Full General Election results for Essex - every constituency result

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All eighteen seats have been declared in Essex in the 2024 General Election, with the county reflecting national trends of Conservative losses and Labour gains.

Basildon and Billericay became an ultra marginal seat in the UK after Conservative Richard Holden took victory by just 20 votes, after two recounts.

Meanwhile former Tory ministers James Cleverly and Dame Priti Patel held on to their seats in Braintree and Witham, there were big wins for Labour in Southend, Harlow and Thurrock.

The Lib Dems took victory in Chelmsford while Reform took the seat in Clacton and Basildon South & East Thurrock.

Read the results for each constituency below and explore our interactive map above.

Results snapshot

  • Basildon and Billericay: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Braintree: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Brentwood and Ongar: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Castle Point: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Chelmsford: LIB DEM GAIN

  • Clacton: REFORM GAIN

  • Colchester: LABOUR GAIN

  • Epping Forest: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Harlow: LABOUR GAIN

  • Harwich and North Essex: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Maldon: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • North West Essex: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • Rayleigh and Wickford: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

  • South Basildon and East Thurrock: REFORM GAIN

  • Southend East and Rochford: LABOUR GAIN

  • Southend West and Leigh: LABOUR GAIN

  • Thurrock: LABOUR GAIN

  • Witham: CONSERVATIVE HOLD

BASILDON AND BILLERICAY

RESULT: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 20

Full results from the 2024 General Election in Basildon & Billericay:

  • Christopher Bateman - British Democrats - 373 (0.89%)

  • Stephen Conlay - Reform UK - 11,354 (26.95%)

  • Stewart Goshawk - Green - 2,123 (5.04%)

  • Alex Harrison - Labour - 12,885 (30.59%)

  • Richard Holden - Conservatives - 12,905 (30.64%)

  • Dave Murray - TUSC - 192 (0.46%)

  • Edward Sainsbury - Lib Dems - 2,292 (5.44%)

Constituency profile: Traditionally true-blue territory, Basildon & Billericay was won by John Baron for the Conservatives with a majority of 20,412 (46.3%) in 2019. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 20,749 (44.3%). The seat is the 43rd safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 22.1% swing to win. Basildon, one of the post-war new towns, it grew rapidly, while Billericay has historical significance, being the first to declare in the 1959 election.

BRAINTREE

RESULT: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 6,068

Full results from the 2024 General Election in Braintree:

  • James Cleverly - Conservatives - 17,414 (35.52%)

  • Kieron Franks - Lib Dems - 2,879 (5.87%)

  • David Heather - Independent - 767 (1.56%)

  • Richard Thomson - Reform UK - 11,346 (23.14%)

  • Paul Thorogood - Green - 2,878 (5.87%)

  • Matthew Wright - Labour - 13,744 (28.03%)

Constituency profile: The Conservative Party won the Braintree seat with a 2019 majority of 24,673 (48.9%), won by James Cleverly. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 25,466 (49.3%). The seat is the 19th safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 24.6% swing to win. It has a mix of market towns and villages, and has significant employment in services and manufacturing. The government’s decision to house asylum seekers at the former Wethersfield airfield has proved controversial and was opposed the now-Home Secretary.

BRENTWOOD AND ONGAR

RESULT: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 5,980

Full results from the 2024 General Election in Brentwood & Ongar:

  • Gareth Barrett - Labour - 11,082 (22.93%)

  • Alex Burghart - Conservatives - 17,731 (36.69%)

  • Paul Godfrey - Reform UK - 11,751 (24.31%)

  • David Kendall - Lib Dems - 5,809 (12.02%)

  • RJ Learmouth - Green - 1,770 (3.66)

  • Robin Tilbrook - English Democrats - 189 (0.39%)

Constituency profile: Typically a safe Conservative seat, this constituency was won for the Tories by Alex Burghart in 2019 with a majority of 29,065 (54.9%). Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 28,974 (54.9%). The seat is the 10th safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 27.4% swing to win. The Liberal Democrats would need a 27.5% swing but the party did deprive the Conservative of their majority on Brentwood Council in the 2023 local elections. Brentwood & Ongar, just outside Greater London, includes the towns of Brentwood, Chipping Ongar, and Ingatestone, with a large commuter population and significant employment in managerial and professional roles.

