South East Essex

Conservative hold / Bernard Braine

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Conservative	Braine, Bernard	40,497	64%	+15.2%
	Labour	Smith, Nigel	15,965	25.2%	-8.1%
	Liberal	Alexander, Francis	6,858	10.8%	-7.1%
Majority			24,532	38.8%	+23.3%
Turnout			63,320	76.9%	3.2%
Swing				+11.65%