2005 Cheadle by-election

2005 UK Parliamentary by-election April 2022 2005 Cheadle by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Cheadle parliamentary seat no 2005 United Kingdom general election May 2005 2010 United Kingdom general election 2010 14 July 2005 55.2% Mark Hunter 110px Liberal Democrats (UK) 19,593 52.2% 3.3% Stephen Day 110px Conservative Party (UK) 15,936 42.4% 2.0% MP Subsequent MP Patsy Calton Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Hunter Liberal Democrats (UK) 250px|thumb|right|Location of Cheadle within Greater Manchester A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Cheadle was held on 14 July 2005, following the death of incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Patsy Calton. It was won by Mark Hunter, who retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservative candidate was Stephen Day, who held the seat from 1987 to 2001, and was defeated by Calton in the 2005 general election two months earlier. The campaign was marred by accusations of dirty tricks and ruthless negative campaigning, principally accusing the Conservative campaign; in his victory speech, Hunter described the campaign of the Conservatives as 'nasty' and 'misleading'.Branigan Tania 15 July 2005 Lib Dem relief as they hold Cheadle https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jul/15/byelections.uk 3 May 2026 The Guardian Both the Liberal Democrats and a local newspaper threatened legal action over inaccuracies and defamation in Conservative campaign leaflets. The most significant example was a Conservative leaflet that superimposed a headline about Hunter's voting record on crime with a headline from a local newspaper about a rape, prompting the Liberal Democrats to threaten legal action.Hurst Greg 13 July 2005 Tory campaign has Lib Dem hallmark https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/tory-campaign-has-lib-dem-hallmark-5pw68wkqndw live https://web.archive.org/web/20260503160422/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/tory-campaign-has-lib-dem-hallmark-5pw68wkqndw 3 May 2026 3 May 2026 The Times With only 4.6% of the vote, the Labour Party candidate, Martin Miller, lost his deposit. Labour Party did not fight an energetic campaign in a seat that was a Liberal Democrat–Conservative marginal. With the exception of the 1997 Winchester by-election, where the general election result was annulled, it was the first seat to be defended in a by-election by the Liberal Democrats since their formation in 1988. Result Cheadle by-election, 2005http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html Results of Byelections in the 2005-2010 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-05 United Kingdom Election Results 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227081306/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html dead Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Hunter 19,593 52.2 3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Day 15,936 42.4 2.0 Labour Party (UK) Martin Miller 1,739 4.6 4.2 Veritas (political party) Leslie Leggett 218 0.6 New Alliance for Change (UK) John Allman 81 0.2 New 3,657 9.8 1.3 37,567 55.2 14.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0.6 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Notes External links Campaign literature from the by-election Lib Dems win Cheadle - BBC News Lib Dems name Cheadle candidate - BBC News Lib Dems reveal by-election date UKIP to miss Cheadle by-election Category:2005 elections in the United Kingdom Category:2005 in England Category:2000s in Greater Manchester Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies Category:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Category:July 2005 in the United Kingdom