Ogmore by-election, 2002

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The Member of Parliament for Ogmore in Mid Glamorgan, Sir Raymond Powell, of the Labour Party died on December 7, 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.

Contents 1 Votes 1.1 By-election 1.2 2001 general election 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Votes

[edit] 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 Democrats	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	+6.3
	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	Rev David Braid	100	0.3	n/a
Majority			5,721	31.1	-16.9
Turnout			18,376	35.2	-23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 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 Democrats	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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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

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