1997 General Election - Braintree

Year	1997
General election	1997 General Election
Constituency	Braintree
Turnout	76.4%

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hurst, Alan	Labour	23,729
Newton, Tony	Conservative	22,278
Ellis, Trevor	Liberal Democrats	6,418
Westcott, Nicholas	Referendum	2,165
Abbott, James	Greens	712
Nolan, Michael	Independent	274