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Rochford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
19831997
Number of members One
Replaced by Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend East, Maldon and Chelmsford East
Created from Chelmsford, Maldon, South East Essex, Southend East

Rochford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex, centred on the town of Rochford.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new constituency of Rochford and Southend East.

The District of Rochford, and the Borough of Chelmsford wards of Ramsden Heath and Downham, Rettendon and South Hanningfield, Runwell, Woodham Ferrers North, and Woodham Ferrers South.

Coordinates: 51°35′N 0°43′E / 51.58°N 0.71°E / 51.58; 0.71


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