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East of England: general election results and history

Seats and votes in East of England at every UK general election from 1918 to 2024, with the result in each of its 61 constituencies.

2024: 61 seats

Basildon and Billericay: Con (Richard Holden), majority 0.1%Bedford: Lab (Mohammad Yasin), majority 23.2%Braintree: Con (James Cleverly), majority 7.5%Brentwood and Ongar: Con (Alex Burghart), majority 12.4%Broadland and Fakenham: Con (Jerome Mayhew), majority 1.5%Broxbourne: Con (Lewis Cocking), majority 6.7%Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket: Lab (Peter Prinsley), majority 2.9% — Lab gain from ConCambridge: Lab (Daniel Zeichner), majority 26.3%Castle Point: Con (Rebecca Harris), majority 8.0%Central Suffolk and North Ipswich: Con (Patrick Spencer), majority 9.2%Chelmsford: LD (Marie Goldman), majority 9.4% — LD gain from ConClacton: Ref (Nigel Farage), majority 18.3% — RUK gain from ConColchester: Lab (Pam Cox), majority 18.4% — Lab gain from ConDunstable and Leighton Buzzard: Lab (Alex Mayer), majority 1.5% — Lab gain from ConEly and East Cambridgeshire: LD (Charlotte Cane), majority 1.0% — LD gain from ConEpping Forest: Con (Neil Hudson), majority 13.6%Great Yarmouth: Ref (Rupert Lowe), majority 3.5% — RUK gain from ConHarlow: Lab (Chris Vince), majority 5.8% — Lab gain from ConHarpenden and Berkhamsted: LD (Victoria Collins), majority 19.7% — LD gain from ConHarwich and North Essex: Con (Bernard Jenkin), majority 2.4%Hemel Hempstead: Lab (David Taylor), majority 11.0% — Lab gain from ConHertford and Stortford: Lab (Joshua Robert Abraham Dean), majority 8.8% — Lab gain from ConHertsmere: Con (Oliver Dowden), majority 16.7%Hitchin: Lab (Alistair Strathern), majority 15.4% — Lab gain from ConHuntingdon: Con (Ben Obese-Jecty), majority 2.9%Ipswich: Lab (Jack Abbott), majority 16.8% — Lab gain from ConLowestoft: Lab (Jess Asato), majority 4.8% — Lab gain from ConLuton North: Lab (Sarah Owen), majority 19.4%Luton South and South Bedfordshire: Lab (Rachel Hopkins), majority 17.9%Maldon: Con (John Whittingdale), majority 13.9%Mid Bedfordshire: Con (Blake Stephenson), majority 2.7%Mid Norfolk: Con (George Freeman), majority 6.7%North Bedfordshire: Con (Richard Fuller), majority 10.5%North East Cambridgeshire: Con (Steve Barclay), majority 18.4%North East Hertfordshire: Lab (Chris Hinchliff), majority 3.7% — Lab gain from ConNorth Norfolk: LD (Steffan Aquarone), majority 5.5% — LD gain from ConNorth West Cambridgeshire: Lab (Sam Carling), majority 0.1% — Lab gain from ConNorth West Essex: Con (Kemi Badenoch), majority 4.8%North West Norfolk: Con (James Wild), majority 11.1%Norwich North: Lab (Alice Macdonald), majority 23.7% — Lab gain from ConNorwich South: Lab (Clive Lewis), majority 29.4%Peterborough: Lab (Andrew Pakes), majority 0.3% — Lab gain from ConRayleigh and Wickford: Con (Mark Francois), majority 11.7%South Basildon and East Thurrock: Ref (James McMurdock), majority 0.3% — RUK gain from ConSouth Cambridgeshire: LD (Pippa Heylings), majority 19.4% — LD gain from ConSouth Norfolk: Lab (Ben Goldsborough), majority 5.7% — Lab gain from ConSouth Suffolk: Con (James Cartlidge), majority 6.2%South West Hertfordshire: Con (Gagan Mohindra), majority 9.2%South West Norfolk: Lab (Terry Jermy), majority 1.4% — Lab gain from ConSouthend East and Rochford: Lab (Bayo Alaba), majority 10.2% — Lab gain from ConSouthend West and Leigh: Lab (David Burton-Sampson), majority 4.2% — Lab gain from ConSt Albans: LD (Daisy Cooper), majority 38.4%St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire: LD (Ian Sollom), majority 8.7% — LD gain from ConStevenage: Lab (Kevin Bonavia), majority 15.5% — Lab gain from ConSuffolk Coastal: Lab (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter), majority 2.2% — Lab gain from ConThurrock: Lab (Jen Craft), majority 17.2% — Lab gain from ConWatford: Lab (Matt Turmaine), majority 10.6% — Lab gain from ConWaveney Valley: Grn (Adrian Ramsay), majority 11.4% — Green gain from ConWelwyn Hatfield: Lab (Andrew Lewin), majority 7.8% — Lab gain from ConWest Suffolk: Con (Nick Timothy), majority 7.0%Witham: Con (Priti Patel), majority 10.2%
2024 winners; paler means a smaller majority. Tap a constituency.
0%15%30%45%60%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Conservative, 1918: 41.5%Conservative, 1922: 47.6%Conservative, 1923: 43.3%Conservative, 1924: 50.4%Conservative, 1929: 41.9%Conservative, 1931: 55.7%Conservative, 1935: 47.9%Conservative, 1945: 35.0%Conservative, 1950: 38.9%Conservative, 1951: 42.7%Conservative, 1955: 53.2%Conservative, 1959: 51.5%Conservative, 1964: 46.6%Conservative, 1966: 45.8%Conservative, 1970: 52.3%Conservative, February 1974: 41.2%Conservative, October 1974: 42.1%Conservative, 1979: 51.5%Conservative, 1983: 51.1%Conservative, 1987: 52.9%Conservative, 1992: 52.6%Conservative, 1997: 39.5%Conservative, 2001: 41.8%Conservative, 2005: 43.3%Conservative, 2010: 47.1%Conservative, 2015: 49.0%Conservative, 2017: 54.6%Conservative, 2019: 57.2%Conservative, 2024: 30.6%Labour, 1918: 17.2%Labour, 1922: 26.0%Labour, 1923: 23.5%Labour, 1924: 23.8%Labour, 1929: 24.8%Labour, 1931: 22.9%Labour, 1935: 31.4%Labour, 1945: 43.2%Labour, 1950: 41.5%Labour, 1951: 45.4%Labour, 1955: 44.6%Labour, 1959: 39.9%Labour, 1964: 40.4%Labour, 1966: 44.6%Labour, 1970: 39.9%Labour, February 1974: 33.1%Labour, October 1974: 36.2%Labour, 1979: 31.9%Labour, 1983: 19.6%Labour, 1987: 20.7%Labour, 1992: 26.4%Labour, 1997: 38.6%Labour, 2001: 36.8%Labour, 2005: 29.8%Labour, 2010: 19.6%Labour, 2015: 22.0%Labour, 2017: 32.7%Labour, 2019: 24.4%Labour, 2024: 29.4%Liberal, 1918: 19.6%Liberal, 1922: 17.5%Liberal, 1923: 33.2%Liberal, 1924: 23.6%Liberal, 1929: 32.3%Liberal, 1931: 6.0%Liberal, 1935: 8.0%Liberal, 1945: 11.4%Liberal, 1950: 12.1%Liberal, 1951: 2.1%Liberal, 1955: 2.2%Liberal, 1959: 8.5%Liberal, 1964: 12.9%Liberal, 1966: 9.5%Liberal, 1970: 7.6%Liberal, February 1974: 25.5%Liberal, October 1974: 21.6%Liberal, 1979: 15.8%Liberal, 2015: 0.0%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 19.8%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 17.1%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 17.5%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 21.8%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 24.1%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 8.3%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 7.9%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 13.4%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 13.2%National Liberal, 1922: 8.9%National Liberal, 1931: 11.2%National Liberal, 1935: 12.4%National Liberal, 1945: 7.8%National Liberal, 1950: 7.2%National Liberal, 1951: 8.2%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 28.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 26.0%UK Independence Party, 2010: 4.3%UK Independence Party, 2015: 16.2%UK Independence Party, 2017: 2.5%UK Independence Party, 2019: 0.0%UK Independence Party, 2024: 0.0%
Vote share in East of England at each general election Con Lab Lib LD Nat Lib Alliance UKIP

