2016 Ogmore by-election

2016 Ogmore by-election

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Ogmore constituency
Turnout	43%
First party Second party   Candidate Chris Elmore Glenda Davies Party Labour UKIP Popular vote 12,383 3,808 Percentage 52.6 16.2 Swing 0.3% 1.2%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Abi Thomas Alex Williams Party Plaid Cymru Conservative Popular vote 3,683 2,956 Percentage 15.7 12.6 Swing 5.6% 3.3%
MP before election Huw Irranca-Davies Labour Elected MP Chris Elmore Labour

On 5 May 2016, a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Ogmore. It was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.

Chris Elmore of the Labour Party won the by-election with 52.6 per cent of the vote.^[1]

The by-election was held on the same day as the Welsh Assembly election, as well as elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. A by-election for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough was also held on the same day.