2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election

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. 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. The Conservatives held the seat but with their majority much reduced by the Liberal Democrats.

2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election
29 June 2006
Bromley and Chislehurst parliamentary seat
Turnout40.2%
  First party Second party
 
LD
Candidate Bob Neill Ben Abbotts
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 11,621 10,988
Percentage 40.0% 37.8%
Swing 11.1% 17.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Nigel Farage Rachel Reeves
Party UKIP Labour
Popular vote 2,347 1,925
Percentage 8.1% 6.6%
Swing 4.9% 15.6%
MP before election

Eric Forth
Conservative

 Subsequent MP

Bob Neill
Conservative

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.

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