Chris Vince
Chris Vince | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Harlow | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Halfon |
| Majority | 2,504 (5.8%) |
| Harlow District Councillor for Little Parndon and Town Centre Little Parndon and Hare Street (2018–2024) | |
| In office 8 March 2018 – 2 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jon Clempner |
| Succeeded by | Linda Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher John Vince 24 June 1983 |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (2015–2021) |
Christopher John Vince (born 24 June 1983) is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow since 2024.[1] He previously served as a Harlow District Councillor for Little Parndon and Town Centre ward from 2018 to 2024 and the head of Harlow's Labour group from 2021 to 2024.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Vince was born on 24 June 1983 and grew up in Chelmsford, Essex.[5][6] He studied at Oxford Brookes University, obtaining a BEng degree in Engineering. Chris then stayed at Oxford Brookes to obtain a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) so he could teach. He worked as a maths teacher following university. [7]
Chris left teaching, joining the charity sector instead. Initially, he worked for Streets2Home, a homeless charity in Harlow. Until his election as a Member of Parliament, he worked at Action for Family Carers, supporting young carers in Harlow and across Essex.
Political career
[edit]Vince ran as the Labour Party candidate for Chelmsford in the 2015 general election, where he lost to the Conservative incumbent Simon Burns by a margin of 18,250 votes.[8] He then ran for Essex Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016, where he finished third below the UKIP candidate Bob Spink and the Conservative winner Roger Hirst.[9] He then contested the Great Baddow seat on the Essex County Council in 2017, finishing third behind the Liberal Democrat candidate and the Conservative incumbent.[10] The following month, he contested the Chelmsford seat in the 2017 general election, finishing second below the Conservative winner Vicky Ford by a margin of 13,572 votes.[11]
In March 2018, Vince won the Harlow District Council by-election for Little Parndon and Hare Street ward by a margin of 387 votes, replacing former Harlow Labour leader Jon Clempner who had resigned following an alleged campaign against him by the organisation Momentum.[2][12] In the 2019 European Parliament election (the last before Brexit), he was the second of seven candidates on Labour's party-list for the East of England constituency, though none of the Labour candidates were elected.[13] That December, Vince contested Hertford and Stortford in the 2019 general election, finishing second behind the Conservative candidate Julie Marson by a margin of 14,092 votes.[14]
In the 2021 Harlow District Council election, he won re-election to his Little Parndon and Hare Street seat by a margin of 82 votes.[15] That same month, he finished fourth out of eight candidates for the Harlow West seat in the Essex County Council election as well as finishing second in the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election.[16][17] Vince was then selected to lead the Harlow Labour group. In the 2024 District Council election, Vince was again re-elected to the now-renamed Little Parndon and Town Centre seat. Following the 2024 District Council election, Chris stood down as leader of the Harlow Labour Group to focus on his role as the parliamentary candidate in Harlow. He further resigned his council seat three months later after winning the Harlow constituency from the Conservatives in the 2024 general election with a majority of 2,504 votes.[1][3]
Electoral performance
[edit]House of Commons
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Chris Vince | 16,313 | 37.6 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Hannah Ellis | 13,809 | 31.8 | −32.8 | |
| Reform UK | Malcolm Featherstone | 9,461 | 21.8 | New | |
| Green | Yasmin Gregory | 2,267 | 5.2 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Riad Mannan | 1,350 | 3.1 | −2.8 | |
| UKIP | Lois Perry | 157 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 2,504 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 43,357 | 58.2 | –6.3 | ||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julie Marson | 33,712 | 56.1 | –4.2 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 14,092 | 23.4 | –5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Lucas | 8,596 | 14.3 | +6.2 | |
| Green | Lucy Downes | 2,705 | 4.5 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Alistair Lindsay | 681 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent | Brian Percival | 308 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 19,620 | 32.7 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 60,094 | 72.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vicky Ford | 30,525 | 53.7 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 16,953 | 29.8 | +12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 6,916 | 12.2 | +0.3 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Carter | 1,645 | 2.9 | −11.3 | |
| Green | Reza Hossain | 821 | 1.4 | −2.1 | |
| Majority | 13,572 | 23.9 | −10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,860 | 70.2 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Burns | 27,732 | 51.5 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 9,482 | 17.6 | +6.6 | |
| UKIP | Mark Gough | 7,652 | 14.2 | +11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 6,394 | 11.9 | −24.9 | |
| Green | Angela Thomson | 1,892 | 3.5 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal | Henry Boyle | 665 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 18,250 | 33.9 | +24.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,817 | 68.5 | −1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Hardware | 4,848 | 49.4 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Clive Souter | 3,870 | |||
