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Hartlepool by-election, 2004

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Image:EnglandHartlepool.png right|thumb|Location of Hartlepool constituency On July 23, 2004, the Member of Parliament for '''Hartlepool (constituency) Hartlepool''', Peter Mandelson (Labour Party (UK) Labour), was nominated as Britain's new European Commissioner. On September 8 he accepted the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, thereby disqualifying himself from Parliament and causing a by-election. Polling took place on September 30. The Labour Party (UK) Labour Party candidate Iain Wright won the seat with a majority of 2,033.

Results
Out of a registered electorate of 68,517, there were 31,362 valid votes, making a turnout of 45.77%. This was the highest by-election turnout since the Romsey by-election, 2000 Romsey by-election in May 2000. {{Template:Election box begin | title=Hartlepool by-election, 2004}} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Iain Wright |votes = 12,752 |percentage = 40.7 |change = -18.5 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Jody Dunn |votes = 10,719 |percentage = 34.2 |change = +19.2 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Kingdom Independence Party |candidate = Stephen Allison |votes = 3,193 |percentage = 10.2 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Jeremy Middleton |votes = 3,044 |percentage = 9.7 |change = -11.1 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition |candidate = John Bloom |votes = 572 |percentage = 1.8 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Iris Ryder |votes = 255 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Front (UK) |candidate = John Starkey |votes = 246 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate| |party = Independent (Fathers 4 Justice) |candidate = Peter Watson |votes = 139 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Christopher Herriot |votes = 95 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -2.1 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = The Common Good |candidate = Rev Dick Rodgers |votes = 91 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate| |party = Independent |candidate = Philip Berriman |votes = 90 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Alan Hope |votes = 80 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate| |party = Independent (Rainbow) |candidate = Ronnie Carroll |votes = 45 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Template:Election box candidate| |party = English Democrats Party |candidate = Ed Abrams |votes = 41 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Template:Election box majority| |votes = 2,033 |percentage = 6.5 |change = }} {{Template:Election box turnout| |votes = 31,362 |percentage = 45.77 |change = }} {{Template:Election box end}} Robert Kilroy-Silk of United Kingdom Independence Party UKIP initially suggested he might stand but later ruled this out, as did Hartlepool and Middlesbrough mayors Stuart Drummond and Ray Mallon. Preceding by-elections had seen the Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats come from third place to beat the Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party, and in Brent East by-election, 2003 Brent East and Leicester South by-election, 2004 Leicester South take seats from Labour Party (UK) Labour. The seat was safer (judging by the 2001 result) than Leicester but was vulnerable to swings such as achieved in Brent, or in Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election, 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill where the Lib Dems narrowly failed to win. In the event the Liberal Democrats were not quite able to repeat these performances. Their campaign suffered by the choice of a candidate who was not from Hartlepool, while the Labour candidate had been born and brought up in the town. In addition the Liberal Democrat candidate made reference, on a campaign blog, to having canvassed a street where everyone she met "was either drunk, flanked by an ugly dog, or undressed"; Labour gave wide publicity to this remark and asserted that it was an insult to the people of Hartlepool. Hartlepool had no significant ethnic minority vote, which had been present in the other three by-elections. The Liberal Democrats were nevertheless content to claim the large swing to them and the Conservatives' fourth place, established the Lib Dems as the main opposition party to Labour, although it had little bearing on the 2005 general election, where the Lib Dems vote did not improve compared to 2001. The UK Independence Party did well in Hartlepool with a local candidate, and their message of opposition to European Union fishing rules was a popular one in a port town. Labour regarded the result as good news for them as it came at the end of a very long campaign (effectively 71 days) and with a swing markedly smaller than in other seats over the previous year. Labour also regarded the result - along with that in Hodge Hill - as a vindication of their decision to aggressively attack the Liberal Democrats and essentially ignore the Conservative challenge.

2001 result
From the United Kingdom general election, 2001 2001 general election. {{Template:Election box begin | |title=United Kingdom general election, 2001 General Election 2001: Hartlepool }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Peter Mandelson |votes = 22,506 |percentage = 59.1 |change = -1.6 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Gus Robinson |votes = 7,935 |percentage = 20.9 |change = -0.5 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Nigel Boddy |votes = 5,717 |percentage = 15.0 |change = +1.0 }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Arthur Scargill |votes = 912 |percentage = 2.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ian Cameron |votes = 557 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Template:Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = John Booth |votes = 424 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Template:Election box majority| |votes = 14,571 |percentage = 38.2 |change = }} {{Template:Election box turnout| |votes = 38,051 |percentage = 55.8 |change = -9.8 }} {{Template:Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Template:Election box end}}

External links

- Hartlepool by-election leaflets Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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