929: Colchester[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Oswald Lewis
13,411
40.3
−16.3
Labour
Richard Reiss
12,809
38.5
−4.9
Liberal
William Elliston
6,896
20.7
New
Independent Unionist
C.C. Gray
172
0.5
New
Majority
602
1.8
−11.4
Turnout
33,288
79.4
+0.6
Registered electors
41,947
Unionist hold
Swing
−5.7
General election 1924: Colchester[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Laming Worthington-Evans
14,283
56.6
+13.2
Labour
Richard Reiss
10,953
43.4
+9.2
Majority
3,330
13.2
+4.0
Turnout
25,236
78.8
+0.6
Registered electors
32,009
Unionist hold
Swing
+2.0
General election 1923: Colchester[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Laming Worthington-Evans
10,535
43.4
−13.3
Labour
Richard Reiss
8,316
34.2
−9.1
Liberal
Arthur Horne Goldfinch
5,430
22.4
New
Majority
2,219
9.2
−4.2
Turnout
24,281
78.2
+0.3
Registered electors
31,058
Unionist hold
Swing
−2.1
Worthington-Evans
General election 1922 : Colchester[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Laming Worthington-Evans
13,142
56.7
−4.4
Labour
Richard Reiss
10,045
43.3
+4.4
Majority
3,097
13.4
−8.8
Turnout
23,187
77.9
+17.7
Registered electors
29,779
Unionist hold
Swing
−4.4
Election results 1885–1918[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Causton
General election 1885: Colchester[31][32][33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Henry John Trotter
2,044
52.1
+3.7
Liberal
Richard Causton
1,878
47.9
−3.7
Majority
166
4.2
N/A
Turnout
3,922
92.5
+4.1 (est)
Registered electors
4,241
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Colchester[31][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Henry John Trotter
1,996
54.0
+1.9
Liberal
Richard Causton
1,701
46.0
−1.9
Majority
295
8.0
+2.8
Turnout
3,697
87.2
−5.3
Registered electors
4,241
Conservative hold
Swing
+1.9
Trotter's death a caused a by-election.
By-election, 18 Dec 1888: Colchester[31][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Francis Greville
2,126
55.8
+1.8
Liberal
William Brampton Gurdon
1,687
44.2
−1.8
Majority
439
11.6
+3.6
Turnout
3,813
86.3
−0.9
Registered electors
4,417
Conservative hold
Swing
+1.8
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
General election 1892: Colchester[31][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Herbert Naylor-Leyland
2,173
50.7
−3.3
Liberal
Weetman Pearson
2,112
49.3
+3.3
Majority
61
1.4
−6.6
Turnout
4,285
85.7
−1.5
Registered electors
5,000
Conservative hold
Swing
−3.3
Pearson
1895 Colchester by-election[31][32][34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Weetman Pearson
2,559
52.7
+3.4
Conservative
John Medlicott Vereker
2,296
47.3
−3.4
Majority
263
5.4
N/A
Turnout
4,855
92.4
+6.7
Registered electors
5,257
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+3.4
General election 1895: Colchester[31][32][34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Weetman Pearson
2,475
52.2
+2.9
Conservative
Edward Samuel Norris
2,270
47.8
−2.9
Majority
205
4.4
N/A
Turnout
4,745
90.3
+4.6
Registered electors
5,257
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+2.9
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
General election 1900: Colchester[31][32][34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Weetman Pearson
2,548
52.8
+0.6
Conservative
Trevenen Holland
2,274
47.2
−0.6
Majority
274
5.6
+1.2
Turnout
4,822
85.1
−5.2
Registered electors
5,663
Liberal hold
Swing
+0.6
General election 1906: Colchester[31][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Weetman Pearson
3,122
52.6
−0.2
Conservative
Laming Worthington-Evans
2,812
47.4
+0.2
Majority
310
5.2
−0.4
Turnout
5,934
92.3
+7.2
Registered electors
6,426
Liberal hold
