The placeConstituency · East of England · Electorate 76,970 · 2023 boundaries

Chelmsford.

Liberal Democrats MP Marie Goldman holds the seat on 39.9% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentMarie Goldman · Liberal Democrats
CouncilChelmsford
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001159
Electorate · 2024
77.0k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
39.9%
Liberal Democrats · +9.4pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Chelmsford
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
18.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A steady constituency-focused MP who has used parliamentary speech rather than rebellion to register dissent, Goldman has been notably vocal on NHS failings in Chelmsford -- telling the BBC in January that a patient death at the local A&E showed the health service was "completely broken" -- and on asylum policy, condemning protests outside flats housing asylum seekers and voting against government regulations that would withdraw accommodation support from those found working illegally. She also backed the Liberal Democrat line in voting to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, and opposed the government's reserve power to direct pension fund investments.

Her voting participation sits at 72% -- somewhat below the Commons average -- and she has not broken from the Liberal Democrat whip once since arriving in Parliament after the 2024 election. Her 143 parliamentary contributions span economy and jobs, local government, fiscal policy, health and social care, and crime, suggesting a broad local-service focus rather than a single specialist brief. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with Lords scrutiny (97%) and parliamentary scrutiny (95%), and firm opposition to the employer National Insurance increase (100%), while she sits well below her party average on pension protection -- a 64-percentage-point gap -- reflecting her votes against the government's Pension Schemes Bill provisions.

Goldman's background in healthcare (she is a pharmacist) appears to inform her sustained focus on NHS and social care debates. Local news coverage -- running to 84 articles in the past 90 days -- has centred heavily on crime, with a large volume of pieces linked to the October 2025 Chelmsford police manhunt she responded to publicly. She sits on the Administration Committee. No rebel votes are on record, making her parliamentary record, at this stage, one of consistent party alignment combined with active local advocacy.

39.9%
LD vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
13
Wards · 31 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.13 wards · 31 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Chelmer Village Beaulieu Park(3 seats)Moore · Hall · Sullivan3,352Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Goat Hall(2 seats)Clark · Mascot1,635Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Great Baddow East(3 seats)Sosin · Franks · Davey2,569Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Great Baddow West(2 seats)Sosin · Young1,339Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Marconi(2 seats)Deakin · Rajesh1,402Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Moulsham Central(2 seats)Ayres · Manley2,669Chelmsford LDMay 2025
Moulsham Lodge(2 seats)Thompson · Goldman1,433Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Patching Hall(3 seats)Davidson · Foster · Pappa3,164Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Springfield North(3 seats)Tron · Clark · Fuller2,765Chelmsford LDMay 2023
St Andrews(3 seats)Davidson · Hawkins · Robinson3,420Chelmsford LDMay 2023
The Lawns(2 seats)Dudley · Lee1,675Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Trinity(2 seats)Sampson · Frascona1,698Chelmsford LDMay 2023
Waterhouse Farm(2 seats)Lardge · Walsh1,373Chelmsford LDMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Chelmsford (107,199). Total population across named built-up areas: 107,199.

city 107,199

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Chelmsford107,199city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate63.0%57.1%+10%
Owner-occupied65.3%63.1%+4%
Private rented19.3%20.0%-4%
Social rented15.3%16.8%-9%

Ethnicity.

White85.5%
Asian6.9%
Black3.4%
Mixed3.1%
Other1.2%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.3% Female 50.7% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£32,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£44,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,225
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
46
26 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
79.9%
Attainment 8: 57.5

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£485m
Taxpayers58,000
Median per taxpayer£3,550
Mean per taxpayer£8,300

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Chelmsford. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
18.1
-13% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
42% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.6
Anti-social behaviour2.1
Shoplifting1.6
Other theft1.3
Public order1.1
Criminal damage & arson0.9
Drugs0.9

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Marie GoldmanWONLD20,21439.9
Vicky FordCon15,46130.5
Darren IngrouilleRef6,75413.3
Richard ParryLab6,10812.0
Reza HossainGrn1,5883.1
Richard HylandInd2300.5
Mark LawrenceInd1870.4
Mark KenlenInd1050.2
Kamla SanghaInd690.1

Turnout 50,716

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Vicky FordCon55.9
2017Vicky FordCon53.7
2015Simon BurnsCon51.5
2010Burns, SimonCon46.2
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission