2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election

2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election
29 June 2006
Bromley and Chislehurst parliamentary seat
Turnout40.2%
  First party Second party
 
Lib
Candidate Bob Neill Ben Abbotts
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 11,621 10,988
Percentage 40.0% 37.8%
Swing 11.1% 17.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Nigel Farage Rachel Reeves
Party UKIP Labour
Popular vote 2,347 1,925
Percentage 8.1% 6.6%
Swing 4.9% 15.6%
MP before election

Eric Forth
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Bob Neill
Conservative

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst was held on 29 June 2006, following the death of incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Eric Forth. It was won by Bob Neill who held the seat for Conservatives, albeit narrowly; their majority was significantly reduced by Ben Abbotts of the Liberal Democrats.

The Labour Party candidate was future Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who was pushed into fourth place by UKIP candidate and future Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. This was only the second time Labour had fallen to fourth place in an English by-election since World War II.

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