Ogmore by-election, 2016

Ogmore by-election, 2016

2015 ← 5 May 2016 → 2020

Candidate Chris Elmore Glenda Davies Party Labour UKIP Popular vote 12,383 3,808 Percentage 52.6 16.2   Candidate Abi Thomas Alex Williams Party Plaid Cymru Conservative Popular vote 3,683 2,956 Percentage 15.7 12.6

Location of Ogmore within Wales

MP before election Huw Irranca-Davies Labour Elected MP Chris Elmore Labour

Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour

Chris Elmore
Labour

The Ogmore by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-election in the constituency of Ogmore in Wales, on 5 May 2016, the same day as the Welsh Assembly election. The seat fell vacant as the incumbent MP, Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour), was selected to fight the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the Assembly election. Irranca-Davies was the MP for the seat since a previous by-election in 2002; he resigned the seat on 23 March 2016.

Bridgend County Borough Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April 2016. This showed that five candidates that contested the election.

Councillor Chris Elmore, currently Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Schools in the Vale of Glamorgan Council, represented Labour. Elmore contested the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in 2015 general election, where he lost to the Conservatives.

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