Seats at every election

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  1. 2024
    Lab 27Con 23LD 7
  2. 2019
    Con 52Lab 5
  3. 2017
    Con 50Lab 7
  4. 2015
    Con 52
  5. 2010
    Con 52
  6. 2005
    Con 40Lab 13
  7. 2001
    Con 34Lab 20
  8. 1997
    Con 33Lab 22
  9. 1992
    Con 47Lab 4
  10. 1987
    Con 50
  11. 1983
    Con 48
  12. 1979
    Con 39Lab 5
  13. October 1974
    Con 31Lab 13
  14. February 1974
    Con 35Lab 9
  15. 1970
    Con 37Lab 4
  16. 1966
    Con 26Lab 15
  17. 1964
    Con 31Lab 10
  18. 1959
    Con 36Lab 5
  19. 1955
    Con 35Lab 6
  20. 1951
    Con 24Lab 7Nat Lib 5
  21. 1950
    Con 21Lab 11Nat Lib 4
  22. 1945
    Lab 20Con 8Nat Lib 3
  23. 1935
    Con 25Nat Lib 6
  24. 1931
    Con 25Nat Lib 4
  25. 1929
    Con 21Lib 8Lab 3
  26. 1924
    Con 30
  27. 1923
    Con 16Lib 11Lab 7
  28. 1922
    Con 26Lib 4
  29. 1918
    Con 21Co Lib 8

1918–1945 totals leave out multi-member seats, which the source does not split by party.

