By-elections in the 2017 Parliament
This Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out results of the by-elections held in the 2017 Parliament. There were five by-elections in the two year Parliament, details can be found in the report. Full details are presented in the associated PDF but an overview of the recent by-election results are shown below.
By-electionsElection results : UKHouse of CommonsPolitical parties
Briefing
Brecon and Radnorshire - 1 August 2019
- Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrats) - 13,826 (43.5%)
- Chris Davies (Conservative) - 12,401 (39.0%)
- Des Parkinson (Brexit Party) - 3,331 (10.5%)
- Others (3 other candidates) - 2,256 (7.1%)
Majority of winning candidate - 1,425 (4.5%)
Peterborough - 6 June 2019- Lisa Forbes (Labour) - 10,484 (30.9%)
- Mike Greene (Brexit Party) - 9,801 (28.9%)
- Paul Bristow (Conservative) - 7,243 (21.4%)
- Others (12 other candidates) - 6,392 (18.9%)
Majority of winning candidate - 683 (2.0%)
Newport West - 4 April 2019- Ruth Jones (Labour) - 9,308 (39.6%)
- Matthew Evans (Conservative) - 7,357 (31.3%)
- Neil Hamilton (UK Independence Party) - 2,023 (8.6%)
- Others (8 other candidates) - 4,827 (20.5%)
Majority of winning candidate - 1,951 (8.3%)
Lewisham East - 14 June 2018- Janet Daby (Labour) - 11,033 (50.2%)
- Lucy Salek (Liberal Democrats) - 5,404 (24.6%)
- Ross Archer (Conservative) - 3,161 (14.4%)
- Others (11 other candidates) - 2,381 (10.8%)
Majority of winning candidate - 5,629 (25.6%)
West Tyrone - 3 May 2018- Órfhlaith Begley (Sinn Féin) - 16,346 (46.7%)
- Thomas Buchanan (DUP) - 8,390 (24.0%)
- Daniel McCrossan (SDLP) - 6,254 (17.9%)
- Chris Smyth (UUP) - 2,909 (8.3%)
- Stephen Donnelly (Alliance) - 1,130 (3.2%)
Majority of winning candidate - 7,956 (22.7%)
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