2007 Ealing Southall by-election

The 2007 Ealing Southall by-election was a by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Ealing Southall, in west London. It was held on 19 July 2007.

2007 Ealing Southall by-election
19 July 2007
Constituency of Ealing Southall
Turnout42.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
Con
Candidate Virendra Sharma Nigel Bakhai Tony Lit
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 15,188 10,118 8,230
Percentage 41.5% 27.7% 22.5%
Swing 7.3% 3.3% 0.9%
MP before election

Piara Khabra
Labour

 Elected MP

Virendra Sharma
Labour

The election was triggered when Piara Khabra, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall, died on 19 June 2007. Khabra had held the constituency since the 1992 election, while the Labour party has held the seat since its creation in the 1983 election, and the predecessor seat of Southall since it was created before the 1945 election.

The government moved the writ for the by-election in Parliament on 28 June 2007, the day after the funeral of Piara Khabra. This by-election and the Sedgefield by-election, also being held on 19 July, were significant because they were the first elections to take place during the tenure of the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

According to the Elections Office of Ealing Council, the electorate was 85,423 which represented an increase of 1,685 (2%) on the 2005 general election.

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