on the seat was rarely secure and he eventually moved to sit for a safer seat. Thereafter Maldon remained Conservative until its abolition, though at first by the narrowest of margins. The Maldon constituency was abolished in the boundary changes which came into effect at the 1983 election, being divided between the new Colchester South and Maldon and Rochford constituencies. Members of Parliament MPs 1332–1640 MPs 1640–1868 MPs 1868–1983 MPs since 2010 The re-formed Maldon seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election. Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1940s Driberg was elected in 1942 as an Independent Labour candidate, but took the Labour Party whip in January 1945, and stood in the 1945 election as a Labour Party candidate. Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1910s Election results 1832–1918 Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s The 1852 election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, and the writ was suspended in March 1853. A by-election was held in August 1854 to fill the vacancy. Elections in the 1860s Seat reduced to one member Elections in the 1870s Sandford's resignation caused a by-election. Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: James Fortescue Flannery Liberal: E. Tweedy Smith Pre-1832 election results Elections in the 1830s See also 1942 Maldon by-election List of parliamentary constituencies in Essex Notes References Sources Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) John Cannon, Parliamentary Reform 1640-1832 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913) F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) Michael Kinnear, The British Voter (London: BH