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A by-election took place on 29 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Rochdale following the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd. [1] [2] [3] The winner was George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain, who received 40% of the vote and overturned a 9,668 vote Labour majority at the 2019 general election. [4]
A by-election took place on 15 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Kingswood in South Gloucestershire.This followed the resignation of Conservative [N 1] MP Chris Skidmore, in protest at the UK government's decision to issue more oil and gas licences.
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 2010, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat gain, purple for a UKIP gain and other colours for any other gains.
Thanks for following along with our politics coverage today, we are pausing the blog for the day - but will be back with you for the Sunday morning shows. Here is the latest on the by-election ...
They managed a swing of 23.7 points: the largest achieved by Labour at by-election since it won Dudley West from the Tories in December 1994 (29.1 points) and the second largest swing managed by ...
Psephologist John Curtice likened this and other recent results to elections in the years before Labour's landslide win in 1997. [44] Reform UK came a close third behind the Conservative Party, giving it the largest share of the vote in a by-election since its change of name from the Brexit Party. [45]
The writ of election for this and the Kingswood by-election were moved on 11 January 2024, [22] and later that day the date of 15 February 2024 was announced. [23] BBC News reported that main issues in the campaign were rising crime and local buses.
Akinbusoye's election would have resulted in him vacating his commissioner role, [27] resulting in a Bedfordshire-wide by-election for the post. [28] The Labour Party chose Alistair Strathern as their candidate. [29] He was a councillor on Waltham Forest London Borough Council from May 2014 until he resigned on 5 September 2023. [30]