Harwich and North Essex

Harwich and North Essex is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
14,356
Electorate
71,294
Turnout
71.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Bernard Jenkin
Conservative
29,921 58.5% 7.5%
Rosalind Scott
Labour
15,565 30.4% 10.7%
Dominic Graham
Liberal Democrat
2,787 5.4% -1.9%
Aaaron Hammond
UK Independence Party
1,685 3.3% -14.2%
Blake Roberts
Green Party
1,042 2.0% -2.3%
Stephen Todd
Christian Peoples Alliance
141 0.3% 0.3%