Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

Chelmsford
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chelmsford in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Population	105,424 (2011 census)
Electorate	77,835 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Chelmsford, Great Baddow
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Simon Burns (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	West Chelmsford, Maldon & East Chelmsford
1885–1997
Replaced by	West Chelmsford, Maldon and Chelmsford East, Rayleigh
Created from	West Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Chelmsford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Simon Burns of the Conservative Party.

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Brentwood (except the civil parishes of Rainham and Wennington) and Chelmsford.

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Chelmsford, the Urban District of Brentwood, the Rural Districts of Chelmsford and Ongar, and in the Rural District of Billericay the civil parishes of Hutton, Ingrave, Mountnessing, Shenfield, and South Weald.

1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Chelmsford, and the Rural Districts of Chelmsford and Ongar.

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Chelmsford, and the Rural District of Chelmsford.

1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Chelmsford, and in the Rural District of Chelmsford the civil parishes of Danbury, East Hanningfield, Great Baddow, Highwood, Ingatestone and Fryerning, Little Baddow, Margaretting, Mountnessing, Rettendon, Runwell, Sandon, South Hanningfield, Stock, West Hanningfield, and Woodham Ferrers.

1983-1997: The Borough of Chelmsford wards of All Saints, Baddow Road, Boreham and Springfield, Cathedral, Danbury and Sandon, East and West Hanningfield, Galleywood, Goat Hall, Great Baddow Village, Highwood and Margaretting, Little Baddow, Mildmays, Moulsham Lodge, Oaklands, Patching Hall, Rothmans, St Andrew's, Stock, The Lawns, and Waterhouse Farm.

2010-present: The Borough of Chelmsford wards of Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park, Galleywood, Goat Hall, Great Baddow East, Great Baddow West, Marconi, Moulsham and Central, Moulsham Lodge, Patching Hall, St Andrew's, Springfield North, The Lawns, Trinity, and Waterhouse Farm.

Following the Boundary Commission review of parliamentary representation in 2008 Parliament created a new Chelmsford constituency which had for the previous three elections been split in two halves and included more surrounding rural settlements. A majority of the electorate for this new constituency comes from the previous West Chelmsford constituency. A smaller element (Great Baddow and outskirts) comes from the Maldon & East Chelmsford constituency.