2005 Livingston by-election
29 September 2005
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A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Livingston was held on 29 September 2005, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robin Cook. It was won by Jim Devine, who held the seat for Labour.
Cook died on 6 August 2005. Notice of the vacancy in the constituency was published in The London Gazette on 2 September, which allowed the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue the writ for the election on 8 September under the Recess Elections Act 1975. The poll was held on 29 September, in the week of the Labour Party Conference, when the Labour candidate Jim Devine held the seat for his party.
A by-election for the Glasgow Cathcart seat in the Scottish Parliament was also held on the same day.