2000 West Bromwich West by-election
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Turnout | 27.3% |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Candidate | Adrian Bailey | Karen Bissell | Sadie Smith | Party | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Popular vote | 9,460 | 6,408 | 1,791 | Percentage | 50.6% | 34.3% | 9.6% | |
MP before election Betty Boothroyd Speaker | Elected MP Adrian Bailey Labour | |
The 2000 West Bromwich West by-election was a by-election held on 23 November 2000 for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich West.
The constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker. She resigned from the House of Commons as an MP and as Speaker on 23 October 2000, triggering a writ to move the by-election.
In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, in a similar result to that seen in 1992.
Results
2000 West Bromwich West by-election[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Adrian Bailey | 9,460 | 50.6 | N/A |
| Conservative | Karen Bissell | 6,408 | 34.3 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Smith | 1,791 | 9.6 | N/A |
| BNP | Nick Griffin[2] | 794 | 4.2 | N/A |
| UKIP | Jonathan Oakton | 246 | 1.3 | N/A |
Majority | 3,052 | 16.3 | N/A |
Turnout | 18,699 | 27.3 | |
| Labour gain from Speaker | Swing | | |
General election result, 1997
General election 1997: West Bromwich West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Speaker | Betty Boothroyd | 23,969 | 65.3 | |
| Independent Labour | Richard Silvester | 8,546 | 23.3 | |
| National Democrats | Steve Edwards | 4,181 | 11.4 | |
Majority | 15,423 | 40.0 | |
Turnout | 36,696 | | |
| Speaker hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "WEST BROMWICH WEST (23rd November 2000) - British National Party - Nicholas Griffin". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012.
External links
- Campaign literature from the by-election
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