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23 June 2022 by-elections in the United Kingdom

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23 June 2022 by-elections

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2 of 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout46.4% (Decrease 20.6%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ed Davey Keir Starmer Boris Johnson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservatives
Seats before 13 199 361
Seats after 14 200 359
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 23,045 14,728 24,634
Percentage 32.8% 21% 35.1%
Swing Increase 22.7% Decrease 7.3% Decrease 19.5%

Two by-elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom were held on Thursday, 23 June 2022, in the constituencies of Tiverton & Honiton, in the county of Devon, and Wakefield, in the county of West Yorkshire. Both seats had previously been held by Conservative MPs, Neil Parish and Imran Ahmad Khan respectively, with the by-elections triggered due to the resignations of both men. Parish resigned on 30 April after admitting to viewing pornography in the House of Commons on two occasions,[1][2] while Khan resigned on 3 May after being convicted of sexual assault against a 15 year old in 2009.[3][4]

The Conservatives lost both seats by significant margins; Tiverton & Honiton was won by Liberal Democrats candidate Richard Foord, while Wakefield was won by Labour candidate Simon Lightwood.[5]

Tiverton & Honiton

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Results

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2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Foord 22,537 52.9 +38.1
Conservative Helen Hurford 16,393 38.5 −21.7
Labour Liz Pole 1,562 3.7 −15.8
Green Gill Westcott 1,064 2.5 −1.3
Reform UK Andy Foan 481 1.1 New
UKIP Ben Walker 241 0.6 −1.0
Heritage Jordan Donoghue-Morgan 167 0.4 New
For Britain Frankie Rufolo 146 0.3 New
Majority 6,144 14.5 N/A
Turnout 42,707 52.3 −19.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +29.9

Wakefield

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Results

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2022 Wakefield by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Lightwood 13,166 47.9 +8.1
Conservative Nadeem Ahmed 8,241 30.0 −17.3
Independent Akef Akbar 2,090 7.6 New
Yorkshire David Herdson 1,182 4.3 +2.4
Green Ashley Routh 587 2.1 New
Reform UK Chris Walsh 513 1.9 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle 508 1.8 −2.1
Britain First Ashlea Simon 311 1.1 New
Freedom Alliance Mick Dodgson 187 0.7 New
Monster Raving Loony Sir Archibald Stanton Earl 'Eaton 171 0.6 New
CPA Paul Bickerdike 144 0.5 New
English Democrat Therese Hirst 135 0.5 New
UKIP Jordan Gaskell 124 0.5 New
NIP Christopher Jones 84 0.3 New
Independent Jayda Fransen 23 0.1 New
Majority 4,925 17.9 N/A
Turnout 27,466 39.5 −25.0
Registered electors 69,601
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.7
  1. ^ Eardley, Nick (30 April 2022). "Neil Parish MP: I'm resigning after porn moment of madness". BBC News. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ Ambrose, Tom (30 April 2022). "Tory Neil Parish to resign as MP after porn 'moment of madness'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ^ Vincent, James (3 May 2022). "Imran Ahmad Khan: Sex assault conviction MP resigns". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Imran Ahmad Khan: Former Tory MP sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy". Sky News. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. ^ Walker, Peter (24 June 2022). "Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Mid Devon District Council. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). 25 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.