Clacton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Clacton in Essex for the 2010 general election.
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Location of Essex within England.
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County | Essex |
Population | 85,359 (2011 census) |
Electorate | 67,447 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Clacton, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of parliament | Douglas Carswell (UKIP) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Harwich |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Coordinates: 51°50′N 1°09′E / 51.83°N 1.15°E
Clacton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Clacton is currently represented by Douglas Carswell. Carswell defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) on 28 August 2014 from the Conservative Party. He resigned to force a by-election, held on 9 October 2014, in which he stood as the UKIP candidate and was re-elected. Carswell retained the seat for UKIP at the subsequent general election.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission created this as a new seat, consisting of essentially the former Harwich constituency, minus the town of Harwich itself and a few nearby villages, plus St. Osyth and Weeley, moved from the old North Essex constituency. Apart from the North Sea it is surrounded by the Harwich and North Essex constituency on all other sides.