West Bromwich West by-election, 2000

The West Bromwich West by-election, 2000 was a by-election held on 23 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 2 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

West Bromwich West by-election, 2000[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Bailey	9,460	50.6	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Bissell	6,408	34.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Sadie Smith	1,791	9.6	N/A
	BNP	Nick Griffin[2]	794	4.2	N/A
	UKIP	Jonathan Oakton	246	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout				27.3
	Labour gain from Speaker		Swing

General Election result, 1997

General Election 1997: West Bromwich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	Betty Boothroyd	23,969	65.3
	Independent Labour	Richard Silvester	8,546	23.3
	National Democrats	Steve Edwards	4,181	11.4
Majority
Turnout
	Speaker hold		Swing

References

1. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

External links

• Campaign literature from the by-election