Clacton

Clacton 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 Giles Watling (Conservative) between 8 June 2017 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

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

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
15,828
Electorate
68,566
Turnout
64.4%

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
Giles Watling
Conservative
27,031 61.2% 24.6%
Tasha Osben
Labour
11,203 25.4% 11.0%
Paul Oakley
UK Independence Party
3,357 7.6% -36.8%
David Grace
Liberal Democrat
887 2.0% 0.2%
Chris Southall
Green Party
719 1.6% -1.0%
Caroline Shearer
Independent
449 1.0% 1.0%
Robin Tilbrook
English Democrats
289 0.7% 0.7%
Nick Martin
Independent
210 0.5% 0.5%