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By-election results from 2001 to 2005
The tables below show results for all UK by-elections held for seats at Westminster from the 2001 general election to 2005, with the most recent first. A chart showing by-election turnout is also available.
Hartlepool
Held 30th September 2004
Due to resignation of Peter Mandelson for European Commissioner post
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Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Iain Wright MP |
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Iain Wright |
Labour |
12,752 |
40.7 |
-18.5 |
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Majority - 2,003 |
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Jody Dunn |
Lib Dem |
10,719 |
34.2 |
+19.2 |
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Turnout - 45.8% |
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Stephen Allison |
UKIP |
3,193 |
10.2 |
- |
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Electorate - 68,517
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Jeremy Middleton |
Conservative |
3,044 |
9.7 |
-11.1 |
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Swing - |
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John Bloom |
Respect |
572 |
1.8 |
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Lab to LD 18.82% |
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Iris Ryder |
Green |
255 |
0.8 |
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James Starkey |
NF |
246 |
0.8 |
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Paul Watson |
Fathers for Justice |
139 |
0.4 |
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Christopher Herriot |
Socialist Labour |
95 |
0.3 |
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Richard Rodgers |
Common Good |
91 |
0.3 |
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Philip Berriman |
Independent |
90 |
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Alan Hope |
Monster Raving Looney |
80 |
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Ronnie Carrol |
Independent |
45 |
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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
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Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Liam Byrne MP |
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Liam Byrne |
Labour |
7,451 |
36.45 |
-29.6 |
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Majority - 460 |
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Nicola Davies |
Lib Dem |
6,991 |
34.20 |
+25.8 |
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Turnout - 37.9% |
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Stephen Eyre |
Con |
3,543 |
17.33 |
-3.3 |
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Electorate - 53,940 |
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John Rees |
Respect |
1,282 |
6.27 |
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Swing - |
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James Starkey |
NF |
805 |
3.94 |
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Lab to LD 26.75% |
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Mark Wheatley |
Eng Dem |
277 |
1.36 |
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James Hargreaves |
OCV |
90 |
0.44 |
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Leicester South
15th July 2004
Due to death of Jim Marshall on 27/5/04
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Lib Dem gain |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Parmjit Gill MP |
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Parmjit Singh Gill |
Lib Dem |
10,274 |
34.94 |
+17.7 |
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Majority - 1,654 |
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Sir Peter Soulsby |
Labour |
8,620 |
29.31 |
-25.2 |
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Turnout - 40.6% |
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Chris Heaton-Harris |
Con |
5,796 |
19.71 |
-3.4 |
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Electorate - 72,514 |
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Yvonne Ridley |
Respect |
3,724 |
12.66 |
- |
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Swing - |
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David Roberts |
Soc Lab |
263 |
0.89 |
-0.7 |
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Lab to LD 21.46% |
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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 |
- |
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Mark Benson |
Independent |
55 |
0.19 |
- |
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Jiten Bardwaj |
Independent |
36 |
0.12 |
- |
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Alan Barrett |
Independent |
25 |
0.09 |
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Brent East
18th September 2003
Due to death of Paul Daisley on 19/6/2003
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Lib Dem gain |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Sarah Teather MP |
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Sarah Teather |
Lib Dem |
8,158 |
39.12 |
+28.6 |
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Majority - 1,118 |
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Robert Evans |
Labour |
7,040 |
33.76 |
-29.5 |
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Turnout - 36.2% |
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Uma Fernandes |
Con |
3,368 |
16.5 |
-2 |
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Electorate - 52,209 |
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Noel Lynch |
Green |
638 |
3.06 |
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Swing - |
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Brian Butterworth |
Soc All |
361 |
1.73 |
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Lab to Lib Dem 29% |
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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 |
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Huw Irranca-Davis |
Lab |
9,548 |
52 |
- 10 |
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Majority - 5,721 |
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Bleddyn Hancock |
PC |
3,827 |
20.8 |
+ 6.8 |
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Turnout - 35.2% |
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Veronica Watkins |
Lib Dem |
1,608 |
8.8 |
- 4.0 |
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Electorate - 52,209 |
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Guto Bebb |
Con |
1,377 |
7.5 |
- 3.7 |
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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
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Labour hold |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/− % |
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Chris Mole MP |
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Chris Mole |
Lab |
11,881 |
43.4 |
- 8.0 |
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Majority - 4,087 |
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Paul West |
Con |
7,794 |
28.4 |
- 2.1 |
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Turnout - 40.2% |
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Teresa Munt |
Lib Dem |
6,146 |
22.4 |
+ 7.2 |
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Electorate - 68,244 |
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David Cooper |
CPA |
581 |
2.1 |
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Swing Lab to LD |
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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
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