2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election

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. The by-election was the third to the 58th Parliament, which was elected in 2019.

2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election
17 June 2021
Chesham and Amersham constituency
Turnout52.1%
  First party Second party
 
Con
Candidate Sarah Green Peter Fleet
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 26.3% 55.4%
Popular vote 21,517 13,489
Percentage 56.7% 35.5%
Swing 30.4pp 19.9pp
MP before election

Cheryl Gillan
Conservative

 Elected MP

Sarah Green
Liberal Democrats

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.

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, in Tiverton and Honiton, in June 2022, and in Somerton and Frome, in July 2023.

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