West Bromwich West by-election, 2000
- West Bromwich West by-election, 2000
The West Bromwich West by-election, 2000 was a by-election held on 23rd November 2000 for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich West.
The constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker. She resigned from the House of Commons on 2nd September 2000, triggering the by-election
In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, much where it been in 1992.
Results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Bailey
votes = 9,460
percentage = 50.6
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Bissell
votes = 6,408
percentage = 34.3
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sadie Smith
votes = 1,791
percentage = 9.6
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party = British National Party
candidate = Nick Griffin
votes = 794
percentage = 4.2
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jonathan Oakton
votes = 246
percentage = 1.3
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votes =
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 27.3
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Speaker of the British House of Commons
swing =
General Election result, 1997
Election box candidate with party link
party = Speaker of the British House of Commons
candidate = Betty Boothroyd
votes = 23,969
percentage = 65.3
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party = Independent Labour
candidate = Richard Silvester
votes = 8,546
percentage = 23.3
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party = National Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steve Edwards
votes = 4,181
percentage = 11.4
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votes =
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votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Speaker of the British House of Commons
swing =
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