1987 United Kingdom general election result in Essex

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Overall Result

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%
	Conservative Party	16	+1	483,941	54.2
	Labour Party	0	−1	168,591	18.9
	Liberal Party	0		129,764	14.5
	Social Democrats	0		107,635	12.1
	Green Party	0		2,683	0.3
	Others	0		378	0.0
Swing needed for equal Con/Lab				12.2% swing from Con to Lab

This is the only time in recent history when the Conservatives have won every seat in Essex.

Seat by seat

Constituency		Party	MP	Majority
	Basildon	Conservative	David Amess	2,649
	Billericay	Conservative	Teresa Gorman	17,986
	Braintree	Conservative	Tony Newton	16,857
	Brentwood and Ongar	Conservative	Robert McCrindle	18,921
	Castle Point	Conservative	Bernard Braine	19,248
	Chelmsford	Conservative	Simon Burns	7,761
	Colchester North	Conservative	Antony Buck	13,623
	Colchester South and Maldon	Conservative	John Wakeham	15,483
	Epping Forest	Conservative	John Biggs-Davison	21,513
	Harlow	Conservative	Jerry Haynes	5,877
	Harwich	Conservative	Julian Ridsdale	12,082
	Rochford	Conservative	Michael Clark	19,694
	Saffron Walden	Conservative	Alan Haselhurst	16,602
	Southend East	Conservative	Teddy Taylor	13,847
	Southend West	Conservative	Paul Channon	8,400
	Thurrock	Conservative	Tim Janman	690