2016 Ogmore by-election

2016 Ogmore by-election

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Ogmore constituency
Turnout43%
  First party Second party
  Blank
Candidate Chris Elmore Glenda Davies
Party Labour UKIP
Popular vote 12,383 3,808
Percentage 52.6 16.2
Swing Decrease0.3% Increase1.2%

  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Candidate Abi Thomas Alex Williams
Party Plaid Cymru Conservative
Popular vote 3,683 2,956
Percentage 15.7 12.6
Swing Increase5.6% Decrease3.3%

MP before election

Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour

Elected MP

Chris Elmore
Labour

On 5 May 2016, a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Ogmore. It was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.

Chris Elmore of the Labour Party won the by-election with 52.6 per cent of the vote.[1]

The by-election was held on the same day as the Welsh Assembly election, as well as elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. A by-election for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough was also held on the same day.

  1. ^ "Ogmore By-Election Result – Oggy Bloggy Ogwr". Retrieved 23 December 2019.