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height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Official_portrait_of_Kim_Leadbeater_MP.jpg/169px-Official_portrait_of_Kim_Leadbeater_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Official_portrait_of_Kim_Leadbeater_MP.jpg/225px-Official_portrait_of_Kim_Leadbeater_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0087DC;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#0087DC; font-size:35px;"> <b>Con</b></span></div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #780021;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Galloway_2007-02-24,_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg/100px-George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg/151px-George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg/201px-George_Galloway_2007-02-24%2C_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1929" data-file-height="2880" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Leadbeater" title="Kim Leadbeater">Kim Leadbeater</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2019_Leeds_City_Council_election#Harewood" title="2019 Leeds City Council election">Ryan Stephenson</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>42.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Did not stand</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>13,296</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12,973 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8,264 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>35.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span><b>7.4</b> <a href="/wiki/Percentage_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage points">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.6 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage points">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New Candidate</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Kim_Leadbeater" title="Kim Leadbeater">Kim Leadbeater</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliamentary_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliamentary by-elections">by-election</a> was held in the UK <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Parliament constituencies">parliamentary constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Spen</a> on 1 July 2021, following the resignation of the previous Member of Parliament (MP) <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a>, who was elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_West_Yorkshire" title="Mayor of West Yorkshire">Mayor of West Yorkshire</a> on 10 May.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the devolution agreement, the position holds the powers and responsibilities of a <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">police and crime commissioner</a>, meaning the occupant of the office cannot simultaneously sit as an MP.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The by-election was the fourth of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election">58th Parliament</a>, elected in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kim_Leadbeater" title="Kim Leadbeater">Kim Leadbeater</a> held the seat for the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> with a reduced majority of 323 votes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituency">Constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Batley and Spen is a predominantly working-class constituency in the <a href="/wiki/Pennines" title="Pennines">Pennines</a> at the centre of <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>. Considered to be part of the "<a href="/wiki/Red_wall_(British_politics)" title="Red wall (British politics)">red wall</a>", Batley and Spen has been held by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> since the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat's largest town, <a href="/wiki/Batley" title="Batley">Batley</a>, has a sizeable number of residents with <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asian</a> backgrounds: <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> (9.2%) and <a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">Indian</a> (15.9%) (mostly <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujarati</a>), according to the 2001 census.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Heckmondwike" title="Heckmondwike">Heckmondwike</a> also has a well-established South Asian community, with 16.9% residents having Pakistani heritage. Other towns in the <a href="/wiki/River_Spen" title="River Spen">Spen Valley</a> part of the constituency include <a href="/wiki/Birstall,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birstall, West Yorkshire">Birstall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birkenshaw,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire">Birkenshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton" title="Cleckheaton">Cleckheaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liversedge" title="Liversedge">Liversedge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gomersal" title="Gomersal">Gomersal</a>. These are generally more suburban and Conservative areas, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton" title="Cleckheaton">Cleckheaton</a>, which has <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> councillors. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 EU referendum</a>, Batley and Spen voted 60% in favour of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Representation">Representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Batley and Spen has been represented by a Labour MP since <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peacock" title="Elizabeth Peacock">Elizabeth Peacock</a> has been the constituency's only <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP, serving from 1983 to 1997. Brabin had held the seat since the <a href="/wiki/2016_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2016 Batley and Spen by-election">2016 Batley and Spen by-election</a>, which was called after the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox" title="Murder of Jo Cox">murder of Jo Cox</a>, the seat's incumbent MP. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, the Labour majority in the constituency decreased significantly, with a 12.8% drop in vote share by comparison with the 2017 result.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 May 2021, Brabin won the <a href="/wiki/2021_West_Yorkshire_mayoral_election" title="2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election">inaugural election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_West_Yorkshire" title="Mayor of West Yorkshire">Mayor of West Yorkshire</a>. She was appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_Stewards_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds">Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds</a> on 10 May, vacating her Commons seat.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brabin expressed concern the constituency could switch to the Tories in the by-election, given Labour's heavy defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Hartlepool_by-election" title="2021 Hartlepool by-election">2021 Hartlepool by-election</a>, where Labour unsuccessfully defended a similar majority.