2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election

Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election
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Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency
Turnout28.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Candidate Mike Kane John Bickley Rev. Daniel Critchlow
Party Labour UKIP Conservative
Popular vote 13,261 4,301 3,479
Percentage 55.3% 18.0% 14.5%
Swing Increase11.2% Increase14.5% Decrease11.0%
MP before election

Paul Goggins
Labour

Subsequent MP

Mike Kane
Labour

On 13 February 2014,[1] a by-election was held for the UK parliamentary constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East, following the death of the former MP, Paul Goggins.[2]

The election was won by Mike Kane of the Labour Party[3] with a greatly increased share of the vote compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP, which had previously performed poorly, came second, beating the Conservative Party into third place. The Liberal Democrats lost their deposit. The turnout was 28.2%, compared with 54.3% for the 2010 general election.

  1. ^ "Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election date announced". bbc.co.uk. BBC News Online. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc-breaking-news-death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election: Labour wins". bbc.co.uk. BBC News Online. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.