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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE86,961 voters
AREA17 sq. miles


Colchester is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Will Quince of the Conservative party.

The Colchester constituency has a total population of 111,212, of which 86,961 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.2%).

Colchester ranks 421th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 82th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Will Quince

Will Quince

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MP DETAILS
AddressWill Quince MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addresswillquince@live.co.uk
ConstituencyColchester
GenderMale
Date of Birth27/12/1982
WebsiteWebsite
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Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
38.9%
16.2%
27.5%
5.1 %
12.1%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Colchester constituency in 2015 was 65.50%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Bob RussellLiberal DemocratMale31 March 1946 (78)-http://www.bobrussell.org.uk/
John PittsUK Independence PartyMale---
Jordan NewellLabourMale---
Ken ScrimshawChristian Peoples AllianceMale24 July 1938 (86)--
Mark George GoacherGreenMale--http://markgoachergreen.blogspot.co.uk/
Will QuinceConservativeMale27 December 1982 (42)https://www.linkedin.com/in/willquincehttp://www.will4colchester.org.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
32.88%
12.31%
48.01%
%
%
1.5%
1.53%
2.93%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Lib-Dem
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP7051.5%
 Conservative15,16932.9%
 ED3350.7%
 Green6941.5%
 Labour5,68012.3%
 Liberal-Democrat22,15148%
 ND200%
 PPE350.1%
 UK-Independence-Party1,3502.9%
TOTALS
Electorate74,064
Votes46,139
Turnout62.3%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeQuince, Will
LabourNewell, Jordan
Liberal DemocratRussell, Bob
GreenLynn, Peter
BNPChaney, Sidney
UKIPPitts, John
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Colchester constituency in 2010 was 62.3%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

This graph shows the results from 69 people in the Colchester constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.

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