Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election, 2004

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A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Birmingham Hodge Hill, on July 15, the same day as the Leicester South by-election. The by-election was called following the resignation of the sitting MP, Terry Davis, on June 22 2004.^[1] Davies had been appointed as Secretary General of the Council of Europe

The area has had a Labour MP since the 1950 general election, the only break being a Conservative Party victory at a 1977 by-election for the Birmingham Stechford constituency. Stechford returned to Labour at the 1979 general election.

At the by-election, the seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Liam Byrne with 7,451 votes and a vastly reduced majority. The Liberal Democrat candidate Nicola Davies increased her party's share of the vote by over 26% and was only 460 votes behind.

The by-election was heavily contested by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, with both parties alleging "dirty tricks" by the other.^[2]

Contents 1 Results 2 2001 result 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Results

Turnout was 37.89%.

2004 by-election: Birmingham Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Byrne	7,451	36.5	-27.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Davies	6,991	34.2	+26.1
	Conservative	Stephen Eyre	3,543	17.3	-2.7
	Respect	John Rees	1,282	6.3
	National Front	Jim Starkey	805	3.9
	English Democrats	Mark Wheatley	277	1.4
	Christian Vote	Rev. George Hargreaves	90	0.4
Majority
Turnout

[edit] 2001 result

From the 2001 general election.

2001 General Election: Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	16,901	63.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Debbie Lewis	5,283	20.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dow	2,147	8.1	-0.4
	British National Party	Lee Windridge	889	3.3
	People's Justice	Perwaz Hussain	561	2.1
	Socialist Labour	Dennis Cridge	284	1.1
	UK Independence	Harvey Vivian	275	1.0	-0.9
	Muslim Party	Ayub Khan	125	0.5
Majority			11,618	43.9
Turnout			26,465	47.9

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Birmingham City Council's elections office
• British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election

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