UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
Party Conservative Labour Scottish National Party Liberal Democrat Democratic Unionist Party Others
Seats 365 203 48 11 8 15
Change +47 -59 +13 -1 -2 +2

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Braintree

Parliamentary constituency

CON HOLD

Results

  1. Conservative
    James Cleverly
    • Votes: 34,112
    • Vote share %: 67.5
    • Vote share change: +4.7
  2. Labour
    Joshua Garfield
    • Votes: 9,439
    • Vote share %: 18.7
    • Vote share change: -8.9
  3. Liberal Democrat
    Dominic Graham
    • Votes: 4,779
    • Vote share %: 9.5
    • Vote share change: +5.2
  4. Independent
    Jo Beavis
    • Votes: 1,488
    • Vote share %: 2.9
    • Vote share change: +2.9
  5. Independent
    David Mansell
    • Votes: 420
    • Vote share %: 0.8
    • Vote share change: +0.8
  6. Independent
    Alan Dorkins
    • Votes: 261
    • Vote share %: 0.5
    • Vote share change: +0.5

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • CON majority: 24,673
  • Registered voters: 75,208
  • % share:
    67.1%
  • Change since 2017: -2.3

Vote share

Party % share
Conservative 67.5%
Labour 18.7%
Liberal Democrat 9.5%
Independent 2.9%
Independent 0.8%
Independent 0.5%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Liberal Democrat +5.2 Gained
  • Conservative +4.7 Gained
  • Independent +2.9 Gained
  • Independent +0.8 Gained
  • Independent +0.5 Gained
  • Labour -8.9 Lost

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CON HOLD CON HOLD

Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

CON

Conservative

 James Cleverly Votes 32,873 header_vote_share 62.8 Net percentage change in seats +9.0
Party

LAB

Labour

 Malcolm Fincken Votes 14,451 header_vote_share 27.6 Net percentage change in seats +9.1
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 Peter Turner Votes 2,251 header_vote_share 4.3 Net percentage change in seats -0.6
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 Richard Bingley Votes 1,835 header_vote_share 3.5 Net percentage change in seats -15.3
Party

GRN

Green Party

 Thomas Pashby Votes 916 header_vote_share 1.8 Net percentage change in seats -1.4

Change compared with 2015
CON HOLD

Results

Conservative
, with candidate James Cleverly
, have the following results:
  • 27,071 total votes taken.
  • 53.8% share of the total vote
  • +1.2% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Richard Bingley
, have the following results:
  • 9,461 total votes taken.
  • 18.8% share of the total vote
  • +13.8% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Malcolm Fincken
, have the following results:
  • 9,296 total votes taken.
  • 18.5% share of the total vote
  • -1.4% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Matthew Klesel
, have the following results:
  • 2,488 total votes taken.
  • 4.9% share of the total vote
  • -13.8% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Paul Jeater
, have the following results:
  • 1,564 total votes taken.
  • 3.1% share of the total vote
  • +1.7% change in share of the votes
Independent
, with candidate Toby Pereira
, have the following results:
  • 295 total votes taken.
  • 0.6% share of the total vote
  • +0.6% change in share of the votes
British National Party
, with candidate Paul Hooks
, have the following results:
  • 108 total votes taken.
  • 0.2% share of the total vote
  • -2.0% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010