2004 Leicester South by-election

Leicester South by-election
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Leicester South parliamentary seat
Turnout41.6%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Parmjit Singh Gill Peter Soulsby
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Popular vote 10,274 8,620
Percentage 34.9% 29.3%
Swing Increase17.7% Decrease25.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Chris Heaton-Harris Yvonne Ridley
Party Conservative Respect
Popular vote 5,796 3,724
Percentage 19.7% 12.7%
Swing Decrease3.4% New party
MP before election

Jim Marshall
Labour

Subsequent MP

Parmjit Singh Gill
Liberal Democrats

A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Leicester South on 15 July 2004. It was triggered by the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Jim Marshall, who died on 27 May 2004, shortly before the local and European elections in June. The by-election was won by Parmjit Singh Gill of the Liberal Democrats, over-turning a Labour majority of 13,243 votes at the 2001 general election.

This by-election was held on the same day as the Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election,[1] which Labour won with a highly reduced majority of just 460 votes (2.3%).[2]

  1. ^ Hall, Sarah (9 July 2004). "Feuding parties fight dirty war on doorsteps". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ Morris, Nigel (17 July 2004). "Lib Dems claim Labour's negative tactics backfired". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2021.