Braintree
2010 Results:
Conservative: 25901 (52.64%)
Labour: 9780 (19.88%)
Liberal Democrat: 9247 (18.79%)
BNP: 1080 (2.19%)
UKIP: 2477 (5.03%)
Green: 718 (1.46%)
Majority: 16121 (32.76%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 21927 (50.4%)
Labour: 12875 (29.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 6365 (14.6%)
Other: 2323 (5.3%)
Majority: 9051 (20.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 23597 (44.5%)
Labour: 19704 (37.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 7037 (13.3%)
Green: 1308 (2.5%)
UKIP: 1181 (2.2%)
Other: 228 (0.4%)
Majority: 3893 (7.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 20765 (41.3%)
Labour: 21123 (42%)
Liberal Democrat: 5664 (11.3%)
UKIP: 748 (1.5%)
Green: 1241 (2.5%)
Other: 774 (1.5%)
Majority: 358 (0.7%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 22278 (40.1%)
Labour: 23729 (42.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 6418 (11.5%)
Referendum: 2165 (3.9%)
Other: 986 (1.8%)
Majority: 1451 (2.6%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Brooks Newmark(Conservative) (more information at They work for you)
Brooks Newmark(Conservative) (more information at They work for you)Bill Edwards (Labour) Steve Jarvis (Liberal Democrat)Daisy Blench (Green)Michael Ford (UKIP) Paul Hooks (BNP) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 87245
Male: 49.3%
Female: 50.7%
Under 18: 23.2%
Over 60: 19.4%
Born outside UK: 4%
White: 98.3%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.5%
Mixed: 0.7%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 74%
Full time students: 1.6%
Graduates 16-74: 14.7%
No Qualifications 16-74: 27.2%
Owner-Occupied: 73.7%
Social Housing: 17.8% (Council: 15.1%, Housing Ass.: 2.7%)
Privately Rented: 5.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 5.3%
