Election Name: | 2000 West Bromwich West by-election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1997 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1997 |
Next Election: | 2001 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 2001 |
Election Date: | 23 November 2000 |
Turnout: | 27.3% |
Candidate1: | Adrian Bailey |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 9,460 |
Percentage1: | 50.6% |
Candidate2: | Karen Bissell |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 6,408 |
Percentage2: | 34.3% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 1,791 |
Percentage3: | 9.6% |
MP | |
Before Election: | Betty Boothroyd |
After Election: | Adrian Bailey |
Before Party: | Speaker |
After Party: | Labour |
The 2000 West Bromwich West by-election was a by-election held on 23 November 2000 for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich West.
The constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker. She resigned from the House of Commons as an MP and as Speaker on 23 October 2000, triggering a writ to move the by-election.
In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, in a similar result to that seen in 1992.