2021 Batley and Spen by-election

2021 Batley and Spen by-election
1 July 2021 (2021-07-01)
Batley and Spen constituency
Turnout47.5% ( 19.1 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Candidate Kim Leadbeater Ryan Stephenson George Galloway
Party Labour Conservative Workers Party
Popular vote 13,296 12,973 8,264
Percentage 35.3% 34.4% 21.9%
Swing 7.4 pp 1.6 pp N/a
MP before election

Tracy Brabin
Labour

Elected MP

Kim Leadbeater
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen was held on 1 July 2021, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Tracy Brabin after being elected Mayor of West Yorkshire. Kim Leadbeater—the sister of former Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox who was assassinated in 2016—narrowly held the seat for the Labour Party with a reduced majority of 323 votes.

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