Mr James Cleverly

The Rt Hon Mr James Cleverly is the Conservative MP for Braintree, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Braintree when Mr James Cleverly was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
3,670
Electorate
77,673
Turnout
63.1%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
17,414 35.5% -31.9%
Matthew Wright
Labour
13,744 28.0% 9.8%
Richard Thomson
Reform UK
11,346 23.1% 23.1%
Kieron Franks
Liberal Democrat
2,879 5.9% -3.8%
Paul Thorogood
Green Party
2,878 5.9% 5.4%
David Heather
Independent
767 1.6% 1.6%