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| Turnout | 38.0%[1]
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A by-election took place on Thursday 15 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Wellingborough. This followed a recall petition held in late 2023 that removed the incumbent MP Peter Bone under the terms of the Recall of MPs Act 2015, triggered by his six-week suspension from the House of Commons for bullying and sexual harassment.
The by-election was won by Gen Kitchen of the Labour Party.[2] It was the biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour since the 1994 Dudley West by-election and the second biggest since the Second World War.[3] It was also the largest ever drop in the Conservative Party vote share in a by-election, the largest drop in any party's vote share since the 1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election,[4] and the worst performance by the Conservatives in the constituency's history, falling below the 25.4% of the vote it received in 1923. The turnout was 38%,[1] compared to a 64.3% turnout in the constituency at the last general election.
The by-election took place on the same day as the Kingswood by-election, also won by Labour from the Conservatives.
- ^ a b Jones, Ian (16 February 2024). "Kingswood and Wellingborough by-election results: Key numbers and statistics in full". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election". BBC News. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Gecsoyler, Sammy (16 February 2024). "Labour overturns 18,000 majority to win Wellingborough byelection". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Labour's Gen Kitchen overturns 19,000 Tory majority to win Wellingborough by-election". The Independent. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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