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2001 Ipswich by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	2001 Ipswich by-election
country	United Kingdom
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2001 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	June 2001
next_election	2005 United Kingdom general election
next_year	2005
election_date	22 November 2001
candidate1	Chris Mole
image1	[[File:Chris Mole.jpg	150x150px]]
party1	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1	11,881
percentage1	43.4%
swing1	8.0pp
candidate2	Paul West
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote2	7,794
percentage2	28.4%
swing2	2.1pp
candidate3	Tessa Munt
image3	[[File:Tessa Munt pre-MP Birmingham.jpg	150x150px]]
party3	Liberal Democrats (UK)
popular_vote3	6,146
percentage3	22.4%
swing3	7.2pp
title	MP
before_election	Jamie Cann
after_election	Chris Mole
before_party	Labour
after_party	Labour

The Member of Parliament for Ipswich in Suffolk, Jamie Cann, of the Labour Party died on 15 October 2001.

The by-election was held on 22 November that year, and was the first of six by-elections which took place during the 53rd Parliament (2001–05). It was also the only British parliamentary by-election to take place in 2001.

With Labour still basking in the glow of their landslide general election victory just five months earlier, no opposition party was able to mount an effective challenge. The Liberal Democrats improved their position somewhat but remained in third place, and the Labour candidate Chris Mole was returned with a majority of over 4,000 votes.

The declaration broke with tradition by using live computer images, club music and lasers after the result was announced.

Previous result

References

(23 November 2001). "Labour victory in Ipswich by-election". [[BBC News]].
Donnelly, Rachel. (22 November 2001). "Ipswich poll may be eclipsed by soccer fixture". [[The Irish Times]].
"Ipswich byelection result".
Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament".

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