2023 Tamworth by-election

2023 Tamworth by-election
19 October 2023
Tamworth constituency
Turnout35.9% (28.4 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Ref
Candidate Sarah Edwards Andrew Cooper Ian Cooper
Party Labour Conservative Reform UK
Popular vote 11,719 10,403 1,376
Percentage 45.8% 40.7% 5.4%
Swing 22.1 pp 25.6 pp New
Boundary of the Tamworth constituency in Staffordshire
MP before election

Chris Pincher
Independent

Elected MP

Sarah Edwards
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Tamworth was held on 19 October 2023, due to the resignation of incumbent Conservative MP Chris Pincher following a sexual misconduct scandal. Sarah Edwards, the Labour candidate, won the seat with a 23.9% swing, the second-biggest from Conservative to Labour since 1945.

The by-election was held on the same day as the 2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election, which was also a Labour gain from the Conservatives.

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