2007 Sedgefield by-election

Sedgefield by-election

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Sedgefield constituency
Turnout	41.6% 13.23pp
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 14.1% 8.0% 0.2%   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

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.