Constituencies in East of England (2024)

ConstituencyWinnerMajority %Result
Basildon and BillericayCon Richard Holden0.1Con hold
BedfordLab Mohammad Yasin23.2Lab hold
BraintreeCon James Cleverly7.5Con hold
Brentwood and OngarCon Alex Burghart12.4Con hold
Broadland and FakenhamCon Jerome Mayhew1.5Con hold
BroxbourneCon Lewis Cocking6.7Con hold
Bury St Edmunds and StowmarketLab Peter Prinsley2.9Lab gain from Con
CambridgeLab Daniel Zeichner26.3Lab hold
Castle PointCon Rebecca Harris8.0Con hold
Central Suffolk and North IpswichCon Patrick Spencer9.2Con hold
ChelmsfordLD Marie Goldman9.4LD gain from Con
ClactonRef Nigel Farage18.3RUK gain from Con
ColchesterLab Pam Cox18.4Lab gain from Con
Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardLab Alex Mayer1.5Lab gain from Con
Ely and East CambridgeshireLD Charlotte Cane1.0LD gain from Con
Epping ForestCon Neil Hudson13.6Con hold
Great YarmouthRef Rupert Lowe3.5RUK gain from Con
HarlowLab Chris Vince5.8Lab gain from Con
Harpenden and BerkhamstedLD Victoria Collins19.7LD gain from Con
Harwich and North EssexCon Bernard Jenkin2.4Con hold
Hemel HempsteadLab David Taylor11.0Lab gain from Con
Hertford and StortfordLab Joshua Robert Abraham Dean8.8Lab gain from Con
HertsmereCon Oliver Dowden16.7Con hold
HitchinLab Alistair Strathern15.4Lab gain from Con
HuntingdonCon Ben Obese-Jecty2.9Con hold
IpswichLab Jack Abbott16.8Lab gain from Con
LowestoftLab Jess Asato4.8Lab gain from Con
Luton NorthLab Sarah Owen19.4Lab hold
Luton South and South BedfordshireLab Rachel Hopkins17.9Lab hold
MaldonCon John Whittingdale13.9Con hold
Mid BedfordshireCon Blake Stephenson2.7Con hold
Mid NorfolkCon George Freeman6.7Con hold
North BedfordshireCon Richard Fuller10.5Con hold
North East CambridgeshireCon Steve Barclay18.4Con hold
North East HertfordshireLab Chris Hinchliff3.7Lab gain from Con
North NorfolkLD Steffan Aquarone5.5LD gain from Con
North West CambridgeshireLab Sam Carling0.1Lab gain from Con
North West EssexCon Kemi Badenoch4.8Con hold
North West NorfolkCon James Wild11.1Con hold
Norwich NorthLab Alice Macdonald23.7Lab gain from Con
Norwich SouthLab Clive Lewis29.4Lab hold
PeterboroughLab Andrew Pakes0.3Lab gain from Con
Rayleigh and WickfordCon Mark Francois11.7Con hold
South Basildon and East ThurrockRef James McMurdock0.3RUK gain from Con
South CambridgeshireLD Pippa Heylings19.4LD gain from Con
South NorfolkLab Ben Goldsborough5.7Lab gain from Con
South SuffolkCon James Cartlidge6.2Con hold
South West HertfordshireCon Gagan Mohindra9.2Con hold
South West NorfolkLab Terry Jermy1.4Lab gain from Con
Southend East and RochfordLab Bayo Alaba10.2Lab gain from Con
Southend West and LeighLab David Burton-Sampson4.2Lab gain from Con
St AlbansLD Daisy Cooper38.4LD hold
St Neots and Mid CambridgeshireLD Ian Sollom8.7LD gain from Con
StevenageLab Kevin Bonavia15.5Lab gain from Con
Suffolk CoastalLab Jenny Riddell-Carpenter2.2Lab gain from Con
ThurrockLab Jen Craft17.2Lab gain from Con
WatfordLab Matt Turmaine10.6Lab gain from Con
Waveney ValleyGrn Adrian Ramsay11.4Green gain from Con
Welwyn HatfieldLab Andrew Lewin7.8Lab gain from Con
West SuffolkCon Nick Timothy7.0Con hold
WithamCon Priti Patel10.2Con hold

Questions and answers

Who won East of England at the 2024 general election?

Labour won 27 of 61 seats with 29.4% of the vote.

Which party usually wins most seats in East of England?

Party with the most seats in East of England at each general election since 1918: Conservative 27, Labour 2.

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