2000 West Bromwich West by-election

2000 West Bromwich West by-election

← 1997 23 November 2000 2001 →
Turnout27.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Adrian Bailey Karen Bissell Sadie Smith
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 9,460 6,408 1,791
Percentage 50.6% 34.3% 9.6%

MP before election

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

Elected MP

Adrian Bailey
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.