2009 Norwich North by-election

Norwich North by-election
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Norwich North parliamentary seat
Turnout45.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Chloe Smith Chris Ostrowski April Pond
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 13,591 6,243 4,803
Percentage 39.5% 18.2% 14.0%
Swing Increase6.3% Decrease26.7% Decrease2.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Glenn Tingle Rupert Read
Party UKIP Green
Popular vote 4,068 3,350
Percentage 11.6% 9.7%
Swing Increase9.4% Increase7.0%
MP before election

Ian Gibson
Labour

Subsequent MP

Chloe Smith
Conservative

The 2009 Norwich North by-election was a by-election for the United Kingdom Parliament's House of Commons constituency of Norwich North. The by-election took place due to the resignation of Ian Gibson after being banned from standing as a Labour candidate for the next general election. The writ of election was moved on 30 June 2009 and the by-election took place on 23 July 2009, two days after the start of the summer recess. Unusually for a UK by-election, the counting process was not started until the following day, for a variety of reasons including the high number of postal votes.[1]

The winner of the by-election was Chloe Smith of the Conservative Party, who at 27 became the youngest member of the House of Commons, known as the Baby of the House.[2]

  1. ^ Dan Grimmer (24 July 2009). "International interest in Norwich vote". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ Crick, Michael (30 June 2009). "A new baby of the House?". Michael Crick's blog. BBC. Retrieved 3 July 2009.