Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)

Braintree
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Braintree in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Population	97,840 (2011 census)^[1] electorate = 72,064 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	James Cleverly (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Maldon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Braintree is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cleverly of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Braintree and Bocking, and Witham, the Rural District of Braintree, and part of the Rural District of Chelmsford.

1983-1997: The District of Braintree wards of Black Notley, Bocking North, Bocking South, Braintree Central, Braintree East, Braintree West, Coggeshall, Cressing, Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon, Panfield, Rayne, Terling, Three Fields, Witham Central, Witham Chipping Hill, Witham North, Witham Silver End and Rivenhall, Witham South, and Witham West, and the Borough of Chelmsford wards of Broomfield and Chignall, Good Easter Mashbury and Roxwell, Great and Little Leighs and Little Waltham, Great Waltham and Pleshey, and Writtle.

1997-2010: The District of Braintree wards of Black Notley, Bocking North, Bocking South, Braintree Central, Braintree East, Braintree West, Coggeshall, Cressing, Earls Colne, Gosfield, Hatfield Peveril, Kelvedon, Panfield, Rayne, Terling, Three Fields, Witham Central, Witham Chipping Hill, Witham North, Witham Silver End and Rivenhall, Witham South, and Witham West.

2010–present: The District of Braintree wards of Bocking Blackwater, Bocking North, Bocking South, Braintree Central, Braintree East, Braintree South, Bumpstead, Cressing and Stisted, Gosfield and Greenstead Green, Great Notley and Braintree West, Halstead St Andrews, Halstead Trinity, Hedingham and Maplestead, Panfield, Rayne, Stour Valley North, Stour Valley South, The Three Colnes, Three Fields, Upper Colne, and Yeldham.

The 2010 redistribution allowed a new Witham seat to be created and caused extension of this constituency out towards the Stour Valley, the border with Suffolk, and took in Bumpstead which shares a civil parish boundary with south-east Cambridgeshire.

History

The former Leader of the House Tony Newton held the seat for the Conservatives from its creation in 1974 until 1997 when Alan Hurst defeated Newton to gain the seat for Labour. Brooks Newmark defeated Hurst in 2005 to regain the seat for the Conservatives, and held it until he stood down and was succeeded by James Cleverly, also a Conservative.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]^[4]	Party	Notes
Feb 1974	Tony Newton	Conservative	Leader of the House of Commons 1992-97. Defeated at 1997 general election
1997	Alan Hurst	Labour	Defeated at 2005 general election
2005	Brooks Newmark	Conservative	Retired at 2015 general election
2015	James Cleverly	Conservative	Present incumbent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Braintree^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Cleverly ^[6]	27,071	53.8	+1.2
	UKIP	Richard Bingley^[7]	9,461	18.8	+13.8
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken ^[8]	9,296	18.5	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Klesel	2,488	4.9	-13.8
	Green	Paul Jeater	1,564	3.1	+1.7
	Independent	Toby Pereira	295	0.6	N/A
	BNP	Paul Hooks	108	0.2	-2.0
Majority			17,610	35.0	+2.2
Turnout			50,283	68.4	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Braintree^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	25,901	52.6	+2.7
	Labour	Bill Edwards	9,780	19.9	−10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Jarvis	9,247	18.8	+5.2
	UKIP	Michael Ford	2,477	5.0	+2.6
	BNP	Paul Hooks	1,080	2.2	+2.2
	Green	Daisy Blench	718	1.5	−1.5
Majority			16,121	32.8
Turnout			49,203	69.1	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Braintree^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	23,597	44.5	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Hurst	19,704	37.1	−4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter John Russell Turner	7,037	13.3	+2.0
	Green	James Edward Abbott	1,308	2.5	0.0
	UKIP	Roger Lord	1,181	2.2	+0.7
	Independent	Michael Nolan	228	0.4	+0.4
Majority			3,893	7.3
Turnout			53,055	65.9	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.0

General Election 2001: Braintree^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Hurst	21,123	42.0	−0.7
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	20,765	41.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter John Russell Turner	5,664	11.3	−0.3
	Green	James Edward Abbott	1,241	2.5	+1.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Anthony Nolan	774	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Charles John Cole	748	1.5	N/A
Majority			358	0.7
Turnout			50,315	63.6	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Braintree^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Hurst	23,729	42.7	+17.0
	Conservative	Tony Newton	22,278	40.1	−12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor K. Ellis	6,418	11.6	−9.1
	Referendum	Nicholas P. Westcott	2,165	3.9	N/A
	Green	James Edward Abbott	712	1.3	+0.0
	Independent	Michael Anthony Nolan	274	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,451	2.6
Turnout			55,576	76.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.9

General Election 1992: Braintree^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Newton	34,415	52.3	−1.9
	Labour	Ian Willmore	16,921	25.7	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Diana P. Wallis	13,603	20.7	−5.8
	Green	James Edward Abbott	855	1.3	N/A
Majority			17,494	26.6	−1.1
Turnout			65,794	83.4	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Braintree^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	32,978	54.2
	Social Democratic	Inigo Geoffrey Bing	16,121	26.5
	Labour	Brian Laurence Stapleton	11,764	19.3
Majority			16,857	27.7
Turnout			60,863	79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Braintree^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	29,462	52.6
	Social Democratic	Inigo Geoffrey Bing	16,021	28.6
	Labour	J.M. Dyson	10,551	18.8
Majority			13,441	24.0
Turnout			56,034	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	31,593	52.0
	Labour	J.E.B. Gyford	19,075	31.4
	Liberal	J. Bryan	10,115	16.6
Majority			12,518	20.6
Turnout			60,783	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	20,559	39.5
	Labour	Keith Kyle	19,469	37.4
	Liberal	R. Holme	12,004	23.1
Majority			1,090	2.1
Turnout			52,032	79.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Newton	20,797	38.0	N/A
	Labour	Keith Kyle	18,796	34.3	N/A
	Liberal	D. Scott	15,204	27.8	N/A
Majority			2,001	3.7	N/A
Turnout			54,797	84.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Braintree: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Braintree 1974-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ James Cleverly chosen as Conservative PPC for Braintree Archived January 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., rightofcentre.co.uk; accessed 9 May 2015.
↑ "Richard Bingley PPC page". UK Independence Party. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Braintree". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 Political Science Resources - Braintree 1997 & 2001
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Braintree — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 51°54′N 0°33′E / 51.90°N 0.55°E / 51.90; 0.55

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