By-elections · Thursday 1 July 2021

Batley and Spen by-election 2021

Kim Leadbeater (Labour) won the Batley and Spen by-election on 1 July 2021 with a majority of 323. Full result, turnout and swing.

Majority: 3230.9%
Turnout: 47.5%66.5% at the previous election
Electorate: 79,373
Swing: 2.9 ptsLab to Con
Result: Lab hold

Result
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Change
Kim Leadbeater Elected	Labour	13,296	35.3%	−7.4
Ryan Stephenson	Conservative	12,973	34.4%	−1.6
George Galloway	Workers Party of Britain	8,264	21.9%	+21.9
Thomas Gordon	Liberal Democrats	1,254	3.3%	−1.3
Corey Robinson	The Yorkshire Party	816	2.2%	+2.2
Therese Hirst	English Democrats	207	0.6%	+0.6
Jack Thomson	UK Independence Party	151	0.4%	+0.4
Howling Laud Hope	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	107	0.3%	+0.3
Mike Davies	Alliance for Green Socialism	104	0.3%	+0.3
Paul Bickerdike	Christian Peoples Alliance	102	0.3%	+0.3
Jonathan Tilt	Freedom Alliance	100	0.3%	+0.3
Anne Waters	The For Britain Movement	97	0.3%	+0.3
Andrew Smith	Rejoin EU	75	0.2%	+0.2
Oliver Purser	Social Democratic Party	66	0.2%	+0.2
Jayda Fransen	Independent	50	0.1%	+0.1
Susan Laird	Heritage Party	33	0.09%	+0.1
Valid votes		37,695
Majority		323	0.9%

Change compared with the 2019 general election in Batley and Spen.

Writ issued 27 May 2021. 58th Parliament.

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Questions and answers

Who won the Batley and Spen by-election?

Kim Leadbeater (Labour) won on 1 July 2021 with 13,296 votes (35.3%), a majority of 323.

What was the turnout at the Batley and Spen by-election?

47.5% of registered electors cast a valid vote.

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