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By-elections and other changes since 2001
The tables below show results for all the by–elections held for
seats at Westminster since the 2001 general election.
Crewe and Nantwich
To be held on 22nd May 2008
Due to the death of Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody
2005 Crewe and Nantwich general election result
Ealing Southall
Held 19th July 2007
Due to the death of Labour MP Piara Khabra
2005 general election result
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Virendra Sharma |
|
Virendra Sharma |
Labour |
15,188 |
41.5 |
-7.28 |
|
Majority: 5,070 |
|
Nigel Bakhai |
Lib Dem |
10,118 |
27.6 |
+3.19 |
|
Turnout: 43% |
|
Tony Lit |
Conservative |
8,230 |
22.5 |
+0.91 |
|
Electorate: |
|
Sarah Edwards |
Green |
1,135 |
3.1 |
-1.52 |
|
Swing:5.24% |
|
Salvinder Singh Dillon |
Respect |
588 |
1.6 |
|
|
Lab to Lib Dems |
|
KT Rajan |
UKIP |
285 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
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Yaqub Masih |
Christian Party |
280 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
Jasdev Rai |
Independent |
275 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
John Cartwright |
Loony |
188 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
Sati Chaggar |
English Dem |
152 |
0.4 |
|
|
|
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Gulbash Singh |
Independent |
92 |
0.3 |
|
|
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Kuldeep Singh Grewal |
Independent |
87 |
0.2 |
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Sedgefield
Held 19th July 2007
Due to the resignation of Labour MP Tony Blair
2005 general election result
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Philip Wilson MP |
|
Philip Wilson |
Labour |
12,528 |
44.8 |
-14.11 |
|
Majority: 6,956 |
|
Greg Stone |
Lib Dem |
5,572 |
19.9 |
+8.02 |
|
Turnout: 41.5% |
|
Graham Michael Robb |
Conservative |
4,082 |
14.6 |
+0.19 |
|
Electorate: |
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Andrew Spence |
BNP |
2,492 |
8.9 |
|
|
Swing:11.06% |
|
Paul Gittings |
Independent |
1,885 |
6.7 |
|
|
Lab to Lib Dems |
|
Toby Horton |
UKIP |
536 |
1.9 |
+0.36 |
|
|
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Christopher Michael Haine |
Green |
348 |
1.2 |
|
|
|
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Stephen Paul Gash |
English Dem |
177 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
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Tim Grainger |
Christian |
177 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
Alan 'Howling Laud' Hope |
Loony |
129 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
Norman Scarth |
Anti-Crime |
34 |
0.1 |
|
Blaenau Gwent
Held 29th June 2006
Due to the death of Independent MP Peter Law (formerly Labour)
2005 general election result
| |
Independent hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Dai Davis MP |
|
Dai Davis |
Independent |
12,543 |
46.2 |
−12 |
|
Majority: 2,484 |
|
Owen Smith |
Labour |
10,059 |
37 |
+4.7 |
|
Turnout: 51.7% |
|
Steffan Lewis |
Plaid Cymru |
1,755 |
6.5 |
+4.1 |
|
Electorate:52,515 |
|
Amy Kitcher |
Lib Dem |
1,477 |
5.4 |
+1.2 |
|
Swing: |
|
Margrit Williams |
Conservative |
1,013 |
3.7 |
+1.4 |
|
|
|
Alan Hope |
Loony Party |
318 |
1.2 |
+0.6 |
Bromley and Chislehurst
Held 29th June 2006
Due to the death of Conservative MP Eric Forth
2005 general election result
| |
Conservative hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Bob Neill MP |
|
Bob Neill |
Conservative |
11,621 |
40 |
−11.1 |
|
Majority: 633 |
|
Ben Abbotts |
Lib Dem |
10,988 |
37.8 |
+17.5 |
|