CASTLE POINT

Result: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 3,051

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Castle Point:

  • Rebecca Harris - Conservatives - 15,485 (37.9%)

  • Keiron McGill - Reform UK - 12,434 (30.5%)

  • Mark Maguire - Labour - 9,455 (23.2%)

  • Bob Chapman - Green - 2,118 (5.2%)

  • James Willis - Lib Dems - 1,341 (3.3%)

Turnout: 57.5%

Constituency profile: The Conservatives took the Castle Point seat with a majority of 26,634 (60.1%) in 2019. It was won by Rebecca Harris. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 27,009 (59.7%). The seat is the third safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 29.9% swing to win. Castle Point, located in Essex, includes North Benfleet and Bowers Gifford, and was formerly represented by the first UKIP MP, Bob Spink after his defection from the Conservatives.

CHELMSFORD

RESULT: LIB DEM GAIN - 4,753 majority

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Chelmsford:

  • Vicky Ford - Conservatives - 15,461 (30.49%)

  • Marie Goldman - Lib Dems - 20,214 (39.86%)

  • Reza Hossain - Green - 1,588 (3.13%)

  • Richard Hyland - Independent Network

  • Darren Ingrouille - Reform UK - 6,754 (13.32%)

  • Mark Kenlen - Workers' Party - 105 (0.21%)

  • Mark Citizen Lawrence - Official Monster Raving Loony Party - 187 (0.37%)

  • Richard Parry - Labour - 6,108 (12.04%)

  • Kamla Sangha - Independent - 69 (0.14%)

Constituency profile: The Conservative Party holds the Chelmsford seat with a 2019 majority of 17,621 (30.8%), won by Vicky Ford. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 15,416 (28.6%). The seat is the 186th most marginal Conservative seat nationally, with the Liberal Democrats needing a 14.3% swing to win. The constituency contains the whole of the urban area of Chelmsford City Council, of which the Liberal Democrats took control in May 2019. Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, is a prosperous retail, administrative, and manufacturing centre, and includes key institutions like Essex County Council and Anglia Ruskin University.

CLACTON

Result: REFORM UK GAIN - majority 8,405

Full result in the 2024 General Election in Clacton:

  • Nigel Farage - Reform UK - 21,225 (46.2%)

  • Giles Watling - Conservative - 12,820 (27.9%)

  • Jovan Owusu-Nepaul - Labour - 7,448 (16.2%)

  • Matthew Bensilum - Lib Dems - 2,016 (4.4%)

  • Natasha Osben - Green - 1,935 (4.2%)

  • Tony Mack - Independent - 317 (0.7%)

  • Andrew Pemberton - Ukip - 116 (0.3%)

  • Craig Jamieson - Climate Party - 48 (0.1%)

  • Tasos Papanastasiou - Heritage Party - 33 (0.1%)

Constituency profile: Won by Conservative Giles Watling in 2019 with a majority of 24,702 (56.8%) and has attracted national attention since Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced he would stand. Due to boundary changes, the Tories' notional majority is now 25,717 (56.3%). The seat is the ninth safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 28.2% swing to win. Clacton, part of the Tendring council area, had been a Conservative constituency from 2005 until 2014, and was the only UKIP parliamentary seat after the 2015 General Election, when Douglas Carswell won.

COLCHESTER

RESULT: LABOUR GAIN - 8,250 majority

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Colchester:

  • Pam Cox - Labour - 18,804 (41.9%)

  • James Cracknell - Conservatives - 10,554 (23.5%)

  • Martin Goss - Lib Dems - 6,393 (14.2%)

  • Terence Longstaff - Reform UK - 6,664 (14.8%)

  • James Rolfe - Climate Party - 74 (0.2%)

  • Sara Ruth - Green - 2,414 (5.4%)

Constituency profile: The 2024 result is the first time Labour have elected an MP there since 1945. Conservative Will Quince won the Colchester seat with a 2019 majority of 9,423 (17.7%), though he will not stand again this time around. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 10,940 (22.3%). The seat is the 136th most marginal Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing an 11.1% swing to win. Colchester is Britain's earliest recorded town and one of its newest cities. It has a mixed economy with major employers including Essex University and the army garrison. Before going to the Tories in 2015, Lib Dem Sir Bob Russell had been the MP since 1997.

