UK general elections2017 › Braintree

Braintree — 2017

James Cleverly (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,873 votes62.8% of 52,326 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,326

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1James Cleverly Conservative Party 32,87362.8%+12.8 ptsElected
2Malcolm Fincken Labour Party 14,45127.6%
3Peter Turner Liberal Democrats 2,2514.3%
4Richard Bingley UK Independence Party 1,8353.5%
5Thomas Pashby Green Party 9161.8%

Electorate 75,316 · Turnout 69.5% · Majority 18,422 · Back to 2017 overview

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.