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.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
18,422
Electorate
75,316
Turnout
69.5%

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
32,873 62.8% 9.0%
Malcolm Fincken
Labour
14,451 27.6% 9.1%
Peter Turner
Liberal Democrat
2,251 4.3% -0.6%
Richard Bingley
UK Independence Party
1,835 3.5% -15.3%
Thomas Pashby
Green Party
916 1.8% -1.4%