UK general elections › 2017 › Braintree
Braintree — 2017
James Cleverly (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,873 votes— 62.8% 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
| 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 | 32,873 | 62.8% | +12.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Malcolm Fincken | Labour Party | 14,451 | 27.6% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Turner | Liberal Democrats | 2,251 | 4.3% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Bingley | UK Independence Party | 1,835 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Thomas Pashby | Green Party | 916 | 1.8% | — |
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.