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Eastern
75,662 electors
Active Seat

Braintree

Current MP
Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
67.5%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative James Cleverly Hold
Majority 3,670
Turnout 63.1% ↓4.0pp
Total Votes 49,028
Winner Swing ↓32.0pp
✓ James Cleverly
Conservative
17,414 35.5%
↓32.0pp
Matthew Wright
Labour
13,744 28.0%
↑9.9pp
Richard Thomson
Reform UK
11,346 23.1%
—
Kieron Franks
Liberal Democrats
2,879 5.9%
↓3.8pp
Paul Thorogood
Green Party
2,878 5.9%
↑5.4pp
David Heather
—
767 1.6%
—
Conservative James Cleverly Hold
Majority 24,673
Turnout 67.2% ↓2.3pp
Total Votes 50,499
Winner Swing ↑4.7pp
✓ James Cleverly
Conservative
34,112 67.6%
↑4.7pp
Joshua Garfield
Labour
9,439 18.7%
↓8.9pp
Dominic Graham
Liberal Democrats
4,779 9.5%
↑5.2pp
Jo Beavis
—
1,488 3.0%
—
David Mansell
—
420 0.8%
—
Alan Dorkins
—
261 0.5%
—
Conservative James Cleverly Hold
Majority 18,422
Turnout 69.5% ↑1.1pp
Total Votes 52,326
Winner Swing ↑9.0pp
✓ James Cleverly
Conservative
32,873 62.8%
↑9.0pp
Malcolm Fincken
Labour
14,451 27.6%
↑9.1pp
Peter Turner
Liberal Democrats
2,251 4.3%
↓0.7pp
Richard Bingley
—
1,835 3.5%
↓15.3pp
Thomas Pashby
Green Party
916 1.8%
↓1.4pp
Conservative James Cleverly Hold
Majority 17,610
Turnout 68.4% ↓0.8pp
Total Votes 50,283
Winner Swing ↑1.2pp
✓ James Cleverly
Conservative
27,071 53.8%
↑1.2pp
Richard Bingley
—
9,461 18.8%
↑13.8pp
Malcolm Fincken
Labour
9,296 18.5%
↓1.4pp
Matthew Klesel
Liberal Democrats
2,488 5.0%
↓13.9pp
Paul Jeater
Green Party
1,564 3.1%
↑1.7pp
Toby Pereira
—
295 0.6%
—
Paul Hooks
—
108 0.2%
↓2.0pp
Conservative Brooks Newmark Hold
Majority 16,121
Turnout 69.1%
Total Votes 49,203
✓ Brooks Newmark
Conservative
25,901 52.6%
↑2.7pp
Bill Edwards
Labour
9,780 19.9%
↓10.8pp
Steve Jarvis
Liberal Democrats
9,247 18.8%
↑5.2pp
Michael Ford
—
2,477 5.0%
↑2.6pp
Paul Hooks
—
1,080 2.2%
—
Daisy Blench
Green Party
718 1.5%
↓1.5pp

Turnout Trend

69.1%
'10
68.4%
'15
69.5%
'17
67.2%
'19
63.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
21.5% ▲4.8pp
50 to 64
21.2%
0 to 17
20.2%
35 to 49
18.6%
25 to 34
12.0%
18 to 24
6.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.8%
Asian or Asian British
1.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.1%
Other
0.5%
📊 Age
65 and over
21.5%
45 to 64
21.2%
Under 18
20.2%
30 to 44
18.6%
18 to 29
18.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.3%
No religion
44.8%
Not answered
5.9%
Muslim
0.7%
Other religion
0.4%
Hindu
0.3%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.7%
Asian or Asian British
1.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.5%
Under 18
22.2%
30 to 44
20.5%
65 and over
16.7%
18 to 29
13.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
60.8%
No religion
30.3%
Religion not stated
7.2%
Muslim
0.5%
Other religion
0.4%
Hindu
0.3%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mr Brooks Newmark Conservative 2005-05-05 2015-03-30
Mr Alan Hurst Labour 1997-05-01 2005-05-05