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West Bromwich West By-election, 2000The Member of Parliament for West Bromwich, West, the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, (the Speaker) resigned from the House of Commons on September 2, 2000. A by-election to fill the seat was held on November 23. In 1997 the major parties had observed an old tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, much where it been in 1992. Results The turnout was 27.3%. Candidate> | b>Party | Votes | Share | | a href="/encyclopedia/Adrian-Bailey" title="Adrian Bailey">Adrian Bailey | Labour/Co-op | align=right|9,460 | align=right|50.6% | | aren Bissell | Conservative | align=right|6,408 | align=right|34.3% | | adie Smith | Liberal Democrat | align=right|1,791 | align=right|9.6% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Nick-Griffin" title="Nick Griffin">Nick Griffin | British National Party | align=right|794 | align=right|4.2% | | onathan Oakton | UK Independence Party | align=right|246 | align=right|1.3% | General Election result, 1997 Candidate> | b>Party | Votes | Share | | a href="/encyclopedia/Betty-Boothroyd" title="Betty Boothroyd">Betty Boothroyd | (Spkr) | align=right|23,969 | align=right|65.3% | | ichard Silvester | (Ind Lab) | align=right|8,546 | align=right|23.3% | | teve Edwards | (N Dem) | align=right|4,181 | align=right|11.4% |
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