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England · Constituency

Braintree

Represented by Sir James Cleverly (Conservative)

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Your member of parliament

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Conservative finished ahead of Labour by 3,670 votes.

Majority

3,670

7.5% of votes cast.

Turnout

63.1%

49,028 of 77,673 on the register.

Candidates

49,028 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James CleverlyElected	Conservative	17,414	35.5%
Matthew Wright	Labour	13,744	28.0%
Richard Thomson	Reform UK	11,346	23.1%
Kieron Franks	Liberal Democrat	2,879	5.9%
Paul Thorogood	Green Party	2,878	5.9%
David Heather	Independent	767	1.6%

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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