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bush" title="Stephen Bush">Stephen Bush</a> from the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> argued that Labour were in a stronger position in Batley and Spen than in <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)">Hartlepool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timetable">Timetable</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Timetable"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 27 May, the <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_election" title="Writ of election">writ of election</a> was made, and the election was scheduled for 1 July.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The deadline for nominations was 7 June. The deadline for postal vote applications, and changes to existing postal and proxy votes, was 15 June. The deadline for new proxy vote applications was 16 June.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidacy_declarations">Candidacy declarations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Candidacy declarations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the result of the <a href="/wiki/2021_West_Yorkshire_mayoral_election" title="2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election">West Yorkshire mayoral election</a> was announced on 9 May 2021, Bob Buxton, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Party" title="Yorkshire Party">Yorkshire Party</a> leader and unsuccessful mayoral candidate, announced that his party would contest the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 May, <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a> tweeted that the party he leads, the <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party of Britain</a>, would contest the election.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 May, he announced that he would be the Workers Party candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 May, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> reported that <a href="/wiki/Jo_Cox" title="Jo Cox">Jo Cox</a>'s sister, Kim Leadbeater, and former Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Paula_Sherriff" title="Paula Sherriff">Paula Sherriff</a> were among Labour's potential candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 May the Labour Party announced that Leadbeater, a personal trainer and Jo Cox Foundation campaigner, would stand as their candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadbeater had only recently rejoined the Labour Party,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the Batley and Spen <a href="/wiki/Constituency_Labour_Party" title="Constituency Labour Party">CLP</a> waiving the requirement of a year's membership prior to her selection.<sup id="cite_ref-st-20210606_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-20210606-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 May, the Conservative Party announced that it had selected <a href="/wiki/Harewood_(ward)" title="Harewood (ward)">Harewood</a> councillor Ryan Stephenson as its candidate for the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2021, <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> announced that they would not stand a candidate in the by-election in a bid to boost the Conservative Party's chances of taking the Labour-held seat.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Halloran, a locally well-known <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> supporter who won over 6,000 votes for the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Woollen_District_Independents" title="Heavy Woollen District Independents">Heavy Woollen District Independents</a> at the previous election, also chose not to stand again, a decision which was expected to favour the Conservative candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-st-20210606_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-20210606-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 May, the Yorkshire Party announced that its members had voted for Corey Robinson, a senior medical research engineer who spent his childhood in the constituency, to be their candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 May, the Liberal Democrats announced they would stand community campaigner Jo Conchie as their candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 June, Conchie withdrew for health reasons, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)" title="Tom Gordon (British politician)">Tom Gordon</a>, a councillor in Knottingley. Gordon stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for <a href="/wiki/Normanton,_Pontefract_and_Castleford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)">Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2019_UK_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 UK general election">2019 general election</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and would go on to become the Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_and_Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrogate and Knaresborough</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Greens</a> selected rugby player <a href="/wiki/Ross_Peltier" title="Ross Peltier">Ross Peltier</a> on 2 June.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was withdrawn as a candidate following the discovery of offensive tweets sent when he was 19 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greens then confirmed they would not stand in the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20210607_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20210607-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jayda_Fransen" title="Jayda Fransen">Jayda Fransen</a>, former deputy leader of the far-right group <a href="/wiki/Britain_First" title="Britain First">Britain First</a>, announced her intention to stand. "Britain first" were the words used by the murderer of Cox, although the organisation denied any connection to themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fransen had previously stood as a candidate for the seat of <a href="/wiki/Rochester_and_Strood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochester and Strood</a> in Kent, the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a> in 2016, and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in 2021. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">Christian Peoples Alliance</a> (CPA) confirmed the nomination of Paul Bickerdike on 3 June.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK,_1990%E2%80%93present)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)">Social Democratic Party</a> confirmed the nomination of Ollie Purser to stand on 3 June.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nominations closed on 7 June with 16 candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg/220px-Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg/330px-Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg/440px-Batley_Police_Station_-_Market_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_487181.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>Batley Police Station, the closure of which in July 2018<sup id="cite_ref-dewsburyreporter-20201125_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsburyreporter-20201125-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a campaign issue</figcaption></figure> <p>Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> visited the constituency during the campaign on 10 June,<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20210610_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20210610-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> visited the <a href="/wiki/Fox%27s_Biscuits" title="Fox's Biscuits">Fox's Biscuits</a> factory in the constituency on 18 June.