2000 West Bromwich West by-election

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2000 West Bromwich West by-election
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  1997 23 November 2000 2001  
Turnout27.3%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Adrian Bailey MP.jpg
Candidate Adrian Bailey Karen BissellSadie Smith
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote9,4606,4081,791
Percentage50.6%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.

Contents

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Bailey 9,460 50.6 N/A
Conservative Karen Bissell6,40834.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Sadie Smith1,7919.6N/A
BNP Nick Griffin [2] 7944.2N/A
UKIP Jonathan Oakton2461.3N/A
Majority3,05216.3N/A
Turnout 18,69927.3
Labour gain from Speaker Swing

General election result, 1997

General election 1997: West Bromwich West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker Betty Boothroyd 23,969 65.3
Independent Labour Richard Silvester8,54623.3
National Democrats Steve Edwards4,18111.4
Majority15,42340.0
Turnout 36,696
Speaker hold Swing

References

  1. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. "WEST BROMWICH WEST (23rd November 2000) - British National Party - Nicholas Griffin". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012.