2007 Sedgefield by-election

Sedgefield by-election

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Sedgefield constituency
Turnout41.6% Decrease13.23pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
Con
Candidate Phil Wilson Greg Stone Graham Robb
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 12,528 5,572 4,082
Percentage 44.8% 19.9% 14.6%
Swing Decrease14.1% Increase8.0% Increase0.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Andrew Spence Paul Gittins
Party BNP Independent
Popular vote 2,494 1,885
Percentage 8.9% 6.7%
Swing New party New party

MP before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent MP

Phil Wilson
Labour

Map of Sedgefield

The 2007 Sedgefield by-election was a by-election held on 19 July 2007 for the House of Commons constituency of Sedgefield in County Durham. The Ealing Southall by-election was also held on 19 July.

The by-election was triggered when Tony Blair, the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield and former Prime Minister, resigned to become envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East. Blair accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern,[1] thereby disqualifying himself from Parliament and causing the by-election. Blair had held the constituency since its creation for the 1983 election, and Labour had held its predecessor constituencies since the 1935 election.

According to Sedgefield Borough Council, the electorate for the by-election was 67,339 which represents an increase of 673 (1%) on the 2005 general election.

  1. ^ "Three Hundreds of Chiltern". HM Treasury. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.