Ogmore by-election, 2002

Ogmore by-election

7 December 2001



Candidate	Huw Irranca-Davies	Bleddyn Hancock	Veronica Watkins
Party	Labour	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrat
Popular vote	9,548	3,827	1,608
Percentage	52.0%	20.8%	8.8%


Candidate	Guto Bebb	Christopher Herriot
Party	Conservative	Socialist Labour
Popular vote	1,377	1,152
Percentage	7.5%	6.3%

MP before election

Raymond Powell
Labour

Subsequent MP

Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour

The Member of Parliament for Ogmore in Bridgend County Borough, Sir Raymond Powell, of the Labour Party died on 7 December 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

By-election 14 February, 2002: Ogmore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	9,548	52.0	-10.1
	Plaid Cymru	Bleddyn Hancock	3,827	20.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
	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	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

General Election 2001: Ogmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ray Powell	18,833	62.0	-11.9
	Plaid Cymru	Angela Pulman	4,259	14.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

References

↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

External links

British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election

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