UK general elections › 2015 › Braintree
Braintree — 2015
James Cleverly (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,071 votes— 53.8% of 50,283 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,283
| 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 | James Cleverly | Conservative Party | 27,071 | 53.8% | +3.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Bingley | UK Independence Party | 9,461 | 18.8% | — | |
| 3 | Malcolm Fincken | Labour Party | 9,296 | 18.5% | — | |
| 4 | Matthew Klesel | Liberal Democrats | 2,488 | 4.9% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Jeater | Green Party | 1,564 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Toby Pereira | Independent | 295 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Paul Hooks | British National Party | 108 | 0.2% | — |
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.