2017 Copeland by-election
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The 2017 Copeland by-election was a by-election to the UK Parliament constituency of Copeland. The by-election happened on 23 February 2017.[1] This was the same day as the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election. The election happened after the Labour MP, Jamie Reed, decided he didn't want to be MP anymore.[2] Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison became the new MP. This was the first time since 1982 that the party of the government won a seat in a by-election.[3]
References
- ↑ Election results for CopelandUK Parliament. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ Labour faces biggest by-election test after Jamie Reed's resignation. New Statesman. 21 December 2016. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/12/labour-faces-biggest-election-test-after-jamie-reeds-resignation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ Tories in historic by-election Copeland win as Labour holds Stoke. BBC News. 24 February 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39064149. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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