§ Mr. Wakehamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those parts of the parliamentary constituency of Maldon which have been in another parliamentary constituency since 1918, indicating the areas, dates and constituencies.
§ Mr. JohnMaldon constituency has undergone a number of changes since 1918, most of them reflecting alterations to local government areas made in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Acts then prevailing. From the records readily available, it appears that in 1918 Maldon constituency consisted of the borough of Maldon, the urban districts of Braintree, Burnham-on-Crouch and Witham, and the rural district of Braintree and Maldon. By 1945, Braintree urban district had been enlarged by the addition of parts of Braintree rural district and a small area of Gosfield parish formerly in Saffron Walden constituency. The urban district was re-named Braintree and Bocking. In 1945, Maldon lost to the South-Eastern division of 93W Essex small areas of two parishes—Althome and Creeksea—which had earlier been transferred to Rochford rural district.
In 1948, the constituency lost two parishes—Bardfield Saling and Great Bardfield—to Saffron Walden. In 1956, after the incorporation of the detached part of Messing-cum-Inworth parish into Braintree rural district, this part, formerly in Colchester constituency, was included in Maldon.
In the redistribution of 1970, Maldon was subjected to major change. The two urban districts of Braintree and Bocking, and Witham, and Braintree rural district were transferred to Braintree constituency, and Rochford rural district was added to Maldon.