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 Mid Glamorgan, 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

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

See also

• Ogmore by-election, 1946
• Ogmore constituency
• List of United Kingdom by-elections
• United Kingdom by-election records

External links

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