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| − | The ''' 2024 Wellingborough by-election''' | + | The ''' 2024 Wellingborough by-election''' was held on 15 February 2024 following the recall petition that removed the incumbent MP [[Peter Bone]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-67759402</ref> |
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| + | [[Labour]]'s [[Gen Kitchen]] won the by-election with the biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour since the 1994 Dudley West by-election and the second biggest since the [[Second World War]]. It was also the largest ever drop in the [[Conservative Party]] vote share in a by-election, the largest drop in any party's vote share since the 1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election, and the worst performance by the Conservatives in the constituency's history, falling below the 25.4% of the vote it received in 1923. The turnout was 38%. | ||
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| + | The Wellingborough by-election took place on the same day as the [[2024 Kingswood by-election]], also won by Labour from the Conservatives.<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gen-kitchen-wellingborough-byelection-labour-b2496218.html "Who is Gen Kitchen? Labour’s new MP for Wellingborough"]''</ref> | ||
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The 2024 Wellingborough by-election was held on 15 February 2024 following the recall petition that removed the incumbent MP Peter Bone.[1]
Labour's Gen Kitchen won the by-election with the biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour since the 1994 Dudley West by-election and the second biggest since the Second World War. It was also the largest ever drop in the Conservative Party vote share in a by-election, the largest drop in any party's vote share since the 1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election, and the worst performance by the Conservatives in the constituency's history, falling below the 25.4% of the vote it received in 1923. The turnout was 38%.
The Wellingborough by-election took place on the same day as the 2024 Kingswood by-election, also won by Labour from the Conservatives.[2]
