2016 Batley and Spen by-election

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Batley and Spen by-election, 2016
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Candidate Tracy Brabin
Party Labour
Location of Batley and Spen within West Yorkshire
MP before election

Jo Cox
Labour

Elected MP

TBD

The Batley and Spen by-election is a UK parliamentary by-election to be held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Batley and Spen. It is scheduled to coincide with the Witney by-election.[1] They are the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.

The by-election was triggered by the killing of incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Jo Cox on 16 June 2016.[2]

The successful candidate is likely to be the last MP for the constituency, as boundary changes due to be implemented before the next general election propose creating a seat called "Batley and Morley" and another called "Spen".[3]

Candidates

The Conservative Party, followed by the Liberal Democrats, UKIP and the Greens, stated that as a mark of respect they would not contest the by-election.[4][5] Brendan Cox, Jo Cox's widower, also ruled out standing for the seat.[6]

Labour began the process of selecting a candidate on 14 September.[7] Actress Tracy Brabin, and Keighley[8] campaigner Jane Thomas were shortlisted for selection on 19 September.[9] Brabin won the selection on 23 September.[10]

On 18 July, the English Democrats announced that their deputy chairman Therese Hirst, a former leader of Veritas, would be their candidate.[11] Hirst (as Therese Muchewicz) stood for Bradford West at the 2015 general election, but came last with 98 votes (0.2%). She was again their candidate for West Yorkshire in the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections, where she again had the least support, with 20,656 votes (3.9%). She had previously stood for Veritas in Bradford South in 2005.[12]

On 18 June 2016, Liberty GB announced that Jack Buckby, a former BNP politician, would be its candidate in the by-election.[13] Liberty GB has registered the description 'No to terrorism, yes to Britain,' which will appear on the ballot paper instead of the party name.[14]

Waqas Ali Khan stands as an independent;[15][16] he was the UKIP candidate for Shipley at the 2015 general election.

Neil Humphrey is standing for the English Independence party as Corbyn Anti (who will thus be listed as 'Anti Corbyn' on the ballot paper).[17] This new party supports English nationalism.[18]

Garry Kitchin previously stood for the Green Party in local elections.[19]

By-election 2016: Batley and Spen[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
English Independence Corbyn Anti N/A
Labour Tracy Brabin
Liberty GB Jack Buckby N/A
National Front Richard Edmonds N/A
BNP David Furness N/A
English Democrat Therese Hirst N/A
Independent Waqas Ali Khan N/A
Independent Garry Kitchin N/A
One Love Party Ankit Love N/A
Independent Henry Mayhew N/A

Result of the 2015 general election

General election 2015: Batley and Spen[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Cox 21,826 43.2 +1.7
Conservative Imtiaz Ameen 15,769 31.2 -1.8
UKIP Aleks Lukic 9,080 18.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Lawson 2,396 4.7 -11.1
Green Ian Bullock 1,232 2.4 +1.3
TUSC Dawn Wheelhouse 123 0.2 N/A
Patriotic Socialist Karl Varley 53 0.1 N/A
Majority 6,057 12.0
Turnout 50,479 64.4
Labour hold Swing +1.7

See also

References

  1. ^ "Batley by-election to be on 20 October". BBC News. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Labour MP Jo Cox dies after being shot and stabbed as husband urges people to 'fight against the hate' that killed her". The Daily Telegraph. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ Initial Proposals for Yorkshire and Humber Boundary Commission for England
  4. ^ Stone, Jon (17 June 2016). "Jo Cox death: Parties stand down in killed Labour MP's seat as Corbyn and Cameron call for unity". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Major parties will not contest Jo Cox's seat". Yorkshire Post. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ^ Withnall, Adam (21 June 2016). "Jo Cox 'died for her political views', says husband Brendan Cox in first interview". The Independence. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Jo Cox death: Labour opens Batley & Spen by-election selection". BBC News. BBC. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Jane Thomas, Labour, Keighley". Thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ^ Halliday, Josh (19 September 2016). "Former actor Tracy Brabin is frontrunner to win Jo Cox's seat". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Soap star Tracy Brabin to stand in Jo Cox by-election". BBC News. BBC. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  11. ^ "English Democrats put up candidate to fight for Jo Cox's seat". Batley and Birstall News. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  12. ^ Booth, Phil (18 July 2016). "English Democrats to contest by-election for Jo Cox's Batley & Spen seat with "pro-leave" candidate". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Jo Cox: Former BNP politician Jack Buckby to contest by-election for murdered MP's Batley and Spen seat". The Independent. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  14. ^ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". Search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Jo Cox: Lib Dems and Ukip will not contest Batley and Spen by-election | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  16. ^ Glover, Chloe (5 August 2016). "UKIP member to stand as independent in Batley and Spen by-election". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  17. ^ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". Search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  18. ^ Gordon, Tom (28 August 2016). "Party's anti-Indyref slogan rejected as "offensive"". Heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Election results for Batley West". Kirklees Council. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  20. ^ Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll"
  21. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Batley & Spen". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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