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Eastern
75,959 electors
Active Seat

Clacton

Current MP
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
62.4%
Avg Turnout
3
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Reform UK Nigel Farage Gain from Conservative
Majority 8,405
Turnout 58.7% ↓2.6pp
Total Votes 45,958
Winner Swing ↓26.1pp
✓ Nigel Farage
Reform UK
21,225 46.2%
—
Giles Watling
Conservative
12,820 27.9%
↓44.0pp
Jovan Owusu-Nepaul
Labour
7,448 16.2%
↑0.6pp
Matthew Bensilum
Liberal Democrats
2,016 4.4%
↓1.8pp
Natasha Osben
Green Party
1,935 4.2%
↑1.3pp
Tony Mack
—
317 0.7%
—
Andrew Pemberton
UK Independence Party
116 0.3%
—
Craig Jamieson
—
48 0.1%
—
Tasos Papanastasiou
—
33 0.1%
—
Conservative Giles Watling Hold
Majority 24,702
Turnout 61.3% ↓2.4pp
Total Votes 43,506
Winner Swing ↑11.0pp
✓ Giles Watling
Conservative
31,438 72.3%
↑11.0pp
Kevin Bonavia
Labour
6,736 15.5%
↓9.9pp
Callum Robertson
Liberal Democrats
2,541 5.8%
↑3.8pp
Chris Southall
Green Party
1,225 2.8%
↑1.2pp
Andy Morgan
—
1,099 2.5%
—
Colin Bennett
—
243 0.6%
—
Just-John Sexton
—
224 0.5%
—
Conservative Giles Watling Gain from UK Independence Party
Majority 15,828
Turnout 63.7% ↓0.4pp
Total Votes 44,145
Winner Swing ↑16.8pp
✓ Giles Watling
Conservative
27,031 61.2%
↑24.6pp
Tasha Osben
Labour
11,203 25.4%
↑11.0pp
Paul Oakley
—
3,357 7.6%
↓36.8pp
David Grace
Liberal Democrats
887 2.0%
↑0.2pp
Chris Southall
Green Party
719 1.6%
↓1.1pp
Caroline Shearer
—
449 1.0%
—
Robin Tilbrook
—
289 0.7%
—
Nick Martin
—
210 0.5%
—
UK Independence Party Douglas Carswell Gain from Conservative
Majority 3,437
Turnout 64.1% ↓0.1pp
Total Votes 44,207
Winner Swing ↓8.6pp
✓ Douglas Carswell
—
19,642 44.4%
—
Giles Watling
Conservative
16,205 36.7%
↓16.4pp
Tim Young
Labour
6,364 14.4%
↓10.7pp
Chris Southall
Green Party
1,184 2.7%
↑1.4pp
David Grace
Liberal Democrats
812 1.8%
↓11.1pp
Conservative Douglas Carswell Hold
Majority 12,068
Turnout 64.2%
Total Votes 43,123
✓ Douglas Carswell
Conservative
22,867 53.0%
↑8.6pp
Ivan Henderson
Labour
10,799 25.0%
↓10.9pp
Michael Green
Liberal Democrats
5,577 12.9%
↓0.6pp
Jim Taylor
—
1,975 4.6%
—
Terry Allen
—
1,078 2.5%
—
Chris Southall
Green Party
535 1.2%
—
Christopher Humphrey
—
292 0.7%
—

Turnout Trend

64.2%
'10
64.1%
'15
63.7%
'17
61.3%
'19
58.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
31.8% ▲1.6pp
50 to 64
21.2%
0 to 17
17.1%
35 to 49
14.5%
25 to 34
9.8%
18 to 24
5.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.6%
Asian or Asian British
1.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other
0.4%
📊 Age
65 and over
31.8%
45 to 64
21.2%
Under 18
17.1%
18 to 29
15.5%
30 to 44
14.5%
⛪ Religion
Christian
50.4%
No religion
41.9%
Not answered
6.0%
Muslim
0.5%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.1%
Asian or Asian British
1.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
30.2%
45 to 64
27.0%
Under 18
17.9%
30 to 44
14.0%
18 to 29
10.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
64.6%
No religion
26.4%
Religion not stated
7.7%
Other religion
0.4%
Muslim
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Giles Watling Conservative 2017-06-08 2024-05-30
Mr Douglas Carswell UKIP 2014-10-10 2017-05-03
Mr Douglas Carswell Conservative 2014-10-09 2014-10-09