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2016 Witney by-election

2016 Witney by-election
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Witney constituency
Turnout46.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Candidate Robert Courts Liz Leffman Duncan Enright
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Popular vote 17,313 11,611 5,765
Percentage 45.0% 30.2% 15.0%
Swing Decrease15.2% Increase23.4% Decrease2.2%
MP before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Elected MP

Robert Courts
Conservative

On 20 October 2016, a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Witney. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election.[1] They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) David Cameron, the former prime minister, on 12 September 2016.[2][3] The election was won by the Conservative Robert Courts with a reduced vote share, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points.

  1. ^ "Batley by-election to be on 20 October". BBC News. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ "David Cameron resigns as an MP – ITV News". itv.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "House of Commons Votes and Proceedings Monday 12th September 2016". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

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