Brent East by-election, 2003
Encyclopedia
The Brent East by-election, 2003 was caused by the death on 18 June 2003 of the Member of Parliament
for the constituency
of Brent East, Paul Daisley, of the Labour Party
.
The by-election
to fill his seat was held on 18 September and was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather
. In large part this can be explained by opposition to the 2003 Iraq War.
Turnout was 36.23%. At the 2001 general election
, the Liberal Democrats had come third in the seat, with only 10.6% of the vote, but in the following 2005 general election
they held on to the seat.
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Member of Parliament
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for the constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
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of Brent East, Paul Daisley, of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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The by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
to fill his seat was held on 18 September and was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather
Sarah Teather
Sarah Louise Teather is a British Liberal Democrat politician, Member of Parliament for Brent Central, Minister of State at the Department for Education, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay....
. In large part this can be explained by opposition to the 2003 Iraq War.
Turnout was 36.23%. At the 2001 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2001
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
, the Liberal Democrats had come third in the seat, with only 10.6% of the vote, but in the following 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
they held on to the seat.
2001 result
(2001 was a general electionGeneral election
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