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20210618_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20210618-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both had made earlier visits as well.<sup id="cite_ref-itv-20210201_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itv-20210201-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yorkshirelive-20200120_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yorkshirelive-20200120-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 June, Johnson visited the constituency again in a <a href="/wiki/Birstall,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birstall, West Yorkshire">Birstall</a> factory visit.<sup id="cite_ref-batleynews-20210628_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batleynews-20210628-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater focused on local issues such as crime, green spaces and the poor condition of the roads.<sup id="cite_ref-labourlist-20210628_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-labourlist-20210628-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said "I am the only person out of the 16 candidates that lives in Batley and Spen" and "I have a proven track record of getting things done at a local level and an established reputation for working for all parts of the community." She emphasised that the by-election was not a referendum on Labour party leader Keir Starmer.<sup id="cite_ref-itv-20210610_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itv-20210610-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-batleynews-20210524_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batleynews-20210524-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her large leaflet used in parts of the constituency did not use the word "Labour" except in the legal imprint, highlighting her name instead.<sup id="cite_ref-labourlist-20210628_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-labourlist-20210628-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conservative candidate <a href="/wiki/2019_Leeds_City_Council_election#Harewood" title="2019 Leeds City Council election">Ryan Stephenson</a> emphasised his local practical political experience – as a <a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_Council" title="Leeds City Council">Leeds councillor</a> and director of a West Yorkshire <a href="/wiki/Multi-academy_trust" title="Multi-academy trust">multi-academy trust</a><sup id="cite_ref-tgat-board_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tgat-board-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – to work with the Conservative government effectively, and would be "banging the drum for investment" in the constituency. He mostly targeted the voters in the <a href="/wiki/River_Spen" title="River Spen">Spen Valley</a> rural towns, away from Batley, who until 1997 held a majority in the constituency for the Conservatives.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20210624_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20210624-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yorkshirelive-20210622_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yorkshirelive-20210622-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 20 per cent of the electorate are of south Asian origin, and were a major focus of electioneering by Workers Party candidate George Galloway, who concentrated on the issues of the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a>, criticism of Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, the suspension of a teacher for showing a cartoon of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> at <a href="/wiki/Batley_Grammar_School" title="Batley Grammar School">Batley Grammar School</a> and the reopening of a police station in Batley. Historically this community were strong supporters of the Labour Party, but there has been discontent at the waiving of Labour party rules to allow Leadbeater to be the only local candidate in the selection process, excluding local councillors from the community.<sup id="cite_ref-st-20210606_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-20210606-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-economist-20210626_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist-20210626-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent-20210628_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-20210628-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yorkshirelive-20210624_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yorkshirelive-20210624-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 June, four of the candidates participated in an online hustings organised by <a href="/wiki/YorkshireLive" class="mw-redirect" title="YorkshireLive">YorkshireLive</a>: George Galloway, Kim Leadbeater, Corey Robinson (Yorkshire Party candidate), and Ryan Stephenson.<sup id="cite_ref-yorkshirelive-20210623_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yorkshirelive-20210623-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yorkshirelive-20210624_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yorkshirelive-20210624-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Leeds" title="Anglican Bishop of Leeds">Bishop of Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Baines_(bishop)" title="Nick Baines (bishop)">Nick Baines</a>, issued a statement distancing the <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_the_Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds#Deanery_of_Dewsbury" title="List of churches in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds">United Benefice of Batley</a> from the candidacy of Jayda Fransen, after campaign literature was distributed showing Fransen holding a white cross outside of St Thomas’s church.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 June, Kim Leadbeater was heckled and chased by a group of men while campaigning, after being questioned about her support for LGBT rights and her party's position on <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The man who challenged her claimed to be speaking on behalf of Muslim parents in the region and had led protests against <a href="/wiki/Gay-friendly" title="Gay-friendly">LGBT-inclusive</a> teaching at schools in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During an interview following the incident, Leadbeater accused Galloway of laughing at the situation from across the street. Galloway called the accusation "a lie" and condemned the abuse Leadbeater faced.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 June, former MP <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a> and a group of Labour campaigners were attacked by three men.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 June, the Labour Party was criticised for distributing a leaflet featuring a photo of <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> with Indian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>. Critics complained the leaflets were designed to appeal to Muslim voters and to exploit divisions between voters originating from India and Pakistan over the Kashmir conflict. Labour Friends of India asked the party to withdraw the leaflet immediately. A Labour spokesman said the leaflet emphasised not voting for the Labour candidate "would lead to a Tory MP who would support a Prime Minister who insults Muslim women and calls it a joke, refuses to deal with <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a> in his party and fails to speak out on human rights abuses in Kashmir".