2003 Brent East by-election
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The Brent East by-election, 2003 was held in Brent East on 18 September 2003, following the death of Labour MP Paul Daisley on 18 June that year. It was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather.[1]
The Liberal Democrats held on to the seat in the 2005 general election.
Result[]
Turnout was 36.23%. Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather won with 39.12% of the vote, which was a swing of 29% from Labour. This was the largest swing from Labour to a Liberal or Liberal Democrat candidate since the Bermondsey by-election in 1983. Commentators linked the result to anger from traditional voters over the Iraq War, as well as the private sector's involvement in public services.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Teather | 8,158 | 39.12 | +28.5 | |
Labour | Robert Evans | 7,040 | 33.76 | –29.4 | |
Conservative | Uma Fernandes | 3,368 | 16.15 | –2.0 | |
Green | Noel Lynch | 638 | 3.06 | –1.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Brian Butterworth | 361 | 1.73 | New | |
Public Services Not War | Fawzi Ibrahim | 219 | 1.05 | N/A | |
Independent | Winston McKenzie | 197 | 0.94 | New | |
Independent | Kelly McBride | 189 | 0.91 | New | |
Independent | Harold Immanuel | 188 | 0.9 | New | |
UKIP | Brian Hall | 140 | 0.67 | 0.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Iris Cremer | 111 | 0.53 | –0.8 | |
Independent | Neil Walsh | 101 | 0.48 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 59 | 0.28 | New | |
No description | Aaron Barschak | 37 | 0.18 | New | |
No description | Jitendra Bardwaj | 35 | 0.17 | New | |
www.xat.org | Rainbow George Weiss | 11 | 0.05 | New | |
Majority | 1,118 | 5.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,752 | 36.2 | –15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +29.0 |
2001 result[]
Labour held the seat with 63.2% of the vote at the 2001 general election. The Liberal Democrats had come third in the seat, with only 10.6% of the vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Daisley | 18,325 | 63.2 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | David Gauke | 5,278 | 18.2 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norsheen Bhatti | 3,065 | 10.6 | +2.8 | |
Green | Simone Aspis | 1,361 | 4.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Sarah Macken | 392 | 1.4 | +0.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Iris Cremer | 383 | 1.3 | New | |
UKIP | Ashwin Tanna | 188 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,047 | 45.0 | 0 | ||
Turnout | 28,992 | 51.9 | -14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ Association, Press (2003-09-19). "Brent East byelection results in full". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ^ "Lib Dems seize Brent East victory". 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
External links[]
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- 2003 elections in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies
- Elections in the London Borough of Brent
- 2003 in London
- September 2003 events in the United Kingdom