Braintree

Braintree is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Sir James Cleverly (Conservative) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
17,610
Electorate
73,557
Turnout
68.4%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
James Cleverly
Conservative
27,071 53.8% 1.2%
Richard Bingley
UK Independence Party
9,461 18.8% 13.8%
Malcolm Fincken
Labour
9,296 18.5% -1.4%
Matthew Klesel
Liberal Democrat
2,488 4.9% -13.8%
Paul Jeater
Green Party
1,564 3.1% 1.7%
Toby Pereira
Independent
295 0.6% 0.6%
Paul Hooks
British National Party
108 0.2% -2.0%