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Revision as of 10:58, 24 July 2009
The Member of Parliament for Ogmore in Mid Glamorgan, Sir Raymond Powell, of the Labour Party died on December 7, 2001.
The by-election to fill his seat was held on 14 February 2002. Labour faced no realistic challenge in this very safe seat and retained it easily, with only Plaid Cymru making progress from their 2001 result. The Socialist Labour Party, who had not previously stood, achieved a good result for a minor party and retained their deposit.
Votes
By-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw Irranca-Davies | 9,548 | 52.0 | −10.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Bleddyn Hancock | 3,827 | 20.8 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Watkins | 1,608 | 8.8 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Guto Bebb | 1,377 | 7.5 | −3.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Christopher Herriot | 1,152 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Green | Jonathan Spink | 250 | 1.4 | n/a | |
Socialist Alliance | Jeffrey Hurford | 205 | 1.1 | n/a | |
Monster Raving Loony | Leslie Edwards | 187 | 1.0 | n/a | |
New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 122 | 0.7 | n/a | |
Independent | Rev David Braid | 100 | 0.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,721 | 31.1 | −16.9 | ||
Turnout | 18,376 | 35.2 | −23.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
2001 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ray Powell | 18,833 | 62.0 | −11.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Angela Pulman | 4,259 | 14.0 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Lewis | 3,878 | 12.8 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Hill | 3,383 | 11.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 14,574 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,353 | 58.2 | −14.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
- Ogmore by-election, 1946
- Ogmore constituency
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records