Colchester Constituency 2024

Estimated electorate: 78,700

What Might Happen at the Next General Election?

Based on the updated constituency boundaries and current opinion polls, we project that the result in Colchester will be as follows:

Based on predicted vote shares (GB): Labour: 44% | Conservative: 27% | Liberal Democrat: 11.3% | Green: 6.8% | Reform/Brexit: 6.1%

For all new seats and a full forecast of the next general election, please see our Electoral Analysis.

Prospective Parliamentary Candidates

The following candidates are expected to stand in the new Colchester constituency at the next election:

• Pam Cox (Labour)
• James Cracknell (Conservative)
• Martin Goss (Liberal Democrat) - 28 Climate-related Tweets
• Sara Nicola Ruth (Green) - 6 Climate-related Tweets

There may be further candidates standing for whom data is not yet available.

Data Source: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk

What Can VoteClimate Achieve in Colchester?

Coming soon: once we have enough signed-up members, report the number here.

If we can recruit 6,916 members in Colchester, we can potentially swing the seat at the next election to whichever of Labour or Conservative has the best climate policy. That's 8.8% of the electorate in this seat.

We need 16,343 members in this constituency to have a chance of swinging the seat to whichever of Labour, Conservative or Liberal Democrat has the best climate policy. That's 20.8% of the electorate in this seat.

We need 19,772 members in this constituency to be able to elect a Green MP. That's 25.1% of the electorate.