List of MPs of Colchester, 1885–1983
Colchester 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 between 1885 and 1983. Before then, it elected two. In 1983, following boundary changes, the seat of Colchester was abolition and replaced by Colchester North and Colchester South and Maldon. It was reinstated in 1997, the boundaries of the current seat of Colchester being similar.
List
Member |
Elected |
Member until |
Party |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry John Trotter |
1885 |
1888 |
Conservative |
|
Lord Brooke |
1888 |
1892 |
Conservative |
|
Herbert Naylor-Leyland |
1892 |
1895 |
Conservative |
|
Weetman Dickinson Pearson |
1895 |
1910 |
Liberal |
|
Laming Worthington-Evans |
1910 (January) |
1929 |
Conservative |
|
Oswald Lewis |
1929 |
1945 |
Conservative |
|
George Delacourt-Smith |
1945 |
1950 |
Labour |
|
Cuthbert James McCall Alport |
1950 |
1961 |
Conservative |
|
Philip Antony Fyson Buck |
1961 |
1983 |
Conservative |
|