Turnout: 40.5% |
|
Nigel Farrage |
UKIP |
2,347 |
8.1 |
+4.9 |
|
Electorate: 71,818 |
|
Rachel Reeves |
Labour |
1,925 |
6.6 |
−15.6 |
|
Swing |
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Ann Garrett |
Green |
811 |
2.8 |
|
|
|
|
Paul Winnett |
National Front |
476 |
1.6 |
|
|
|
|
John Hemming-Clarke |
Independent |
442 |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
Steven Uncles |
English Dems |
212 |
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
John Cartwright |
Loony |
132 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
Nick Hadziannis |
Independent |
65 |
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
Anne Belsey |
Money Reform |
33 |
0.1 |
|
Dunfermline and West Fife
Held 9th February 2006
Due to the death of Labour MP Rachel Squire
2005 general election result
| |
Lib Dem gain |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Willie Rennie MP |
|
Willie Rennie |
Lib Dem |
12,391 |
35.8 |
+15.4 |
|
Majority: 1,800 |
|
Catherine Stihler |
Labour |
10,591 |
30.6 |
−17.4 |
|
Turnout: 49% |
|
Douglas Chapman |
SNP |
7,261 |
21 |
+1.8 |
|
Electorate: 71,017 |
|
Carrie Ruxton |
Conservative |
2,702 |
7.8 |
−2.6 |
|
Swing: 16.24% |
|
John McAllion |
SSP |
537 |
1.6 |
− |
|
Lab to Lib Dem
|
|
James Hargreaves |
SCP |
411 |
1.2 |
+1.2 |
|
|
|
Thomas Minogue |
AFBTP |
374 |
1.1 |
+1.1 |
|
|
|
Ian Borland |
UKIP |
208 |
0.6 |
−0.9 |
|
|
|
Dick Rodgers |
CGP |
103 |
0.3 |
+0.3 |
Livingston
Held 29th September 2005
Due to the death of Labour MP Robin Cook
2005 election
result
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Jim Devine MP |
|
Jim Devine |
Labour |
12,319 |
41.8 |
-9.31 |
|
Majority - 2,680 |
|
Angela Constance |
SNP |
9,639 |
32.7 |
+11.14 |
|
Turnout - 38.6% |
|
Charles Dundas |
Lib Dem |
4,362 |
14.8 |
-0.61 |
|
Electorate - TBA |
|
Gordon Lindhurst |
Conservative |
1,993 |
6.8 |
-3.39 |
|
Swing - |
|
David Robertson |
Green |
529 |
1.8 |
+1.79 |
|
Lab to SNP 10.2%
|
|
Steve Nimmo |
Scot Socialist |
407 |
1.4 |
-0.40 |
|
|
|
Peter Adams |
UKIP |
108 |
0.4 |
+0.37 |
|
|
|
Melville Brown |
Ind |
55 |
0.2 |
+0.19 |
|
|
|
John Allman |
All. for Change |
33 |
0.1 |
+0.11 |
|
|
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Brian Gardner |
SPGB |
32 |
0.1 |
+0.11 |
Cheadle
Held 14th July 2005
Due to the death of Lib Dem MP Patsy Calton
2005 election
result
| |
Lib Dems hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Mark Hunter MP |
|
Mark Hunter |
Lib Dem |
19,593 |
52.15 |
+3.27 |
|
Majority - 3,657 |
|
Stephen Day |
Conservative |
15,936 |
42.42 |
+2.01 |
|
Turnout - 55.2% |
|
Martin Miller |
Labour |
1,739 |
4.63 |
-4.6 |
|
Electorate - 68,051
|
|
Leslie Leggett |
Veritas |
218 |
0.58 |
− |
|
Swing - |
|
John Allman |
All. for Change |
81 |
0.22 |
− |
|
Con to LD 0.63% |
|
|
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|
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Hartlepool
Held 30th September 2004
Due to resignation of Peter Mandelson for European Commissioner post
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Iain Wright MP |
|
Iain Wright |
Labour |
12,752 |
40.7 |
-18.5 |
|
Majority - 2,003 |
|
Jody Dunn |
Lib Dem |
10,719 |
34.2 |
+19.2 |
|
Turnout - 45.8% |
|
Stephen Allison |
UKIP |
3,193 |
10.2 |
- |
|
Electorate- 68,517
|
|
Jeremy Middleton |
Conservative |
3,044 |
9.7 |
-11.1 |
|
Swing - |
|
John Bloom |
Respect |
572 |
1.8 |
|
|
Lab to LD 18.82% |
|
Iris Ryder |
Green |
255 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
James Starkey |
NF |
246 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
Paul Watson |
Fathers for Justice |
139 |
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