<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20210628_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20210628-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-inews-20210628_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inews-20210628-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Navendu_Mishra" title="Navendu Mishra">Navendu Mishra</a> accused his own party of having a "hierarchy of racism", with "some groups seen as fair game for attacks based on religion/race/heritage".<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20210629_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20210629-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232966811">.mw-parser-output .hover-highlight tr:hover,.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable tr:hover{background-color:var(--background-color-progressive-subtle,#eaf3ff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Pollster </th> <th rowspan="2">Client </th> <th rowspan="2">Date(s)<br />conducted </th> <th data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2">Sample<br />size </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">WPB</a> </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:75px;">Others </th> <th data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2">Lead </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#E4003B;"> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#0087DC;"> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#FAA61A;"> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#780021;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">2021 by-election </td> <td data-sort-value="2021-07-01"><span class="nowrap">1 Jul</span> 2021 </td> <td>– </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;"><b>35.3%</b> </td> <td>34.4% </td> <td>3.3% </td> <td>21.9% </td> <td>3.1% </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.survation.com/conservatives-lead-new-polling-for-batley-and-spen-by-election/">Survation</a> </td> <td><i>The Daily Mail</i> </td> <td data-sort-value="2021-06-17">9–<span class="nowrap">17 Jun</span> 2021 </td> <td>510 </td> <td>41% </td> <td style="background:#BADEF5;"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>3% </td> <td>6% </td> <td>2% </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">6% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">2019 general election</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="2019-12-12"><span class="nowrap">12 Dec</span> 2019 </td> <td>– </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;"><b>42.7%</b> </td> <td>36.0% </td> <td>4.7% </td> <td>– </td> <td>16.7% </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">6.7% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg/320px-2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="880" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg/480px-2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg/640px-2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Bar chart of the election result.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png/250px-Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png/375px-Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png/500px-Batley_and_Spen_vote_share.png 2x" data-file-width="1028" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>Batley and Spen vote share as a percentage 1997–2021 (note: the 2016 by-election is not shown as Labour were the only major party to stand)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>By-election 2021: Batley and Spen<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Leadbeater" title="Kim Leadbeater">Kim Leadbeater</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,296 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–7.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ryan Stephenson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,973 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #780021; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,264 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon_(British_politician)" title="Tom Gordon (British politician)">Tom Gordon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,254 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Party" title="Yorkshire Party">Yorkshire</a> </td> <td class="fn">Corey Robinson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">816 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #915F6D; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrat</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thérèse Hirst </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">207 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jack Thomson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFF000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party" title="Official Monster Raving Loony Party">Monster Raving Loony</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Howling_Laud_Hope" title="Howling Laud Hope">Howling Laud Hope</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">107 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00A86B"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Alliance for Green Socialism </td> <td class="fn">Mike Davies </td> <td style="text-align:right;">104 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #813887; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">CPA</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Bickerdike </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">102 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#CC1280"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Freedom Alliance </td> <td class="fn">Jonathon Tilt </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #431B5B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/For_Britain_Movement" title="For Britain Movement">For Britain</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_Waters" title="Anne Marie Waters">Anne Marie Waters</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #003399; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Rejoin_EU" title="Rejoin EU">Rejoin EU</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D25469; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK,_1990%E2%80%93present)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)">SDP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ollie Purser </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jayda_Fransen" title="Jayda Fransen">Jayda Fransen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0A00A5; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Party_(UK)" title="Heritage Party (UK)">Heritage</a> </td> <td class="fn">Susan Laird </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,695 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–19.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–2.90 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Previous_result">Previous result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Previous result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">General election 2019</a>: Batley and Spen<sup id="cite_ref-Statement_of_persons_nominated_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statement_of_persons_nominated-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,594 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–12.