19 OCTOBER 2023 BY-ELECTION
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% Votes |
Change |
| Labour |
Alistair Strathern |
13872 |
34.1 |
+12.4 |
| Conservative |
Festus Akinbusoye |
12680 |
31.1 |
-28.6 |
| Liberal Democrats |
Emma Holland-Lindsay |
9420 |
23.1 |
+10.5 |
| Independent |
Gareth Mackey |
1865 |
4.6 |
New |
| Reform UK |
Dave Holland |
1487 |
3.7 |
New |
| Green |
Cade Sibley |
732 |
1.8 |
-2.0 |
| Monster Raving Loony |
Ann Kelly |
249 |
0.6 |
-0.2 |
| English Democrat |
Antonio Vitiello |
107 |
0.3 |
New |
| CPA |
Sid Cordle |
101 |
0.2 |
New |
| True & Fair Party |
Alan Victor |
93 |
0.2 |
New |
| Heritage |
Alberto Thomas |
63 |
0.2 |
New |
| No description |
Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India |
27 |
0.1 |
New |
| Mainstream |
Chris Rooney |
24 |
0.1 |
New |
| Majority |
None |
1192 |
2.9 |
New |
| Turnout |
None |
40720 |
44.1 |
-29.6 |
| Candidate name |
|
Party |
|
Gender |
Number of votes |
Share (%) |
Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) |
| Nadine Dorries |
|
Conservative |
|
Female |
38,692 |
59.8% |
-1.9 |
| Rhiannon Meades |
|
Labour |
|
Female |
14,028 |
21.7% |
-6.8 |
| Rachel McGann |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
Female |
8,171 |
12.6% |
+6.6 |
| Gareth Ellis |
|
Green |
|
Male |
2,478 |
3.8% |
+1.0 |
| Alan Victor |
|
Independent |
|
Male |
812 |
1.3% |
0.0 |
| Ann Kelly |
|
Monster Raving Loony Party |
|
Female |
536 |
0.8% |
-0.2 |
| Election statistics |
|
|
| Majority |
|
|
| Votes |
|
24,664 |
| Percent |
|
38.1% |
| Rank (1 = highest %) |
|
143 |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
| Constituency |
|
73.7% |
| Region |
|
68.2% |
| UK |
|
67.3% |
| Constituency in 2017 |
|
75.0% |
|
|
|
| Size of electorate |
|
87,795 |
|
|
|
| Valid votes cast |
|
64,717 |