Christopher Herriot |
Socialist Labour |
95 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
Richard Rodgers |
Common Good |
91 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
Philip Berriman |
Independent |
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
Alan Hope |
Monster Raving Looney |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ronnie Carrol |
Independent |
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
Edward Abrams |
English Democrats |
41 |
|
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Birmingham Hodge Hill
15th July 2004
Due to resignation of Terry Davis on 22/6/04 for Council of Europe post
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Liam Byrne MP |
|
Liam Byrne |
Labour |
7,451 |
36.45 |
-29.6 |
|
Majority - 460 |
|
Nicola Davies |
Lib Dem |
6,991 |
34.20 |
+25.8 |
|
Turnout - 37.89% |
|
Stephen Eyre |
Con |
3,543 |
17.33 |
-3.3 |
|
Electorate - 53,940 |
|
John Rees |
Respect |
1,282 |
6.27 |
|
|
Swing - |
|
James Starkey |
NF |
805 |
3.94 |
|
|
Lab to LD 26.75% |
|
Mark Wheatley |
Eng Dem |
277 |
1.36 |
|
|
|
|
James Hargreaves |
OCV |
90 |
0.44 |
|
Leicester South
15th July 2004
Due to death of Jim Marshall on 27/5/04
| |
Lib Dem gain |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Parmjit Gill MP |
|
Parmjit Singh Gill |
Lib Dem |
10,274 |
34.94 |
+17.7 |
|
Majority - 1,654 |
|
Sir Peter Soulsby |
Labour |
8,620 |
29.31 |
-25.2 |
|
Turnout - 40.6% |
|
Chris Heaton-Harris |
Con |
5,796 |
19.71 |
-3.4 |
|
Electorate - 72,514 |
|
Yvonne Ridley |
Respect |
3,724 |
12.66 |
- |
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Swing - |
|
David Roberts |
Soc Lab |
263 |
0.89 |
-0.7 |
|
Lab to LD 21.46% |
|
RU Seerious |
Loony |
225 |
0.77 |
- |
|
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|
Patrick Kennedy |
Independent |
204 |
0.69 |
- |
|
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|
Paul Lord |
Independent |
186 |
0.63 |
- |
| |
|
|
Mark Benson |
Independent |
55 |
0.19 |
- |
| |
|
Jiten Bardwaj |
Independent |
36 |
0.12 |
- |
| |
|
Alan Barrett |
Independent |
25 |
0.09 |
|
Brent East
18th September 2003
Due to death of Paul Daisley on 19/6/2003
| |
Lib Dem gain |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
|
Sarah Teather MP |
|
Sarah Teather |
Lib Dem |
8,158 |
39.12 |
+28.6 |
|
Majority - 1,118 |
|
Robert Evans |
Labour |
7,040 |
33.76 |
-29.5 |
|
Turnout - 36.4% |
|
Uma Fernandes |
Con |
3,368 |
16.5 |
-2 |
|
Electorate - 52,209 |
|
Noel Lynch |
Green |
638 |
3.06 |
|
|
Swing - |
|
Brian Butterworth |
Soc All |
361 |
1.73 |
|
|
Lab to Lib Dem 29% |
|
Khidori Fawzi Ibrahim |
PSNW |
219 |
1.05 |
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Winston McKenzie |
Ind |
197 |
0.94 |
|
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Kelly McBride |
Ind |
189 |
0.91 |
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Harold Immanuel |
Ind Lab |
188 |
0.90 |
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Brian Hall |
UKIP |
140 |
0.67 |
|
| |
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Iris Cremer |
Soc Lab |
111 |
0.53 |
|
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Neil Walsh |
Ind |
101 |
0.48 |
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Ogmore
14 February 2002
Due to death of Ray Powell on 7/12/2001
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Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Huw Irranca-Davis |
|
Huw Irranca-Davis |
Lab |
9,548 |
52 |
- 10 |
|
Majority - 5,721 |
|
Bleddyn Hancock |
PC |
3,827 |
20.8 |
+ 6.8 |
|
Turnout - 35.2% |
|
Veronica Watkins |
Lib Dem |
1,608 |
8.8 |
- 4.0 |
|
Electorate - 52,209 |
