2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election
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A by-election was held in the United Kingdom Parliament constituency of Chesham and Amersham on 17 June 2021, following the death of the sitting member, Dame Cheryl Gillan, on 4 April 2021. Gillan had served as MP for the constituency since 1992.[2] The by-election was the third to the 58th Parliament, which was elected in 2019.[3]
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Turnout | 52.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Liberal Democrat candidate, Sarah Green, won the by-election with 56.7% of the vote and a swing from the Conservatives of 25.2%. This is the first time a non-Conservative candidate has won this seat since its formation in 1974.[4]
This was the first of four by-elections won by the Liberal Democrats in this parliament; they subsequently won the by-elections in North Shropshire, in December 2021,[5] in Tiverton and Honiton, in June 2022,[6] and in Somerton and Frome, in July 2023.[7]