2024 Kingswood by-election
A by-election took place on 15 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Kingswood in South Gloucestershire. This followed the resignation of Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, in protest at the UK government's decision to issue more oil and gas licences. Skidmore announced his resignation on 5 January and it was effected three days later.
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Kingswood constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 37.1% ( 34.4pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boundary of the Kingswood constituency in Avon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was won by Damien Egan of the Labour Party with a 16% swing. The turnout was 37.1%.
The by-election took place on the same day as the Wellingborough by-election, also won by Labour from the Conservatives.
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