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Brooks </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,069 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Woollen_District_Independents" title="Heavy Woollen District Independents">Heavy Woollen District Independents</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Halloran </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,432 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Lawson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,462 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clive Minihan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,678 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ty Akram </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">692 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">±0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,525 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,927 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–5.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>'s surprise loss was blamed on their poor campaigning and a scandal that forced the <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock#Resignation" title="Matt Hancock">resignation of Health Secretary Matt Hancock</a> the weekend prior to the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Analysis in the <i><a href="/wiki/I_(newspaper)" title="I (newspaper)">i</a></i> newspaper suggested that <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a>'s socially conservative stance may have attracted some Tory-leaning voters, and that the Green Party's decision not to field a candidate may have proved beneficial to the Labour Party.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Galloway stated he was aiming to win over Labour voters in order to oust <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Labour leader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Starmer responded to the result by saying "Labour's back, and the promise of a better future is back too."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Shadow Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Reeves" title="Rachel Reeves">Rachel Reeves</a>, claimed that Starmer's leadership was the key factor to Leadbeater's victory, telling <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>, "Keir will take us into the next election and I believe that result, in the early hours of Friday morning, is the start of more victories for Labour."<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ronan Burtenshaw, editor of <a href="/wiki/Tribune_(magazine)" title="Tribune (magazine)"><i>Tribune</i> magazine</a>, denied there was any cause for major celebration and insisted that "the result is clearly a shot in the arm for the party's beleaguered leadership."<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to say, "Keir Starmer won his position as leader on a promise to be electable. But the fact remains that winning a general election today requires 40% or more of the vote. This cannot be achieved by chasing a fixed centre ground of the broadly satisfied, something which no longer exists. It requires the building of a coalition on increasingly shifting sands – and that means, at a bare minimum, an enthusiastic base and a compelling vision for broader society. Despite Kim Leadbeater's commendable victory, Batley and Spen shows that this remains a long way off."<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mason_(journalist)" title="Paul Mason (journalist)">Paul Mason</a> pointed out that Labour's pro-LGBT and pro-Israel positions might have resulted in a loss of Muslim votes from the Labour Party towards the Workers Party.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Arab" title="The New Arab">The New Arab</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Taj Ali said the result made it clear that Labour was losing Muslim voters because of issues like Kashmir and Palestine, as well as a reluctance to investigate Islamophobia in the party.<sup id="cite_ref-Ali_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also highly critical of a <a href="/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)" title="Dog whistle (politics)">dog whistle</a> claim, by an anonymous Labour source, that Muslims were angry about "what Keir has been doing on antisemitism". "Given these recent actions," Ali continued, "it is no surprise that many Muslims feel alienated by the Labour Party. Many expect a stronger stance from the Labour leadership on these issues – and rightly so."<sup id="cite_ref-Ali_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Jewish groups welcomed Galloway's defeat in the polls. The <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Labour_Movement" title="Jewish Labour Movement">Jewish Labour Movement</a> called the result a "triumph for hope and decency" over Galloway's "toxic politics".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewish_Chronicle" title="The Jewish Chronicle">The Jewish Chronicle</a></i> accused Galloway of running "one of the most tawdry by-election campaigns in memory", and said having him as the MP was "the last thing Batley and Spen needed".<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Galloway himself vowed to challenge the result on the basis of an alleged "false statement" made about him by Leadbeater and Starmer, which he claimed tipped the result of the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2016 Batley and Spen by-election">2016 Batley and Spen by-election</a>, another by-election for the constituency which resulted in Brabin's election to Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bradford_West_by-election" title="2012 Bradford West by-election">2012 Bradford West by-election</a>, another by-election Galloway participated in and won with similar circumstances to the one in Batley and Spen</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2021</span>. <q>The Batley and Spen seat has been held by Labour since 1997.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN&rft.atitle=How+tragedy+propelled+a+former+actor+into+politics&rft.date=2017-06-07&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Bryony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2017%2F06%2F07%2Feurope%2Ftracy-brabin-jo-cox-mp%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2021+Batley+and+Spen+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSimonsWaugh2016" class="citation news cs1">Simons, Ned; Waugh, Paul (17 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210510024739/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jo-coxs-batley-and-spen-seat-will-not-be-contested-by-conservative-party_uk_5763e3dde4b0d033a5754b58">"Jo Cox's Batley And Spen Seat Will Not Be Contested By Conservative Party, David Cameron And Jeremy Corbyn Set To Pay Joint Tribute"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/HuffPost" title="HuffPost">HuffPost</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2021</span>. <q>Cox's seat, Batley and Spen, has been held by Labour since 1997.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=HuffPost&rft.atitle=Jo+Cox%27s+Batley+And+Spen+Seat+Will+Not+Be+Contested+By+Conservative+Party%2C+David+Cameron+And+Jeremy+Corbyn+Set+To+Pay+Joint+Tribute&rft.date=2016-06-17&rft.aulast=Simons&rft.aufirst=Ned&rft.au=Waugh%2C+Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk%2Fentry%2Fjo-coxs-batley-and-spen-seat-will-not-be-contested-by-conservative-party_uk_5763e3dde4b0d033a5754b58&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2021+Batley+and+Spen+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548">"Batley & Spen parliamentary constituency – Election 2019"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205075512/http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548">Archived</a> from the original on 5 December 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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