EPPING FOREST

RESULT: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 5,682

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Epping Forest:

  • Rosalind Dore - Labour - 12,356 (29.59%)

  • Thomas Hall - Shared Ground - 568 (1.36%)

  • Simon Heap - Green - 2,486 (5.95%)

  • Neal Hudson - Conservatives - 18,038 (43.20%)

  • Ed Pond - Independent - 3,037 (7.27%)

  • Jon Whitehouse - Lib Dems - 5,268 (12.62%)

Constituency profile: The Conservative Party holds the Epping Forest seat with a 2019 majority of 22,173 (44.1%), won by Dame Eleanor Laing. With no boundary changes, the notional majority remains the same. The seat is the 44th safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 22.1% swing to win. Epping Forest, stretching from Greater London into rural Essex, includes commuter towns like Loughton, Chigwell, and Waltham Abbey, and is well-connected to London by the M11, M25, and the Underground's Central Line.

HARLOW

RESULT: LABOUR GAIN - majority 2,504

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Harlow

  • Hannah Ellis - Conservatives - 13,809 (31.85%)

  • Malcolm Featherstone - Reform UK - 9,461 (21.82%)

  • Yasmin Gregory - Green - 2,267 (5.23%)

  • Riad Mannan - Lib Dems - 1,350 (3.11%)

  • Lois Perry - UKIP - 157 (0.36%)

  • Chris Vince - Labour - 16,313 (37.62%)

Constituency profile: Conservative Robert Halfon won a majority of 14,063 (32.4%) in 2019 - a figure that is now notionally 16,694 (35.3%) after boundary changes. Mr Halfon will not contest the seat this time around. It is the 126th safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 17.6% swing to win. It had been a traditional Lab-Con marginal but was made much safer for the Conservatives in recent years. The Tories took control of the local council in 2021 but had their majority cut to just one in May 2024. Harlow was transformed from rural land to a new town in 1946 and now has an urban population of nearly 80,000, with significant greenbelt areas and villages.

HARWICH AND NORTH ESSEX

Result: CONSERVATIVES HOLD - majority 1,162

Full result for the 2024 General Election in Harwich and North Essex:

  • Andrew Canessa - Green - 2,794 (5.82%)

  • Mark Cole - Reform UK - 9,806 (20.41%)

  • Alex Diner - Labour - 15,360 (31.97%)

  • Bernard Jenkin - Conservatives - 16,522 (34.39%)

  • Natalie Sommers - Lib Dems - 3,561 (7.41%)

Constituency profile: The Conservative Party won the Harwich and North Essex seat through Sir Bernard Jenkin with a 2019 majority of 20,182 (38.8%). Due to boundary changes, the notional majority is now 17,651 (32.6%). The seat is the 152nd safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 16.3% swing to win. Harwich, with a rich naval history, including being the landing site of Sir Francis Drake and the build site of the Mayflower, is now part of a largely rural constituency.

MALDON

Result: CONSERVATIVES HOLD - majority 6,906

Full results for the 2024 General Election in Maldon:

  • Simon Burwood - Lib Dems - 5,882 (11.80%)

  • Isobel Doubleday - Green - 2,300 (4.61%)

  • Onike Gollo - Labour - 9,817 (19.70%)

  • Pamela Walford - Reform UK - 12,468 (25.02%)

  • John Whittingdale - Conservatives - 19,374 (38.87%)

Turnout: 63.67%

Constituency profile: One of the safest Tory seats in the country, Maldon returned John Whittingdale with a majority of 30,041 (59.6%) in 2019. Due to boundary changes, the notional majority remains around the same at 32,001 (59.6%). The seat is the fourth safest Conservative seat nationally, with Labour needing a 29.8% swing to win. Maldon is predominantly rural or coastal, encompassing towns Burnham-on-Crouch, as well as rural areas and the town of South Woodham Ferrers.

