West Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)

West Chelmsford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of West Chelmsford in Essex for the 2005 general election.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Major settlements	Chelmsford
1997–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Chelmsford
Created from	Chelmsford
European Parliament constituency	East of England

West Chelmsford was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created in 1997 and abolished in 2010. It always returned a Conservative MP.

Chelmsford West constituency took in a majority of the Borough of Chelmsford, and by far the majority of the town itself, including the town centre and Cathedral. It also included rural areas extending as far north as Great Leighs, the Walthams and Good Easter.

The seat consisted of the following electoral wards of the Borough of Chelmsford: All Saints, Boreham, Broomfield, Pleshey and Great Waltham, Cathedral, Chignall, Good Easter, Mashbury, Highwood and Roxwell, Goat Hall, Great and Little Leighs and Little Waltham, Margaretting and Stock, Moulsham Lodge, Old Moulsham, Patching Hall, St. Andrews, Springfield North, Springfield South, The Lawns, Waterhouse Farm and Writtle.

At the 2010 General Election, a newly re-created Chelmsford constituency succeeded this seat. Rural wards from this constituency mainly joined the Saffron Walden constituency, with a small area around Margaretting becoming part of the Maldon constituency.

Coordinates: 51°46′N 0°26′E / 51.76°N 0.44°E / 51.76; 0.44