west bromwich west by-election, 2000

The 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%

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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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