NORTH WEST ESSEX

Result: CONSERVATIVES HOLD - majority 2,610

Full results for the 2024 General Election in North West Essex:

  • Kemi Badenoch - Conservatives - 19,360 (35.60%)

  • Erik Bonino - Independent - 699 (1.29%)

  • Edward Gildea - Green - 2,846 (5.23%)

  • Andrew David Green - Independent - 852 (1.57%)

  • Niko Omilana - Independent - 156 (0.29%)

  • Smita Rajesh - Lib Dems - 6,055 (11.13%)

  • Grant StClair-Armstrong - Reform UK - 7,668 (14.10%)

  • Issy Waite - Labour - 16,750 (30.80%)

Constituency profile: Renamed from the Saffron Walden constituency, this seat was won by Conservative cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch in 2019 with a majority of 27,594 (43.7%). Due to boundary changes, which cedes territory to Braintree and Harlow, the notional majority is now 23,227 (42.0%). The seat is the 66th safest Conservative seat nationally, with the Liberal Democrats needing a 21.0% swing and Labour needing a 24.0% swing to win. It regularly returns Conservatives with five-figure majorities and has been held by the Tories (or Unionists) since 1922. North West Essex, based on the historic seat of Saffron Walden, includes major settlements like Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow, Stansted Mountfitchet, and Writtle, along with Stansted Airport and Broomfield Hospital.

RAYLEIGH AND WICKFORD

Result: CONSERVATIVE HOLD - majority 5,933

Full result from the 2024 General Election in Rayleigh and Wickford:

  • Mark Francois - Conservatives - 17,756 (37.01%)

  • Grant Randall - Reform UK - 12,135 (25.29%)

  • James Hedges - Labour - 11,823 (24.64%)

  • Stewart Mott - Lib Dems - 4,068 (8.48%)

  • Chris Taylor - Green - 2,196 (4.58%)

Turnout: 62.65%

Constituency profile: Rayleigh and Wickford is a strongly Conservative seat won in 2019 by Mark Francois with a majority of 31,000 (56.5%). The notional majority under new boundaries is 30,348 (57.3%), broadly unchanged. It ranks as the fifth safest Conservative seat in the Anglia region and the eighth safest Tory seat nationally. Labour would need a significant 28.6% swing to challenge. Wickford, Rayleigh, and Hockley are key population centres, with the constituency spanning Rochford and Basildon districts, bordering Southend and Basildon to the south.

SOUTH BASILDON AND EAST THURROCK

RESULT: REFORM UK GAIN - majority of 98 (0.25%)

Full result in the 2024 General Election in South Basildon & East Thurrock:

  • Simon Breedon - SDP - 140 (0.35%)

  • Steven Burnett - Independent - 275 (0.70%)

  • Jack Ferguson - Labour - 12,080 (30.54%)

  • Elizabeth Grant - Green - 1,718 (4.34%)

  • James McMurdock - Reform UK - 12,178 (30.79%)

  • Stephen Metcalfe - Conservatives - 10,159 (25.69%)

  • Neil Speight - Independent - 1,928 (4.87%)

  • Dave Thomas - Lib Dems - 1,071 (2.71%)

Constituency profile: Historically a secure Conservative seat, represented by Stephen Metcalfe, who won with a majority of 19,922 (44.0%) in 2019. Under the new boundaries for 2024, the notional majority stands at 18,731 (41.9%), slightly reduced from before. It ranks as the 23rd safest Conservative seat in the Anglia region and the 68th safest Tory seat nationally. Labour would need a 20.9% swing to challenge the Conservative hold. The constituency includes Stanford-le-Hope as a major town, with a mix of farmland in the north and significant commercial and industrial activities along the North Thames riverside, including the Coryton oil refinery area. In 2016, it delivered the strongest Leave vote in the Anglia region, at an estimated 73%.