Swing
−0.2
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
General election January 1910: Colchester[31][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Laming Worthington-Evans
3,717
56.0
+8.6
Liberal
Frederick Whitley-Thomson
2,926
44.0
−8.6
Majority
791
12.0
17.2
Turnout
6,643
91.9
−0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+8.6
General election December 1910: Colchester[31][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Laming Worthington-Evans
3,489
54.8
−1.2
Liberal
Edgar Vincent
2,874
45.2
+1.2
Majority
615
9.6
−2.4
Turnout
6,363
88.1
−3.8
Conservative hold
Swing
−1.2
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Unionist: Laming Worthington-Evans
Liberal: Arthur Horne Goldfinch[36]
Labour: Robert Morley[37]
General election 1918: Colchester[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
C
Unionist
Laming Worthington-Evans
11,186
61.1
+6.3
Labour
Andrew Conley
7,112
38.9
New
Majority
4,074
22.2
+12.6
Turnout
18,298
60.2
−27.9
Registered electors
30,372
Unionist hold
Swing
N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Election results 1832–1885[edit]
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
General election 1832: Colchester[38][12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Tory
Richard Sanderson
648
48.7
+18.5
Radical
Daniel Whittle Harvey
411
30.9
−4.6
Whig
William Mayhew
272
20.4
−13.9
Turnout
991
90.2
c. +16.3
Registered electors
1,099
Majority
237
17.8
N/A
Tory gain from Whig
Majority
139
10.5
+9.3
Radical hold
Swing
−11.6
General election 1835: Colchester[38][12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Richard Sanderson
637
37.3
+13.0
Conservative
George Smyth
568
33.2
+8.9
Whig
Henry Tufnell
505
29.5
+9.1
Majority
63
3.7
−14.1
Turnout
1,040
90.3
+0.1
Registered electors
1,152
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Radical
Swing
+2.2
General election 1837: Colchester[38][12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Richard Sanderson
472
38.9
+1.6
Conservative
George Smyth
435
35.9
+2.7
Radical
James Ruddell-Todd
306
25.2
N/A
Majority
129
10.7
+7.0
Turnout
739
62.9
−27.4
Registered electors
1,175
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
General election 1841: Colchester[38][12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Richard Sanderson
Unopposed
Conservative
George Smyth
Unopposed
Registered electors
1,176
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
George Smyth
678
37.6
N/A
Whig
Joseph Hardcastle
596
33.0
New
Conservative
Richard Sanderson
531
29.4
N/A
Turnout
903 (est)
71.7 (est)
N/A
Registered electors
1,258
Majority
82
4.6
N/A
Conservative hold
Swing
N/A
Majority
65
3.6
N/A
Whig gain from Conservative
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Smyth's resignation caused a by-election.
By-election, 9 February 1850: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
John Manners
622
61.5
−5.5
Whig
George Wingrove Cooke[39][40][41]
389
38.5
+5.5
Majority
233
23.0
+18.4
Turnout
1,011 (est)
80.9 (est)
+9.2
Registered electors
1,250
Conservative hold
Swing
−5.5
Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 4 March 1852: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
John Manners
Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
William Warwick Hawkins
686
36.7
−0.9
Conservative
John Manners
615
32.9
+3.5
Whig
Joseph Hardcastle
468
25.1
−7.9
Conservative
Henry Thoby Prinsep[42]
98
5.2
N/A
Majority
147
7.8
+3.2
Turnout
934 (est)
74.2 (est)
+2.5
Registered electors
1,258
Conservative hold
Swing
+1.5
Conservative gain from Whig
Swing
+3.7
Manners resigned to contest the 1852 by-election in North Leicestershire, causing a by-election.
