Braintree

7:14am on 5th July

Conservative and Unionist Party HOLD / provisional
Elected: James Cleverly

Candidates

Photograph of James CleverlyCon / 35.5%
James Cleverly
Photograph of Matthew WrightLab / 28.0%
Matthew Wright
Photograph of Richard ThomsonReform / 23.1%
Richard Thomson
Photograph of Kieron Anthony FranksLD / 5.9%
Kieron Anthony Franks
Photograph of Paul ThorogoodGreen / 5.9%
Paul Thorogood
Photograph of David HeatherIndependent / 1.6%
David Heather

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 104000

Households: 43200

Housing tenure type for Braintree

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.8%
Owned outright
Percentage: 35.4%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 33.6%
Private rented
Percentage: 15.2%
Social rented
Percentage: 14.9%

Age demographic for Braintree

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 18.4%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 9.2%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 11.5%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 18.9%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 21.5%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 20.6%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.