SOUTHEND EAST AND ROCHFORD

Result: LABOUR GAIN - majority 4,027

Full result for the 2024 General Election in Southend East & Rochford:

  • Bayo Alaba - Labour - 15,395 (38.82%)

  • James Allen - Lib Dems - 2,269 (5.72%)

  • Lee Clark - Confelicity - 488 (1.23%)

  • Simon Cross - Green - 2,716 (6.85%)

  • Gavin Haran - Conservatives - 11,368 (28.67%)

  • Bianca Isherwood - Heritage Party - 206 (0.52%)

  • Les Lillie - Reform UK - 7,214 (18.19%)

Constituency profile: Formerly Rochford and Southend East, this renamed seat was claimed by Conservative Sir James Duddridge in 2019 with a majority of 12,286 (26.7%). Boundary changes, including adding Canewdon and Great Stambridge while losing St Luke’s ward, slightly increased the Conservative notional majority to 11,942 (27.7%). Labour requires a 13.8% swing to contest this seat, which ranks as the 20th most marginal Conservative seat in the Anglia region and 180th nationally.

SOUTHEND WEST AND LEIGH

Result: LABOUR GAIN - majority 1,949

Full results in the 2024 General Election in Southend West & Leigh:

  • David Burton-Sampson - Labour - 16,739 (35.64%)

  • Stephen Cummins - Lib Dems - 3,174 (6.76%)

  • Anna Firth - Conservatives - 14,790 (31.49%)

  • Robert Francis - Independent - 98 (0.21%)

  • Tilly Hogrebe - Green - 3,262 (6.95%)

  • Lara Hurley - Heritage Party - 99 (0.21%)

  • Peter Little - Reform UK - 8,273 (17.61%)

  • James Miller - Confelicity - 262 (0.56%)

  • Jason Pilley - Psychedelic Movement - 99 (0.21%)

  • Tom Darwood - Independent - 172 (0.37%)

Constituency profile: This seat was held for the Conservatives by Anna Firth in a 2022 by-election which followed the murder of Sir David Amess at a constituency surgery. She won a majority of 12,280 (82.7%) in a vote uncontested by the other major parties. The Tories had won a 14,459 (31.1%) majority in 2019, which would be trimmed by boundary changes to a notional 15,454 (30.1%). It ranks as the 200th most marginal Tory seat nationally out of 372, covering residential and affluent areas like Westcliff and Leigh-on-Sea in Southend.

THURROCK

Result: LABOUR GAIN - majority 8,041

Full results in the 2024 General Election in Thurrock:

  • Michael Bukola - Lib Dems - 1,157 (3.08%)

  • Jen Craft - Labour - 16,050 (42.73%)

  • Dame Jackie Doyle-Price - Conservatives - 8,009 (21.32%)

  • Yousaff Khan - Workers' Party - 691 (1.84%)

  • Eugene McCarthy - Green - 1,632 (4.35%)

  • Raj Nimal - Independent - 443 (1.18%)

  • Sophie Preston-Hall - Reform UK - 9,576 (25.5%)

Constituency profile: A former ultra-marginal Conservative seat, Thurrock has been shored up by Jackie Doyle-Price, who won with a majority of 11,482 votes (24.2%) in 2019. The notional Conservative majority has increased slightly due to boundary changes, now at 11,962 votes (27.0%). It ranks as the 173rd most marginal Tory seat nationally out of 372, situated on the outskirts with towns like Grays, Tilbury, and Purfleet along the Thames, known historically for heavy industry and now prominent for retail and distribution sectors, anchored by Lakeside shopping mall.

WITHAM

Result: CONSERVATIVES HOLD - majority 5,145

Who is standing in the 2024 General Election in Witham?

  • James Abbott - Green - 3,539 (6.99%)

  • Timothy Blaxill - Reform UK - 9,870 (19.50%)

  • Rumi Chowdhury - Labour - 13,682 (27.04%)

  • Chelsey Jay - Representing the People - 1,246 (2.46%)

  • Priti Patel - Conservatives - 18,827 (37.21%)

  • Ashley Thompson - Lib Dems - 3,439 (6.80%)

Turnout: 50,603

Constituency profile: Witham remains a very safe Conservative seat held by Priti Patel, who won in 2019 with a majority of 24,082 votes (48.8%). The notional Conservative majority has slightly increased to 25,669 votes (49.3%) due to boundary changes, making it the 10th safest Conservative seat in the Anglia region and the 20th safest Tory seat nationally out of 372. The constituency is predominantly rural, centred on the town of Witham in mid-Essex, encompassing parts of Braintree, Colchester, and Maldon districts.

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