2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election

2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election
23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)
Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency
Triggered by resignation of incumbent
Turnout38.2%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Gareth Snell Paul Nuttall
Party Labour UKIP
Popular vote 7,853 5,233
Percentage 37.1% 24.7%
Swing 2.2 pp 2.1 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Lib
Candidate Jack Brereton Zulfiqar Ali
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 5,154 2,083
Percentage 24.3% 9.8%
Swing 1.8 pp 5.7 pp
MP before election

Tristram Hunt
Labour

Elected MP

Gareth Snell
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Stoke-on-Trent Central was held on 23 February 2017, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Tristram Hunt upon his appointment as director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It was won by Labour candidate Gareth Snell, who held the seat with a slightly reduced majority.

Along with the 2017 Copeland by-election which took place on the same day, it was the last of ten by-elections to be held in the 2015–2017 parliament; a snap general election was held three months later.

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