Essex election results: Who won in Essex as Labour and Farage win key seats

Matt Lee & Ellis Whitehouse

5 July 2024 at 4:30 am·5-min read

The new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer — -Credit: (Image: PA)

Essex residents have cast their vote, with the Conservatives suffering extremely heavy losses in many seats across the county in the General Election 2024.

EssexLive has been on hand along every twist in the journey as polling stations open. Votes are still being counted in some constituencies, but the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats have made big gains in the county tonight. Labour have won and outright majority and are expected to take the election by a landslide.

Polling stations opened at 7am on July 4. Votes were counted across the county from as early as 10am, straight after the polls closed. Some constituencies are still going into this morning. But we have all the results below, and the ones still to come will be added in.

Below are a list of Essex constituencies, in alphabetical order, and their results.

Basildon & Billericay

Richard Holden wins. A Conservative hold, but only just as 20 votes separated the Tories and Labour. Read the full story here.

Name	Party	Votes
Christopher David Bateman	British Democrats	373
Richard Holden	Conservative Party	12,905
Stewart Goshawk	Green Party	2,123
Alex Harrison	Labour Party	12,885
Edward Sainsbury	Liberal Democrats	2,292
Stephen Conlay	Reform UK	11,354
Dave Murray	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	192

Braintree

James Cleverly wins. A conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
James Cleverly	Conservative Party	17,414
Paul Thorogood	Green Party	2,878
David Heather	Independent	767
Matthew Wright	Labour Party	13,744
Keiron Franks	Liberal Democrats	2,879
Richard Thomson	Reform UK	11,346

Brentwood & Ongar

Alex Burghart wins. A Conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
Alex Burghart	Conservative Party	17,731
Robin Tilbrook	English Democrats	189
RJ Learmouth	Green Party	1,770
Gareth Barrett	Labour Party	11,082
David Kendall	Liberal Democrats	5,809
Paul Godfrey	Reform UK	11,751

Castle Point

Rebecca Harris wins, a Conservative hold. Read the full story here.

Name	Party	Votes
Rebecca Harris	Conservative Party	15,485
Bob Chapman	Green Party	2,118
Mark Maguire	Labour Party	9,455
James Willis	Liberal Democrats	1,341
Keiron McGill	Reform UK	12,234

Chelmsford

Marie Goldman wins in Chelmsford. A Lib Dem gain, and the first Lib Dem candidate for the city ever. Read the full story here.

Name	Party	Votes
Vicky Ford	Conservative	15,461
Reza Hossain	Green	1,585
Kamla Sangha	Independent	69
Richard Hyland	Independent Network	230
Richard Parry	Labour	6,108
Marie Goldman	Lib Dem	20,214
Mark Lawrence	Monster Raving Loony	187
Darren Ingrouille	Reform UK	6,754
Mark Kenlen	Workers Party	105

Clacton

Nigal Farage wins, a Reform gain. Read the full story here.

Name	Party	Votes
Craig Jamieson	Climate Party	48
Giles Watling	Conservative	12,820
Natasha Osben	Green	19,35
Tasos Papanstasiou	Heritage Party	33
Tony Mack	Independent	317
Jovan Owusu-Nepaul	Labour	7,448
Matthew Bensilum	Lib Dem	2,016
Nigel Farage	Reform UK	21,225
Andrew Pemberton	UKIP	116

Colchester

Pam Cox wins Colchester, a Labour gain.

Name	Party	Votes
James Rolfe	Climate Party	74
James Cracknell	Conservative	10,554
Sara Nicola Ruth	Green	2,414
Pam Cox	Labour	18,804
Martin Goss	Lib Dems	6,393
Terence Longstaff	Reform UK	6,664

Epping Forest

Neil Hudson wins. A Conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
Neil Hudson	Conservative	18,038
Simon Heap	Green	2,486
Ed Pond	Independent	3,037
Rosalind Dore	Labour	12,356
Jon Whitehouse	Lib Dems	5,268
Thomas Hall	Shared Ground	568

Harlow

Chris Vince wins. A Labour gain. Read the full story here.

