Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)
| Braintree | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Braintree in Essex. |
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 Location of Essex within England. |
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| County | Essex |
| Electorate | 72,064 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Member of Parliament | Brooks Newmark (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Maldon |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament 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.
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[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 new Witham 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 was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
[edit] 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 has held it since.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Tony Newton | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Alan Hurst | Labour | |
| 2005 | Brooks Newmark | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Braintree [3][4][5] | |||||
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| 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 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| 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 | |
| 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[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| UKIP | Charlie Cole | 748 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 358 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50,315 | 63.6 | -12.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Braintree[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| General Election 1992: Braintree[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tony Newton | 34,415 | 52.3 | −1.9 | |
| Labour | I Willmore | 16,921 | 25.7 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs DP Wallis | 13,603 | 20.7 | −5.8 | |
| Green | JE 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 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
- ^ UK Polling report - Braintree
- ^ http://election.pressassociation.com/Nominations/general.php
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Braintree". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a61.stm.
- ^ a b Political Science Resources - Braintree 1997 & 2001
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
