2016 Ogmore by-election

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2016 Ogmore by-election
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Ogmore constituency
Turnout43%
 First partySecond party
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Candidate Chris Elmore Glenda Davies
Party Labour UKIP
Popular vote12,3833,808
Percentage52.616.2
SwingDecrease2.svg0.3%Increase2.svg1.2%
 Third partyFourth party
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CandidateAbi ThomasAlex Williams
Party Plaid Cymru Conservative
Popular vote3,6832,956
Percentage15.712.6
SwingIncrease2.svg5.6%Decrease2.svg3.3%
MP before election

Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour

Elected MP

Chris Elmore
Labour

On 5 May 2016, a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Ogmore. It was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.

Contents

Chris Elmore of the Labour Party won the by-election with 52.6 per cent of the vote. [1]

The by-election was held on the same day as the Welsh Assembly election, as well as elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. A by-election for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough was also held on the same day.

Background

The seat fell vacant after the incumbent MP, Huw Irranca-Davies of the Labour Party, chose to resign following his selection to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the Welsh Assembly election. [2] [3] On 23 March 2016, Irranca-Davies was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead the process by which resignations from the House of Commons are permitted. [4] Irranca-Davies had been the MP for the seat since a previous by-election in 2002. Irranca-Davies had originally announced that he would seek Labour's nomination for the Welsh Assembly's Ogmore in October 2015, stating that if he was selected he would resign his Westminster seat. [5] Irranca-Davies successfully contested his Assembly election. Irranca-Davies was not obliged to resign upon his nomination, though following the Wales Act 2014, which came into effect during the 2016 Assembly election, he would have had to resign his Westminster seat following his Assembly victory. Given that in both the Assembly and Westminster Ogmore was considered a safe seat for Labour his early resignation allowed the by-election to be held on the same day rather than forcing voters to go to the polls again a few weeks later.

Candidates

Bridgend County Borough Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April 2016. This showed that five candidates that contested the election. [6]

Councillor Chris Elmore, currently Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Schools in the Vale of Glamorgan Council, represented Labour. [7] Elmore contested the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in 2015 general election, where he lost to the Conservatives.

The Conservatives selected Alex Williams, a town councillor in Ogmore. Glenda Davies was the candidate for UKIP, she also stood for the seat at the 2015 general election. She was the UKIP candidate for the Aberavon constituency in the Welsh Assembly election held on the same day. [8]

Abi Thomas stood for Plaid Cymru. The Liberal Democrats selected Janet Ellard, a former teacher and now volunteer manager for a youth homeless charity. [9]

The incumbent party (Labour) selected Chris Elmore as their candidate; Elmore prevailed in the election, winning the seat. [10]

Electoral history

General election 2015: Ogmore [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 18,663 52.9 −0.9
Conservative Jane March5,62015.9+0.3
UKIP Glenda Davies5,42015.4+13.1
Plaid Cymru Tim Thomas3,55610.1+0.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis [14] 1,0723.0−12.1
Green Laurie Brophy7542.1N/A
TUSC Emma Saunders1650.5N/A
Majority13,04337.0−1.2
Turnout 35,25063.7+1.3
Registered electors 55,572
Labour hold Swing −0.6

Result

2016 Ogmore by-election [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Elmore [18] 12,383 52.6 -0.3
UKIP Glenda Davies3,80816.2+1.2
Plaid Cymru Abi Thomas3,68315.7+5.6
Conservative Alex Williams2,95612.6−3.3
Liberal Democrats Janet Ellard7023.0±0.0
Majority8,57536.4−0.6
Turnout 23,53243.0−20.7
Registered electors 55,027
Labour hold Swing −0.8

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