Brent East by-election, 2003

The Brent East by-election, 2003 was caused by the death on 18 June 2003 of the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brent East, Paul Daisley, of the Labour Party.

The by-election to fill his seat was held on 18 September and was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather. In large part this can be explained by opposition to the 2003 Iraq War.

Turnout was 36.23%. At the 2001 general election, the Liberal Democrats had come third in the seat, with only 10.6% of the vote, but in the following 2005 general election they held on to the seat.

Election box begin
title=By-election 2003: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sarah Teather
votes = 8,158
percentage = 39.12
change = 28.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Evans
votes = 7,040
percentage = 33.76
change = -29.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Uma Fernandes
votes = 3,368
percentage = 16.15
change = -2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Noel Lynch
votes = 638
percentage = 3.06
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Brian Butterworth
votes = 361
percentage = 1.73
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Public Services Not War
candidate = Khidori Fawzi Ibrahim
votes = 219
percentage = 1.05
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Winston McKenzie
votes = 197
percentage = 0.94
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kelly McBride
votes = 189
percentage = 0.91
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Harold Immanuel
votes = 188
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Brian Hall
votes = 140
percentage = 0.67
change = 0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Cremer
votes = 111
percentage = 0.53
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Walsh
votes = 101
percentage = 0.48
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Alan Howling Lord Hope
votes = 59
percentage = 0.28
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Aaron Barschak
votes = 37
percentage = 0.18
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jitendra Bardwaj
votes = 35
percentage = 0.17
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = www.xat.org
candidate = Rainbow George Weiss
votes = 11
percentage = 0.05
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,118
percentage = 5.36
change = Election box turnout
votes = 20,752
percentage = 36.2
change = -15.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 29.0

2001 result

(2001 was a general election)

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Daisley
votes = 18,325
percentage = 63.2
change = -4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Gauke
votes = 5,278
percentage = 18.2
change = -4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nowsheen Bhatti
votes = 3,065
percentage = 10.6
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Simone Aspis
votes = 1,361
percentage = 4.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = Sarah Macken
votes = 392
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Cremer
votes = 383
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ashwin Tanna
votes = 188
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,047
percentage = 45.0
change = 0Election box turnout
votes = 28,992
percentage = 51.9
change = -14.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/brent03.html British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election]

ee also

*List of United Kingdom by-elections