An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Braintree, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.
Conservative hold by James Cleverly with a majority of 24,673 - 48.9% - on a turnout of 67.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
CLEVERLY, James | Con | 34,112 | 67.5% | 4.7% |
GARFIELD, Joshua | Lab | 9,439 | 18.7% | -8.9% |
GRAHAM, Dominic | LD | 4,779 | 9.5% | 5.2% |
BEAVIS, Jo | Ind | 1,488 | 2.9% | - |
MANSELL, David | Ind | 420 | 0.8% | - |
DORKINS, Alan | Ind | 261 | 0.5% | - |
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.
An electorate of 75,208, having a valid vote count of 50,499 and an invalid vote count of 258.
Result declared at 03:12 on 13 December 2019.