Braintree

Conservative hold / Tony Newton

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Conservative	Newton, Tony	20,559	39.5%	+1.5%
	Labour	Kyle, Keith	19,469	37.4%	+3.1%
	Liberal	Holme, R	12,004	23.1%	-4.6%
Majority			1,090	2.1%	-1.6%
Turnout			52,032	79.4%	-4.9%
Swing				-0.8%