1999 Wigan by-election

1999 Wigan by-election

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Turnout	25%
First party Second party   Candidate Neil Turner Tom Peet Party Labour Conservative Popular vote 9,641 2,912 Percentage 59.6% 18.0% Swing 9.0pp 1.1pp   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Jonathan Rule John Whittaker Party Liberal Democrats UKIP Popular vote 2,148 834 Percentage 13.3% 5.2% Swing 3.3pp New
MP before election Roger Stott Labour Elected MP Neil Turner Labour

The 1999 Wigan by-election of 23 September 1999 was held after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Roger Stott.

The by-election was contested by nine candidates in total, with Labour selecting Neil Turner, who had been a local councillor for 27 years, to defend the seat. Meanwhile, the Conservatives chose Tom Peet, who was an active Trade Unionist and had worked at a nearby coal mine.

The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with Turner gaining 59.6% of the vote, in spite of a 5% swing to the Conservative Party.