| 词条 | 2000 Romsey by-election |
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Conservative Member of Parliament Michael Colvin and his wife died in a fire at their home on 24 February 2000. This created a by-election in his constituency of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The Conservative Party decided to delay the polling day until 4 May, so that it would come simultaneously with local elections. They selected Tim Palmer, a farmer and Dorset County Councillor, to defend the seat. The Liberal Democrats considered this byelection their best chance of gaining a seat since 1997 and selected a local pharmacist Sandra Gidley (who had been Mayor of Romsey) as their candidate. Labour carried out minimal campaigning in a constituency in which they had come third. This led many observers to assume that the party was expecting, or hoping, that its vote would largely go to the Liberal Democrats in order to help defeat the Conservatives. In the event, the Labour vote collapsed while the Liberal Democrats surged, and they made this the only mainland by-election to result in a change of party control in the entire Parliament. This was the first time the Conservatives had lost a seat in a by-election while in Opposition since the 1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election, and would be the last time the Liberal Democrats gained a constituency from the Conservatives at a by-election until the 2016 Richmond Park by-election. Results{{Election box begin ||title=By-election 2000: Romsey[1]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Sandra Gidley |votes = 19,571 |percentage = 50.6 |change = +21.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Tim Palmer |votes = 16,260 |percentage = 42.0 |change = −4.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Andy Howard |votes = 1,451 |percentage = 3.7 |change = −14.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Kingdom Independence Party |candidate = Garry Rankin-Moore |votes = 901 |percentage = 2.3 |change = −1.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance |candidate = Derrick Large |votes = 417 |percentage = 1.1 |change = +1.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Thomas Lamont |votes = 109 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.3 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,311 |percentage = 8.6 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 55.4 |change = }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Liberal Democrats (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = 8.6 }}{{Election box end}} General Election result, 1997{{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1997: Romsey }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Colvin |votes = 23,834 |percentage = 46.0 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Mark Cooper |votes = 15,249 |percentage = 29.4 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Joanne Ford |votes = 9,623 |percentage = 18.6 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Kingdom Independence Party |candidate = Alan Sked |votes = 1,824 |percentage = 3.5 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Referendum Party |candidate = Michael Wigley |votes = 1,291 |percentage = 2.5 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,585 |percentage = 16.57 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 76.36 |change = }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1997.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=2015-10-05|website=United Kingdom Election Results}} External links
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