Witham (UK Parliament constituency)

Witham is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Priti Patel, a Conservative who became the Home Secretary in July 2019, in the Johnson ministry.

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History

The constituency was made in 2010 following changes to the borders of constituencies in Essex.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
2010 Priti Patel Conservative

Elections

General election 2019: Witham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Priti Patel 32,876 66.6   2.3
Labour Martin Edobor 8,794 17.8   8.6
Liberal Democrats Sam North 4,584 9.3   3.8
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. James Abbott 3,090 6.3   2.6
Majority 24,082 48.8   10.9
Turnout 49,344 70.1   1.4
Conservative hold Swing   5.5
General election 2017: Witham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Priti Patel 31,670 64.3   6.8
Labour Phil Barlow 13,024 26.4   10.6
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hayes 2,715 5.5   0.6
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. James Abbott 1,832 3.7   0.6
Majority 18,646 37.9   3.6
Turnout 49,400 71.5   1.2
Conservative hold Swing   1.9
General election 2015: Witham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Priti Patel 27,123 57.5   5.3
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. Garry Cockrill[6] 7,569 16.0   9.5
Labour John Clarke 7,467 15.8   2.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hayes 2,891 6.1   13.7
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. James Abbott[7] 2,038 4.3   1.3
CPA Doreen Scrimshaw[8] 80 0.2 New
Majority 19,554 41.5   9.1
Turnout 47,168 70.3   0.1
Conservative hold Swing   9.5
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General election 2010: Witham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Phelps 9,252 19.8   4.6
Labour John Spademan 8,656 18.5   13.9
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. David Hodges 3,060 6.5 New
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. James Abbott 1,419 3.0 New
Majority 15,196 32.4 N/A
Turnout 46,835 70.2   6.6

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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  3. "Witham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. Daynes, Steve. "Parliamentary Election Results". www.braintree.gov.uk.
  5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. Jacobs, Kuno. "Выставка Цветов Киев - Flower Expo Ukraine". Flower Expo Ukraine 2021.
  7. "19 November 2014 Candidates". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  8. "CPA Candidates for the General Election". Christian Peoples Alliance. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.