| Labour | Daniella Pritchard | 3,255 | 33.2 | −7.8 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 2,765 | |||
| Harlow Alliance | Nicholas Taylor | 764 | 7.8 | New | |
| Harlow Alliance | Alan Leverett | 747 | New | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 378 | 3.9 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Thurston | 346 | |||
| Turnout | 9,807 | 32.6 | +4.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jenny Chandler | 2,306 | 46.7 | +15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Shaw | 1,718 | 34.8 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | Chris Vince | 422 | 8.5 | −1.7 | |
| UKIP | Jeanette Howes | 360 | 7.3 | −22.3 | |
| Green | Liz Carlton | 134 | 2.7 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 588 | 11.9 | +10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4,939 | 31.3 | +2.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Vince | 761 | 62.7 | ||
| Labour | Tony Durcan | 710 | 58.5 | ||
| Labour | Maggie Hulcoop | 671 | 55.3 | ||
| Conservative | Dan Brown | 388 | 32.0 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Longster | 349 | 28.8 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Richards | 332 | 27.4 | ||
| Green | Klara Bow | 187 | 15.4 | ||
| Green | Caroline Schellin-Jolley | 133 | 11.0 | ||
| Green | Danielle Kemm | 108 | 8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,365 | 26.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Vince | 996 | 52.1 | –4.6 | |
| Conservative | Adam Jolles | 914 | 47.9 | +23.8 | |
| Majority | 82 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,910 | 29.5 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Vince | 781 | 62.2 | ||
| Conservative | John Steer | 394 | 31.4 | ||
| UKIP | Patsy Long | 80 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 387 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,255 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| 2021 Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election[17] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Roger Hirst | 235,346 | 54.0% |
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| Labour Co-op | Chris Vince | 80,832 | 22.9% |
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| Liberal Democrats | John Whitehouse | 58,131 | 13.3% |
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| English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 42,831 | 9.8% |
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| Turnout | 436,020 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| 2016 Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election[9] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Roger Hirst | 110,858 | 33.5% | 25,090 | 135,948 | 56.7% |
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| UKIP | Bob Spink | 80,832 | 24.4% | 22,960 | 103,792 | 43.3% |
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| Labour | Chris Vince | 65,325 | 19.7% |
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| Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief | Martin Terry | 43,128 | 13.0% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Kevin McNamara | 30,804 | 9.3% |
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| Turnout | 330,947 | 26.1 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "General election for the constituency of Harlow on 4 July 2024". House of Commons Library. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Little Parndon & Hare Street Ward election results". Harlow District Council. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Local council elections". Harlow District Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Dedman, Simon (8 May 2024). "Harlow Labour leader stands down after elections". BBC News. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Vince, Chris (24 June 2024). "It may have been my birthday today but that doesn't slow down our campaign!". Facebook. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Christopher John VINCE appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Page, Charlotte (26 March 2019). "Maths teacher appointed Parliamentary spokesman for Hertford and Stortford Constituency Labour Party". Hertfordshire Mercury. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "General election for the constituency of Chelmsford on 7 May 2015". House of Commons Library. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b Pritchard, Adrian (6 May 2016). "Election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex on Thursday 5 May 2016" (PDF). Colchester City Council. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "2017 County Council results - Great Baddow division". Essex County Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "General election for the constituency of Chelmsford on 8 June 2017". House of Commons Library. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Bunn, Jon (1 February 2018). "Second leader resigns after 'Momentum campaign'". Local Government Chronicle. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "European election results 2019". Chelmsford City Council. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "General election for the constituency of Hertford and Stortford on 12 December 2019". House of Commons Library. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Local council election results". Harlow District Council. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "2021 County Council results - Harlow West division". Essex County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b Pritchard, Adrian (7 May 2021). "Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - 6 May 2021". Colchester City Council. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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