1832–1868 • The Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell, Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable, Uttlesford,
Winstree and Witham.
See map on Vision of Britain website. On abolition, the Hundreds of Hinckford, Lexden, Tendring, Thurstable,
Winstree and Witham were included in the new
East Division of Essex; the Hundreds of Clavering, Dunmow, Freshwell and Uttlesford were included in the new
West Division.
1997–2010 • The Borough of Colchester wards of Birch Messing and Copford, Boxted and Langham, Dedham, East Donyland, Fordham, Great and Little Horkesley, Great Tey, Marks Tey, Pyefleet, Tiptree, West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, West Mersea, Winstree, and Wivenhoe; and • The District of Tendring wards of Alresford, Thorrington and Frating, Ardleigh, Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix, Brightlingsea East, Brightlingsea West, Elmstead, Great Bentley, Great Bromley, Little Bromley and Little Bentley, Lawford and Manningtree, Mistley, St Osyth, and Tendring and Weeley. The new constituency comprised rural areas of the Borough of
Colchester, including
West Mersea and
Wivenhoe, and western parts of the
District of Tendring, including
Brightlingsea. Formed primarily from parts of the abolished constituencies of
North Colchester and
South Colchester and Maldon, with a small slice of the western part of
Harwich, including
St Osyth.
Abolition and the new Harwich and North Essex constituency On abolition in 2010, the rural area to the south-west of Colchester was transferred to the new constituency of
Witham. The remainder formed the new constituency of
Harwich and North Essex, together with the town of
Harwich and surrounding areas, previously part of the abolished
Harwich constituency. ==Members of Parliament==