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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 2010, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat gain, purple for a UKIP gain and other colours for any other gains.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010) List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present) By-elections to the House of Lords ...
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections (elections for the UK House of Commons) since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is ...
2012 Bradford West by-election, gained by Respect, from fifth place. 2004 Leicester South by-election, gained by the Liberal Democrats. 2003 Brent East by-election, gained by the Liberal Democrats. 1988 Glasgow Govan by-election, gained by the SNP, from fourth place. 1987 Greenwich by-election, gained by the SDP.
There were 131 parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom between the 1979 and 2010 general elections. In the list below, the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties are given. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, yellow ...
The largest by-election swing in British history, when Liberal candidate Simon Hughes won the seat with a 44.2% swing against the Labour candidate Peter Tatchell. The extremely bitter campaign, described as the "dirtiest, most violent and homophobic by-election in modern British history" was marked by homophobia against Tatchell. Liberal ...
The list of British Columbia by-elections includes every by-election held in the Canadian province of British Columbia. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly , although an imminent general election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament .
United Kingdom. Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain were principally general elections and by-elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain. General elections did not have fixed dates, as parliament was summoned and dissolved within the royal prerogative, although on the advice of the ministers of the Crown.