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)






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%