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Braintree — 2024
James Cleverly (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,414 votes— 35.5% of 49,028 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 35.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,028
| 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 | 17,414 | 35.5% | −14.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matthew Wright | Labour Party | 13,744 | 28.0% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Thomson | Reform UK | 11,346 | 23.1% | — | |
| 4 | Kieron Franks | Liberal Democrats | 2,879 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Thorogood | Green Party | 2,878 | 5.9% | — | |
| 6 | David Heather | Independent | 767 | 1.6% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.