Name	Party	Votes
Hannah Ellis	Conservative	13,809
Yasmin Gregory	Green	2,267
Chris Vince	Labour	16,313
Riad Mannan	Lib Dems	1,350
Malcolm Featherstone	Reform UK	9,461
Lois Perry	UKIP	157

Harwich & North Essex

Bernard Jenkin wins. A Conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	16,522
Andrew Canessa	Green	2,794
Alex Diner	Labour	15,360
Natalie Sommers	Lib Dems	3,561
Mark Cole	Reform UK	9,806

Maldon

John Whittingdale wins. A Conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
John Whittingdale	Conservative	19,374
Isobel Doubleday	Green	2,300
Onike Gollo	Labour	9,817
Simon Burwood	Lib Dems	5,882
Pamela Walford	Reform UK	12,468

North West Essex

Kemi Badenoch wins. A Conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
Kemi Badenoch	Conservative	19,360
Edward Vernon Gildea	Green	2,846
Erik Bonino	Independent	699
Andrew David Green	Independent	852
Niko Omilana	Independent	156
Issy Waite	Labour	16,750
Smita Rajesh	Lib Dems	6,055
Grant John Maxwell StClair-Armstrong	Reform UK	7,668

Rayleigh & Wickford

Mark Francois wins. A Conservative gain.

Name	Party	Votes
Mark Francois	Conservative	17,766
Chris Taylor	Green	2,196
James Hedges	Labour	11,823
Stewart Mott	Lib Dems	4,068
Grant Randall	Reform UK	12,136

South Basildon & East Thurrock

We're still awaiting the South Basildon & Thurrock result, which has gone to a recount. We will update this when it comes in.

Name	Party	Votes
Stephen Metcalfe	Conservative	TBC
Elizabeth Grant	Green	TBC
Steven Burnett	Independent	TBC
Neil Speight	Independent	TBC
Jack Ferguson	Labour	TBC
Dave Thomas	Lib Dems	TBC
James McMurdock	Reform UK	TBC
Simon Breedon	Social Democratic Party	TBC

Southend East & Rochford

Bayo Alaba wins. A Labour gain.

Name	Party	Votes
Lee Clark	Confelicity	488
Gavin Haran	Conservative	11,368
Simon Cross	Green Party	2,716
Bianca Isherwood	Heritage Party	206
Bayo Alaba	Labour	15,395
James Allen	Lib Dems	2,269
Leslie Lilley	Reform UK	7,214

Southend West & Leigh

David Burton-Sampson wins. A Labour gain.

Name	Party	Votes
James Miller	Confelicity	262
Anna Firth	Conservative	14,790
Tilly Hogrebe	Green	3,262
Lara Hurley	Heritage Party	99
Tom Darwood	Independent	172
Robert Francis	Independent	98
David Burton-Sampson	Labour	16,739
Stephen Cummins	Lib Dems	3,174
Jason Pilley	Psychedelic Movement	99
Peter Little	Reform UK	8,273

Thurrock

Jen Craft wins. A Labour gain.

Name	Party	Votes
Jacqueline Doyle-Price	Conservative	8,009
Eugene McCarthy	Green	1,632
Nimal Dr Raj	Independent	443
Jen Craft	Labour	16,050
Michael Bukola	Lib Dems	1,157
Sophie Preston-Hall	Reform UK	9,576
Yousaff Khan	Workers Party	691

Witham

Priti Patel wins. A conservative hold.

Name	Party	Votes
Priti Patel	Conservative	18,827
James Abbott	Green	3,539
Rumi Chowdhury	Labour	13,682
Ashley Thompson	Lib Dems	3,439
Timothy Blaxill	Reform UK	9,870
Chelsey Jay	Representing the people - not a party	1,246

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