Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Braintree
Map1 = Braintree
Map2 = Essex
Type = County
Year = 1974
Entity = Essex
County = Essex
EP = East of England
MP = Brooks Newmark
Party = Conservative

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.

The seat normally elects Conservative MPs, but Labour won in their landslide victories at the 1997 and 2001 general elections.

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.

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

Political Geography

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title= Confirmed candidates for Next United Kingdom general election (Braintree) [ [http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/braintree Braintree] UKPolling] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Edwards
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change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Ford
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change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brooks Newmark
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change = Election box candidate
party = Cut Tax on Diesel and Petrol
candidate = Paul Thorogood
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percentage =
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Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: BraintreeElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brooks Newmark
votes = 23,597
percentage = 44.5
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Hurst
votes = 19,704
percentage = 37.1
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Turner
votes = 7,037
percentage = 13.3
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = James Abbott
votes = 1,308
percentage = 2.5
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Roger Lord
votes = 1,181
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.7Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Buster Michael Nolan
votes = 228
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 3,893
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 53,055
percentage = 65.9
change = +2.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 4.0

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: BraintreeElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Hurst
votes = 21,123
percentage = 42.0
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brooks Newmark
votes = 20,765
percentage = 41.3
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Turner
votes = 5,664
percentage = 11.3
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = James Abbott
votes = 1,241
percentage = 2.5
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
candidate = Michael Nolan
votes = 774
percentage = 1.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Charlie Cole
votes = 748
percentage = 1.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 358
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 50,315
percentage = 63.6
change = -12.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex