West Chelmsford was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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 represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elected one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The constituency was created in 1997

United Kingdom general election, 1997

The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...

 and abolished in 2010. It always returned a Conservative

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 MP.

Boundaries

Chelmsford West comprised a majority of the Borough of Chelmsford

Chelmsford (borough)

Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.-History:...

, and by far the majority of the town itself. It took in rural areas extending as far north as Great Leighs, the Walthams and Good Easter.

At the 2010 General Election, a newly re-created Chelmsford constituency

Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

Chelmsford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From the 2010 general election it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 succeeded this seat.

Rural wards from this constituency mainly joined the Saffron Walden constituency

Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)

Saffron Walden is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

, with a small area around Margaretting becoming part of the Maldon constituency

Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)

Maldon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	Simon Burns Simon Burns Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Member of Parliament for Chelmsford since the 1987 general election...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Chelmsford Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency) Chelmsford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From the 2010 general election it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....  and Saffron Walden Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency) Saffron Walden is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s