2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election
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A by-election was held in the UK parliament constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst in London, following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Eric Forth on 17 May 2006.[1] The writ for the electing of a new member was issued on 6 June for a polling day of 29 June 2006, the same day as the Blaenau Gwent by-elections.[2] The Conservatives held the seat but with their majority much reduced by the Liberal Democrats.
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Labour, who stood future Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, was pushed into fourth place by the UK Independence Party. This was only the second time Labour had fallen to fourth place in an English by-election since World War II, the 1989 Richmond (Yorks) by-election being the other occasion. Labour would later drop to 5th place at the 2008 Henley by-election.