By-election, 24 February 1857: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Radical
John Gurdon Rebow
563
54.6
N/A
Conservative
Taverner John Miller
462
44.8
N/A
Radical
William Rawdon Havens[43][44][45]
7
0.7
N/A
Majority
101
9.8
N/A
Turnout
1,032 (est)
80.5 (est)
+6.3
Registered electors
1,282
Radical gain from Conservative
Swing
N/A
General election 1857: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Taverner John Miller
599
48.8
N/A
Radical
John Gurdon Rebow
581
47.3
N/A
Radical
William Rawdon Havens
48
3.9
N/A
Majority
18
1.5
−6.4
Turnout
614 (est)
47.9 (est)
−26.3
Registered electors
1,282
Conservative hold
Swing
N/A
Radical gain from Conservative
Swing
N/A
General election 1859: Colchester[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Taverner John Miller
651
36.8
+12.4
Conservative
Philip Oxenden Papillon
598
33.8
+9.4
Liberal
John Gurdon Rebow
518
29.3
−18.0
Majority
80
4.5
+3.0
Turnout
884 (est)
70.3 (est)
+22.4
Registered electors
1,257
Conservative hold
Swing
+10.7
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+9.2
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
General election 1865: Colchester (2 seats)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
John Gurdon Rebow
691
36.5
+7.2
Conservative
Taverner John Miller
640
33.8
−3.0
Conservative
Philip Oxenden Papillon[46]
561
29.7
−4.1
Majority
51
2.7
N/A
Turnout
1,292 (est)
91.9 (est)
+21.6
Registered electors
1,405
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+7.2
Conservative hold
Swing
−3.3
Miller resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 15 Feb 1867: Colchester (1 seat)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Edward Karslake
675
53.0
−10.5
Liberal
William Brewer
598
47.0
+10.5
Majority
77
6.0
N/A
Turnout
1,273
90.6
−1.3
Registered electors
1,405
Conservative hold
Swing
−10.5
General election 1868: Colchester (2 seats)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
John Gurdon Rebow
1,467
27.2
+8.9
Liberal
William Brewer
1,417
26.3
+8.0
Conservative
Edward Karslake
1,284
23.8
−10.0
Conservative
Alexander Learmonth
1,217
22.6
−7.1
Majority
133
2.5
−0.2
Turnout
2,693 (est)
90.7 (est)
−1.2
Registered electors
3,183
Liberal hold
Swing
+8.0
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+9.0
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Rebow's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 3 Nov 1870: Colchester (1 seat)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Alexander Learmonth
1,363
61.5
+15.1
Liberal
Henry Knight Storks[47]
853
38.5
−15.0
Majority
510
23.0
N/A
Turnout
2,216
70.5
−20.2
Registered electors
3,145
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+15.1
General election 1874: Colchester (2 seats)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Alexander Learmonth
1,515
28.0
+5.4
Conservative
Herbert Mackworth-Praed
1,407
26.0
+2.2
Liberal
William Brewer
1,279
23.6
−2.7
Liberal
Richard Causton
1,218
22.5
−4.7
Majority
128
2.4
N/A
Turnout
2,710 (est)
85.1 (est)
−5.6
Registered electors
3,183
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+4.1
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+3.5
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Causton
General election 1880: Colchester (2 seats)[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Richard Causton
1,738
26.5
+4.0
Liberal
William Willis
1,650
25.1
+1.5
Conservative
Alexander Learmonth
1,648
25.1
−2.9
Conservative
Francis Jeune[48]
1,529
23.3
−2.7
Majority
2
0.0
N/A
Turnout
3,283 (est)
88.4 (est)
−0.7
Registered electors
3,713
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+3.5
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+2.1
Elections before 1832[edit]
General election 1831: Colchester[12][49]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Radical
Daniel Whittle Harvey
617
35.5
−4.8
Whig
William Mayhew
595
34.3
+10.0
Tory
Richard Sanderson
524
30.2
−5.2
Turnout
1,109
c. 73.9
Registered electors
c. 1,500
Majority
22
1.2
−3.7
Radical hold
Swing
−7.4
Majority
71
4.1
N/A
Whig gain from Tory
Swing
+7.6
By-election, 9 April 1831: Colchester[12][49]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
William Mayhew
604
55.2
+30.9
Tory
Sir William Curtis, 2nd Baronet
490
44.8
+9.4
Majority
114
10.4
N/A
Turnout
1,094
c. 72.9
Registered electors
c. 1,500
Whig gain from Tory
Swing
+10.8
Caused by Spottiswoode being unseated on petition
General election 1830: Colchester[12][49]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Radical
Daniel Whittle Harvey
650
40.3
Tory
Andrew Spottiswoode
571
35.4
Whig
William Mayhew
393
24.3
Turnout
1,614
Registered electors
c. 1,500
Majority
79
4.9
Radical hold
Swing
Majority
178
11.1
'
Tory hold
Swing
See also[edit]
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
Notes and references[edit]
Notes
^A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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