2000 Tottenham by-election

2000 UK Parliamentary by-election April 2022 2000 Tottenham by-election parliamentary United Kingdom The Tottenham seat in the House of CommonsTriggered by death of incumbent no 1997 United Kingdom general election 1997 2001 United Kingdom general election 2001 22 June 2000 34.4% (19.2%) David Lammy x160px Labour Party (UK) 8,785 53.5% 15.8% Duncan Hames x160px Liberal Democrats (UK) 3,139 19.1% 7.3% Jane Ellison x160px Conservative Party (UK) 2,634 16.0% 0.3% Weyman Bennett SA Socialist Alliance (England) 885 5.4% New MP Subsequent MP Bernie Grant Labour Party (UK) David Lammy Labour Party (UK) A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Tottenham was held on 22 June 2000, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Bernie Grant. It was won by Labour candidate David Lammy, who comfortably retained the seat for the party. Lammy would go on to become a prominent Labour figure, holding several senior ministerial positions including Deputy Prime Minister. Background and campaign Bernie Grant, who had served as MP for Tottenham since 1987, died on 8 April 2000, triggering a by-election in his consittuency. Grant was one of the first four black MPs and the constituency was one of the centres of the London Afro-Caribbean community. However, Grant's widow Sharon (who was white) declared her intention to seek selection and this split opinion within the local Labour Party. Both Sharon and Bernie Grant had been on the left wing of the party whereas the leading black contender for the nomination, David Lammy, was a supporter of centrist Prime Minister Tony Blair. Following a close-fought selection battle, Lammy was chosen. During the campaign, Sharon Grant made a public show of supporting his election campaign in order not to allow disunity in the Labour Party. Polling day in the by-election was on 22 June, when Lammy comfortably retained the seat for Labour on a low turnout. Neither of the other main party candidates was able to mount a credible challenge in a seat where Labour was so strongly ahead, with Liberal Democrat candidate and future Chippenham MP Duncan Hames finishing second, and Conservative candidate and future Battersea MP Jane Ellison coming third. All three candidates from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in this by-election would go on to become MPs. Result 2000 Tottenham by-electionhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1997.html Results of Byelections in the 1997–2002 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-05 United Kingdom Election Results Labour Party (UK) David Lammy 8,785 53.5 –15.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Duncan Hames 3,139 19.1 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Ellison 2,634 16.0 +0.3 Socialist Alliance (England) Weyman Bennett 885 5.4 New Green Party of England and Wales Peter Budge 606 3.7 +0.9 Reform 2000 Erol Basarik 177 1.1 New UK Independence Party Ashwin Tanna 136 0.8 New Independent politician Dorian L.D. de Braâm 55 0.3 New 5,646 34.4 –19.2 16,417 25.4 –31.5 64,554 Labour Party (UK) –12.0 General Election result, 1997 General election 1997: TottenhamElection Data 1997 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt Electoral Calculus 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt 15 October 2011 Labour Party (UK) Bernie Grant 26,121 69.3 +12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew R. Scantlebury 5,921 15.7 –14.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Hughes 4,064 10.8 –0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Budge 1,059 2.8 +0.8 ProLife Alliance Leelan L.E. Tay 210 0.5 New Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) Christopher F. Anglin 181 0.5 New Socialist Equality Party (UK) Tania Kent 148 0.4 New 20,200 53.6 +26.9 37,704 56.9 –8.7 66,251 Labour Party (UK) +13.4 References Category:2000 elections in the United Kingdom Category:2000 in London Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Elections in the London Borough of Haringey Category:Tottenham Category:David Lammy