2014 Newark by-election

The 2014 Newark by-election was to elect a new MP for the UK Parliament constituency of Newark constituency. The by-election happened on 5 June 2014.[1][2] The by-election happened because the current MP, Patrick Mercer, decided he didn't want to be MP anymore.[3] Conservative Robert Jenrick won the seat with a 7,403 than the UKIP candidate, who came in second.

Newark by-election

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Newark constituency
  First party Second party Third party
  Official portrait of Robert Jenrick crop 2.jpg Helmer, Roger-9461.jpg No image.svg
Candidate Robert Jenrick Roger Helmer Michael Payne
Party Conservative Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. Labour
Popular vote 17,431 10,028 6,842
Percentage 45.0% 25.9% 17.7%
Swing Decrease8.9% Increase22.1% Decrease4.7%

Newark2007Constituency.svg
Map showing the Newark Parliamentary constituency within the English county of Nottinghamshire.

MP before election

Patrick Mercer
Conservative

MP after election

Robert Jenrick
Conservative

Candidates

The applications for candidates ended at 4pm on Tuesday 13 May. 11 candidates were nominated.[4]

The local Conservative Party chose Robert Jenrick to be their candidate for the seat.[5] Jenrick was a solicitor before this.

Labour chose councillor Michael Payne as their candidate.[6] He was the deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council.[7]

The Liberal Democrats chose David Watts as their candidate. He was leader of Broxtowe Borough Council.[7]

Result

By-Election 2014: Newark[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 17,431 45.0 -8.9
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. Roger Helmer 10,028 25.9 +22.1
Labour Michael Payne 6,842 17.7 -4.7
Independent Paul Baggaley 1,891 4.9 New
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. David Kirwan 1,057 2.7 New
Liberal Democrats David Watts 1,004 2.6 -17.4
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/O' not found. Nick The Flying Brick 168 0.4 New
Independent Andy Hayes 117 0.3 New
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/B' not found. David Bishop 87 0.2 New
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/T' not found. Dick Rodgers 64 0.2 New
Patriotic Socialist Party Lee Woods 18 0.0 New
Majority 7,403 19.1 -12.4
Turnout 38,707 52.79 -19.61
Conservative hold Swing -15.5

References

  1. Britton, Alex (1 May 2014). "Newark by-election to take place on June 5". Nottingham Post. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Newark-election-place-June-5/story-21042151-detail/story.html. Retrieved 1 May 2014. 
  2. Newark and Sherwood District Council: Newark Parliamentary by-election 2014 Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 May 2014
  3. "Former Tory MP Mercer resigns after Commons suspension". BBC News. BBC. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. "STATEMENT AS TO PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Newark & Sherwood. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. Robert Jenrick, Candidate for Newark Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, Conservative Party website.
  6. "UKIP's Nigel Farage says he will not stand in Newark poll". BBC News (BBC). 30 April 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27216172. Retrieved 30 April 2014. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Newark by-election: PM visits British Sugar". Newark Advertiser. 9 May 2014. http://newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Newark-by-election-PM-visits-British-Sugar. Retrieved 13 May 2014. 
  8. "Newark by-election candidate names confirmed". BBC News. 13 May 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27391295. 
  9. "Newark By-Election results". Newark and Sherwood District Council. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2021.