|
Guto Bebb |
Con |
1,377 |
7.5 |
- 3.7 |
|
Swing Lab to PC |
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Christopher Herriot |
Soc Lab |
1,152 |
6.3 |
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Jonathan Spink |
Green |
250 |
1.4 |
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Jeffrey Hurford |
Welsh Soc All |
205 |
1.1 |
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Leslie Edwards |
Official Loony |
187 |
1.0 |
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Captain Beany |
NMBP |
122 |
0.7 |
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Rev David Braid |
Independent |
100 |
0.5 |
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Ipswich
22 November 2001
Due to death of Jamie Cann 15/10/2001
| |
Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
| |
Chris Mole MP |
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Chris Mole |
Lab |
11,881 |
43.4 |
- 8.0 |
|
Majority - 4,087 |
|
Paul West |
Con |
7,794 |
28.4 |
- 2.1 |
|
Turnout - 40.2% |
|
Teresa Munt |
Lib Dem |
6,146 |
22.4 |
+ 7.2 |
|
Electorate - 68,244 |
|
David Cooper |
CPA |
581 |
2.1 |
|
|
Swing Lab to LD |
|
Jonathan Wright |
UKIP |
276 |
1.0 |
|
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Tony Slade |
Green |
255 |
0.9 |
|
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John Ramirez |
Leg Can All |
236 |
0.9 |
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Peter Leech |
Soc. All. |
152 |
0.6 |
|
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Nicholas Windskill |
Eng Ind |
84 |
0.3 |
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Other changes since the 2001 general election
Paul Marsden - Shrewsbury and Atcham - defected from Labour to Lib Dem - 10/12/2001
Andrew Hunter - Basingstoke - resigned Conservative whip - 2/10/2002
Martin Smyth - Belfast South - resigned Ulster Unionist whip - 23/6/2003
David Burnside - Belfast South - resigned Ulster Unionist whip - 23/6/2003
Jeffrey Donaldson - Belfast South - resigned Ulster Unionist whip - 23/6/2003
George Galloway - Glascow Kelvin - expelled from Labour 23/10/2003
Jeffrey Donaldson - Lagan Valley - defected to Democratic Unionist Party - 5/1/2004
Martin Smyth - Belfast South - retook Ulster Unionist whip - 9/1/2004
David Burnside - Antrim South - retook Ulster Unionist whip - 9/1/2004
Ann Winterton - Congleton - Conservative whip withdrawn - 25/2/2004
Terry Davis - Birmingham Hodge Hill - resigned for Council of Europe post - 22/6/04
John Swinney - Tayside North - resigned as leader of the SNP - 22/6/04
Peter Mandelson - Hartlepool - resigned after appointment as European Commissioner - 8/9/04
Andrew Hunter - Basingstoke - Ind. Conservative took DUP whip - 10/12/04
David Blunkett - Sheffield Brightside - Resigned as Home Secretary - 15/12/04
Robert Jackson - Wantage - defected from Conservative to Labour - 15/1/05
Robert Kilroy-Silk - East Midlands MEP - left UKIP to form own party - 21/1/05
Howard Flight - Arundel & South Downs - Tory whip withdrawn - 25/3/05
Brian Sedgemore - Hackney South & Shoreditch - defected to Lib Dems - 26/4/05
Clare Short - Birmingham Ladywood - resigns as Labour MP 20/10/06
Quentin Davies - Grantham and Stamford - defected to Labour - 26/6/07
Tony Blair - resigns as Labour leader 24/6 and as MP & Prime Minister 27/6/2005
Andrew Pelling - Tory whip withdrawn over allegations of assault - 25/9/2007
Derek Conway - Tory whip withdrawn over allegations of misuse of allowances - 29/1/2008
Bob Spink - Castle Point - Tory whip withdrawn - 12/3/2008
Bob Spink - Castle Point - Joins UKIP, becoming their first MP - 22/4/2008
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