Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)

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Braintree County constituency
Braintree shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Brooks Newmark
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Essex
EP constituency:	East of England

Braintree is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives. The former Conservative Leader of the Commons Tony Newton represented the seat from its creation at the February 1974 election until he was defeated in 1997 by Alan Hurst of Labour. Brooks Newmark regained the seat for the Tories when he defeated Hurst in 2005.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Political Geography 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The current boundaries of the Braintree constituency is based on Braintree, Bocking, and Great Bardfield in the northwest, moving in a southwesterly direction towards Coggeshall, Silver End, and Kelvedon.

The boundary review detailed below alters Braintree as a consequence of the creation of the brand new Whitham seat. The newly shaped constituency extends out towards the Stour Valley area against the border of Suffolk, and the Bumpstead area near the boundary of south-east Cambridgeshire.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Braintree constituency with the following electoral wards;

• 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.

This modified Braintree seat will be fought for the first time at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election

[edit] Political Geography

Constituncy results if national result is: Con 36%, Lab 36%, LibDem 20%

Election	Con	Lab	LD
2005	50%	38%	12%
2001	49%	39%	12%
1997	49%	37%	14%
1992	46%	30%	24%

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Tony Newton	Conservative
	1997	Alan Hurst	Labour
	2005	Brooks Newmark	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for Next United Kingdom general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Edwards
	UK Independence	Michael Ford
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark
	Cut Tax on Diesel and Petrol	Paul Thorogood

General Election 2005: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	23,597	44.5	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Hurst	19,704	37.1	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Turner	7,037	13.3	+2.0
	Green	James Abbott	1,308	2.5	0.0
	UK Independence	Roger Lord	1,181	2.2	+0.7
	Independent (politician)	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[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hurst	21,123	42.0	-0.7
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	20,765	41.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Turner	5,664	11.3	-0.3
	Green	James Abbott	1,241	2.5	+1.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Nolan	774	1.5	N/A
	UK Independence	Charlie Cole	748	1.5	N/A
Majority			358	0.7
Turnout			50,315	63.6	-12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

General Election 1997: Braintree[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hurst	23,729	42.70
	Conservative	Tony Newton	22,278	40.09
	Liberal Democrat	T Ellis	6,418	11.55
	Referendum Party	N Westcott	2,165	3.90
	Green	James Abbott	712	1.28
	Independent	Michael Nolan	274	0.49
Majority			1,451	2.61
Turnout			55,576	76.10
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	12.90

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

[edit] References

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