birmingham hodge hill by-election, 2004

A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Birmingham Hodge Hill, on July 15, the same day as the Leicester South by-election. The seat was won by the Labour Party Liam Byrne, but with a vastly reduced majority. The reduction in the Labour majority has been blamed on the 2003 Iraq War. This was reflected in the notably high poll for a minor "fourth party", Respect, formed by expelled Labour MP, George Galloway and dissident socialists earlier that year. The member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Terry Davis of the Labour Party, resigned from the House of Commons on June 22, 2004, thus freeing him to take up the post of secretary general of the Council of Europe. The results were announced following a partial re-count (technically, not a recount at all, but a check of the bundles to ensure that all parties' ballot papers had been grouped together) at the request of the Liberal Democrats. Liam Byrne of the Labour Party won with 7,451 votes, a majority of 460 over Nicola Davies of the Liberal Democrats. The area has had a Labour MP since 1950, the only break being a Conservative Party victory at a 1977 by-election for the constituency of Stetchford. Stetchford returned to Labour at the 1979 general election.

Results

Turnout was 37.89%.

Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Share
a href="/encyclopedia/Liam-Byrne" title="Liam Byrne">Liam Byrne	Labour Party	align=right\| 7,451	align=right\| 36.5%
a href="/encyclopedia/Nicola-Davies" title="Nicola Davies">Nicola Davies	Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 6,991	align=right\| 34.2%
a href="/encyclopedia/Stephen-Eyre" title="Stephen Eyre">Stephen Eyre	Conservative Party	align=right\| 3,543	align=right\| 17.3%
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Rees-(UK-politician)" title="John Rees (UK politician)">John Rees	RESPECT The Unity Coalition	align=right\| 1,282	align=right\| 6.3%
im Starkey	National Front	align=right\| 805	align=right\| 3.9%
ark Wheatley	English Democrats Party	align=right\| 277	align=right\| 1.4%
ev. George Hargreaves	Operation Christian Vote	align=right\| 90	align=right\| 0.4%

t. Hon. Terry Davis	Labour Party	align=right\|16,901	align=right\|63.9%
a href="/encyclopedia/Debbie-Lewis" title="Debbie Lewis">Debbie Lewis	Conservative Party	align=right\|5,283	align=right\|20.0%
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Dow,-politician" title="Charles Dow, politician">Charles Dow	Liberal Democrats	align=right\|2,147	align=right\|8.1%
ee Windridge	British National Party	align=right\|889	align=right\|3.3%
erwaz Hussain	People's Justice	align=right\|561	align=right\|2.1%
ennis Cridge	Socialist Labour Party	align=right\|284	align=right\|1.1%
arvey Vivian	UK Independence Party	align=right\|275	align=right\|1.0%
yub Khan	Muslim Party	align=right\|125	align=right\|0.5%

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