2003 Brent East by-election

The Brent East by-election, 2003 was held in Brent East on 18 September 2003, following the death of Labour MP Paul Daisley on 18 June that year. It was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather.[1]

2003 Brent East by-election

18 September 2003
Brent East parliamentary seat
First party Second party Third party   Con Candidate Sarah Teather Robert Evans Uma Fernandes Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Popular vote 8,158 7,040 3,368 Percentage 39.1% 33.8% 16.2% Swing 28.5% 29.4% 2.0%
Location of Brent East within London
MP before election Paul Daisley Labour Subsequent MP Sarah Teather Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats held on to the seat in the 2005 general election.

Result

Turnout was 36.23%. Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather won with 39.12% of the vote, which was a swing of 29% from Labour. This was the largest swing from Labour to a Liberal or Liberal Democrat candidate since the Bermondsey by-election in 1983. Commentators linked the result to anger from traditional voters over the Iraq War, as well as the private sector's involvement in public services.[2]

By-election 2003: Brent East[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Teather	8,158	39.12	+28.5
	Labour	Robert Evans	7,040	33.76	–29.4
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	3,368	16.15	–2.0
	Green	Noel Lynch	638	3.06	–1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Butterworth	361	1.73	N/A
	Public Services Not War	Fawzi Ibrahim	219	1.05	N/A
	Independent	Winston McKenzie	197	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Kelly McBride	189	0.91	N/A
	Independent	Harold Immanuel	188	0.9	N/A
	UKIP	Brian Hall	140	0.67	0.1
	Socialist Labour	Iris Cremer	111	0.53	–0.8
	Independent	Neil Walsh	101	0.48	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	59	0.28	N/A
	No description	Aaron Barschak	37	0.18	N/A
	No description	Jitendra Bardwaj	35	0.17	N/A
	www.xat.org	Rainbow George Weiss	11	0.05	N/A
Majority			1,118	5.36
Turnout			20,752	36.2	–15.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+29.0

2001 result

Labour held the seat with 63.2% of the vote at the 2001 general election. The Liberal Democrats had come third in the seat, with only 10.6% of the vote.

General election 2001: Brent East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Daisley	18,325	63.2	-4.1
	Conservative	David Gauke	5,278	18.2	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Norsheen Bhatti	3,065	10.6	+2.8
	Green	Simone Aspis	1,361	4.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Sarah Macken	392	1.4	+0.7
	Socialist Labour	Iris Cremer	383	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ashwin Tanna	188	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,047	45.0	0
Turnout			28,992	51.9	-14.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Association, Press (2003-09-19). "Brent East byelection results in full". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
2. "Lib Dems seize Brent East victory". 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
3. 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

See also

• List of United Kingdom by-elections