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Chelmsford is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Simon Burns of the Conservative party.
The Chelmsford constituency has a total population of 106,301, of which 83,482 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.5%).
Chelmsford ranks 436th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 137th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns (born 6 September 1952) is a British politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election.
Burns resigned from being Minister of State for Transport in October 2013 to stand in the First Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means by-election following the resignation of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans.
Returned to Parliament as a Conservative MP in the 2015 election, he was knighted in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Burns
| MP DETAILS | |
|---|---|
| Address | Simon Burns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Phone Number | 020 7219 4272 |
| Political Party | Conservative |
| Email Address | burnss@parliament.uk |
| Constituency | Chelmsford |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 06/09/1952 |
| Party Page | Website |
| Wikipedia Page | Visit Wiki |
| 51.5% | 17.6% | 11.9% | 3.5 % | 14.2% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat | Green Party UKIP |
Election turnout for the Chelmsford constituency in 2015 was 68.50%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
| Candidate | Party | Gender | Date of Birth | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Thomson | Green | Female | - | - | - |
| Chris Vince | Labour | Male | - | - | - |
| Henry Arthur Boyle | The Liberal Party | Male | 15 December 1953 (71) | - | http://www.liberal.org.uk/ |
| Mark Gough | UK Independence Party | Male | - | - | - |
| Simon Burns | Conservative | Male | 06 September 1952 (72) | - | - |
| Stephen Robinson | Liberal Democrat | Male | - | http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephenrobinsonchelmsford | http://www.stephenrobinson.org/ |
| 46.17% | 10.95% | 36.81% | % | % | 0.87% | 1.65% | 2.8% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Scottish National | Plaid Cymru Green Party BNP UKIP |
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNP | 899 | 1.6% |
| Conservative | 25,207 | 46.2% |
| ED | 254 | 0.5% |
| Green | 476 | 0.9% |
| Labour | 5,980 | 11% |
| Liberal-Democrat | 20,097 | 36.8% |
| RTBP | 153 | 0.3% |
| UK-Independence-Party | 1,527 | 2.8% |
| Electorate | 77,525 |
| Votes | 54,593 |
| Turnout | 70.4% |
| Conservative | Burns, Simon |
| Labour | Dixon, Peter |
| Liberal Democrat | Robinson, Stephen |
| Green | Thomson, Angela |
| BNP | Bateman, Mike |
| UKIP | Wedon, Ken |
Election turnout for the Chelmsford constituency in 2010 was 70.4%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
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