UK general elections › 2010 › Braintree
Braintree — 2010
Brooks Newmark (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,901 votes— 52.6% of 49,203 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,203
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Newmark | Conservative Party | 25,901 | 52.6% | +2.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bill Edwards | Labour Party | 9,780 | 19.9% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Jarvis | Liberal Democrats | 9,247 | 18.8% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Ford | UK Independence Party | 2,477 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Hooks | British National Party | 1,080 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Daisy Blench | Green Party | 718 | 1.5% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.