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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		59,261/71,392	83.01
Henry Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,100	57.54
Eric Crosbie Hutchison	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,254	25.74
John Hutchison MacCallum Scott	Liberal Party	9,907	16.72
Majority		18,846	31.80

25 October 1951		56,819/71,957	78.96
Henry Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,287	69.14
Henry Noble Lyall	Labour Party	17,532	30.86
Majority		21,755	38.29

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		42,567/57,424	74.13
Henry Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,326	64.20
Victor George Marchesi	Labour Party	8,866	20.83
Heather Joan Harvey	Liberal Party	6,375	14.98
Majority		18,460	43.37

7 October 1958 Death of Sir Henry Channon.

29 January 1959		26,087/60,773	42.93
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,493	55.56
Heather Joan Harvey	Liberal Party	6,314	24.20
Anthony Pearson-Clarke	Labour Party	5,280	20.24
Majority		8,179	31.35

8 October 1959		47,408/60,999	77.72
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,612	58.24
Heather Joan Harvey	Liberal Party	10,577	22.31
Anthony Pearson-Clarke	Labour Party	9,219	19.45
Majority		17,035	35.93

15 October 1964		50,526/64,132	78.78
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,555	50.58
Gurth Christian Hoyer-Millar	Liberal Party	14,548	28.79
Malcolm Rex Winsbury	Labour Party	10,423	20.63
Majority		11,007	21.78

31 March 1966		50,527/64,487	78.35
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,713	50.89
Motel Burstin	Labour Party	13,856	27.42
Gurth Christian Hoyer-Millar	Liberal Party	10,958	21.69
Majority		11,857	23.47

18 June 1970		48,800/68,940	70.79
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,304	60.05
Motel Burstin	Labour Party	12,419	25.45
Jack Harris Barnett	Liberal Party	7,077	14.50
Majority		16,885	34.60

28 February 1974		53,645/66,925	80.16
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,040	46.68
Walter Greaves	Liberal Party	19,885	37.07
Anthony Nicholas Wright	Labour Party	8,720	16.26
Majority		5,155	9.61

10 October 1974		49,340/67,422	73.18
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,480	47.59
Walter Greaves	Liberal Party	16,409	33.26
Anthony Nicholas Wright	Labour Party	9,451	19.15
Majority		7,071	14.33

3 May 1979		51,055/66,958	76.25
Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,449	57.68
David Ernest Evans	Liberal Party	12,585	24.65
Joy Nisbet	Labour Party	8,341	16.34
Leslie John McKeon	National Front	680	1.33
Majority		16,864	33.03

9 June 1983		48,362/68,233	70.88
Rt Hon Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,360	54.51
Liam Gavin Grant	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,327	37.90
Joy Nisbet	Labour Party	3,675	7.60
Majority		8,033	16.61

11 June 1987		51,505/69,065	74.57
Rt Hon Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,003	54.37
Liam Gavin Grant	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,603	38.06
Angela Evans Smith	Labour and Co-operative Party	3,899	7.57
Majority		8,400	16.31

9 April 1992		49,948/64,198	77.80
Rt Hon Henry Paul Guinness Channon	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,319	54.69
Nina Judith Stimson	Liberal Democrats	15,417	30.87
Geoffrey Paul Viney	Labour Party	6,139	12.29
Alastair James Farmer	Official Liberal Party	495	0.99
Christopher Richard Keene	Green Party	451	0.90
Peter Nigel Warburton	Natural Law Party	127	0.25
Majority		11,902	23.83

1 May 1997		46,514/66,493	69.95
David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,029	38.76
Nina Judith Stimson	Liberal Democrats	15,414	33.14
Alan John Harley	Labour Party	10,600	22.79
Charles Anthony Webster	Referendum Party	1,734	3.73
Richard Brian Lee	UK Independence Party	636	1.37
Peter Nigel Warburton	Natural Law Party	101	0.22
Majority		2,615	5.62

7 June 2001		37,375/64,116	58.29
David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,313	46.32
Paul Simon Luke Fisher	Labour Party	9,372	25.08
Richard John de Ste Croix	Liberal Democrats	9,319	24.93
Richard Brian Lee	UK Independence Party	1,371	3.67
Majority		7,941	21.25

5 May 2005		39,830/64,915	61.36
David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,408	46.22
Peter Alexander Wexham	Liberal Democrats	9,449	23.72
Jan Etienne	Labour Party	9,072	22.78
Carole Sampson	UK Independence Party	1,349	3.39
Marimuthu Velmurugan	Independent	745	1.87
Jeremy William Moreton Moss	English Democrats Party	701	1.76
Daniel Anslow	Max Power	106	0.27
Majority		8,959	22.49

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		43,606/67,293	64.80
David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,086	46.06
Peter James Welch	Liberal Democrats	12,816	29.39
Tom Flynn	Labour Party	5,850	13.42
Garry Lee Cockrill	UK Independence Party	1,714	3.93
Tony Gladwin	British National Party	1,333	3.06
Barry George Bolton	Green Party	644	1.48
Dr Marimutu Velmurgan	Independent	617	1.41
Terry Phillips	English Democrats Party	546	1.25
Majority		7,270	16.67

7 May 2015		44,509/66,876	66.55
Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,175	49.82
Julian Gabriel St John Ware-Lane	Labour Party	8,154	18.32
Brian Otridge	UK Independence Party	7,803	17.53
Paul Michael Collins	Liberal Democrats	4,129	9.28
Jonathan Neal Fuller	Green Party	2,083	4.68
Jeremy William Moreton Moss	English Democrats Party	165	0.37
Majority		14,021	31.50

8 June 2017		47,191/67,677	69.73
Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,046	55.19
Julian Gabriel St John Ware-Lane	Labour Party	16,046	34.00
Lucy V Salek	Liberal Democrats	2,110	4.47
John Stansfield	UK Independence Party	1,666	3.53
Dominic George Ellis	Green Party	831	1.76
Tino Callaghan	Southend Independent	305	0.65
Jason Pilley	Independent	187	0.40
Majority		10,000	21.19

12 December 2019		46,537/69,043	67.40
Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,555	59.21
Aston Aeron Line	Labour Party	13,096	28.14
Nina Judith Stimson	Liberal Democrats	5,312	11.41
77 Joseph	Independent	574	1.23
Majority		14,459	31.07

15 October 2021 Assassination of Sir David Amess.

3 February 2022		14,858/66,462	22.36
Annalissa Firth	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,792	86.10
Jason Stephen Pilley	Psychedelic Movement	512	3.45
Stephen Mark Laws	UK Independence Party	400	2.69
Catherine Anne Blaiklock	English Democrats Party	320	2.15
Jayda Kaleigh Fransen	Independent	299	2.01
Benjamin David Downton	Heritage	236	1.59
Christopher John Anderson	Freedom Alliance	161	1.08
Graham Harry Moore	English Constitution	86	0.58
Olga Victoria Childs	Independent	52	0.35
Majority		12,280	82.65