General election for the constituency of Braintree on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Braintree, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by James Cleverly with a majority of 18,422 - 35.2% - on a turnout of 69.5%.

An electorate of 75,316, having a valid vote count of 52,326 and an invalid vote count of 74.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
CLEVERLY, James Con 32,873 62.8% 9.0%
FINCKEN, Malcolm Lab 14,451 27.6% 9.1%
TURNER, Peter LD 2,251 4.3% -0.6%
BINGLEY, Richard UKIP 1,835 3.5% -15.3%
PASHBY, Thomas Green 916 1.8% -1.4%

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 03:55 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.