Makerfield                 Lab  hold
                                        
                                    3/6 
 I McCartney       Lab    33,119   73.6%
 M Winstanley      Con     6,942   15.4%
 B Hubbard         LibD    3,743    8.3%
 A Seed            Ref     1,210    2.7%
 Turnout 66.8%; Lab majority 26,177     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 9.6%          
                                        
                                        
    Maldon & Chelmsford East   Con  hold
                                        
                                        
 J Whittingdale    Con    24,524   48.7%
 K Freeman         Lab    14,485   28.7%
 G Pooley          LibD    9,758   19.4%
 L Overy-Owen      UKIP      935    1.9%
 E Burgess         Grn       685    1.4%
 Turnout 76.0%; Con majority 10,039     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 15.6%         
                                        
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