2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election

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Event.png 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date2 December 2021

The 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election is scheduled to take place on 2 December 2021 following the death of the sitting member, James Brokenshire, who had been the MP for the constituency since 2010.[1]

Candidates

The Labour candidate was be chosen from an NEC approved shortlist of four, all from London but only one of which is from Bexley Borough.[2] This process ignored a rule change made at conference.[3] On 28 October 2021, Labour announced its candidate as Daniel Francis, a councillor for Belvedere, who was the Leader of the Labour Group on Bexley Council from 2017–2021.[4][5]

On 29 October, Reform UK announced that their leader Richard Tice would be their candidate.[6] On 4 November Richard Tice claimed the Tories are "clearly worried" ahead of the upcoming by-election contest in Old Bexley and Sidcup.[7]

On 30 October, Bexley councillor Louie French was chosen as the Conservative candidate.[8]

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