2001 Ipswich by-election

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2001 Ipswich by-election
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  June 2001 22 November 2001 2005  
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Chris Mole.jpg Tessa Munt pre-MP Birmingham.jpg
Candidate Chris Mole Paul West Tessa Munt
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote11,8817,7946,146
Percentage43.4%28.4%22.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg8.0pp Decrease2.svg2.1pp Increase2.svg7.2pp

MP before election

Jamie Cann
Labour

Elected MP

Chris Mole
Labour

The Member of Parliament for Ipswich in Suffolk, Jamie Cann, of the Labour Party died on 15 October 2001.

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The by-election was held on 22 November that year, and was the first of six by-elections which took place during the 53rd Parliament (2001–05).

With Labour still basking in the glow of their landslide general election victory just five months earlier, no opposition party was able to mount an effective challenge. The Liberal Democrats improved their position somewhat but remained in third place, and the Labour candidate Chris Mole was returned with a majority of over 4,000 votes.

The declaration broke with tradition by using live computer images, club music and lasers after the result was announced. [1] [2] [3]

By-election 22 November 2001: Ipswich [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Mole 11,881 43.4 -8.0
Conservative Paul West7,79428.4-2.1
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt 6,14622.4+7.2
CPA David Coope5812.1New
UKIP Jonathan Wright2761.0-0.6
Green Tony Slade2550.9New
Legalise Cannabis John Ramirez2360.9New
Socialist Alliance Peter Leach1520.6-0.2
English IndependenceNicolas Winskill840.3New
Majority4,08714.9-5.9
Turnout 27,40540.2-16.8
Labour hold Swing

Previous result

General election 2001: Ipswich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jamie Cann 19,952 51.3 -1.4
Conservative Edward Wild11,87130.5-0.6
Liberal Democrats Terence Gilbert5,90415.2+3.0
UKIP William Vinyard6241.6+1.2
Socialist Alliance Peter Leach3050.8New
Socialist Labour Shaun Gratton2170.6New
Majority8,08120.8
Turnout 38,87357.0-15.2
Labour hold Swing

See also

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References

  1. "Labour victory in Ipswich by-election". BBC News. 23 November 2001.
  2. Donnelly, Rachel. "Ipswich poll may be eclipsed by soccer fixture". The Irish Times.
  3. "Ipswich byelection result". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 via www.youtube.com.
  4. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2015.