2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election

2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election
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Chesham and Amersham constituency
Turnout52.1% (Decrease24.7 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Con
Candidate Sarah Green Peter Fleet
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 26.3% 55.4%
Popular vote 21,517 13,489
Percentage 56.7% 35.5%
Swing Increase30.4 pp Decrease19.9 pp
MP before election

Cheryl Gillan
Conservative

Elected MP

Sarah Green
Liberal Democrats

A by-election was held in the United Kingdom Parliament constituency of Chesham and Amersham on 17 June 2021, following the death of the sitting member, Dame Cheryl Gillan, on 4 April 2021. Gillan had served as MP for the constituency since 1992.[2] The by-election was the third to the 58th Parliament, which was elected in 2019.[3]

The Liberal Democrat candidate, Sarah Green, won the by-election with 56.7% of the vote and a swing from the Conservatives of 25.2%. This was the first time a non-Conservative candidate had won this seat since its formation in 1974.[4]

This was the first of four by-elections won by the Liberal Democrats in this parliament; they subsequently won the by-elections in North Shropshire, in December 2021,[5] in Tiverton and Honiton, in June 2022,[6] and in Somerton and Frome, in July 2023.[7]

  1. ^ "Election timetable and notices". Buckinghamshire Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Mikey (5 April 2021). "Tory MP Dame Cheryl Gillan dies aged 68". Daily Mirror. Reach plc. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "By-elections since the 2019 General Election". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ Stewart, Heather; Siddique, Haroon (18 June 2021). "Lib Dems win Chesham and Amersham byelection in stunning upset". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Tories lose North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years". BBC News. 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ Walker, Peter (24 June 2022). "Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Somerton win means there are 10 Lib Dem women MPs in Commons". BBC News. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2023.