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.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
20,182
Electorate
74,153
Turnout
70.1%

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
31,830 61.3% 2.7%
Stephen Rice
Labour
11,648 22.4% -8.0%
Mike Beckett
Liberal Democrat
5,866 11.3% 5.8%
Peter Banks
Green Party
1,945 3.7% 1.7%
Tony Francis
Independent
411 0.8% 0.8%
Richard Browning-Smith
Independent
263 0.5% 0.5%