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  UK Parliament - Henley - By-election
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Parents > United Kingdom > England > South East > South East > Henley
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type By-election
Filing Deadline ---
Polls Open June 26, 2008 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close June 26, 2008 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start June 27, 2008 - 12:00am
Term End May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRBH September 22, 2021 10:09pm
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Description Newly-elected London mayor Boris Johnson will step down from this seat in order to focus on his new office full-time.

Johnson's father, Stanley, was initially expected to seek the Conservative nomination, but instead the party will pick a local councillor.

Harrington and Cole are both standing for the Miss Great Britain Party, an unregistered party.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/05/2005
NameBoris Johnson Votes24,894 (53.49%)
Term05/17/2005 - 05/04/2008 Margin12,793 (+27.49%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/06/2010
NameJohn Howell Votes30,054 (56.15%)
Term05/17/2010 - 05/17/2015 Margin16,588 (+30.99%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
05/30/2008 06/26/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John Howell ----1 7
Leaning Call: John Howell (100.00%)
Weighted Call: John Howell (100.00%)

CANDIDATES
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Name John Howell Stephen Kearney Mark Stevenson Tim Rait Richard McKenzie Christopher Adams Peter Topcat Bananaman Owen
PartyConservative Liberal Democrats Green British National Labour UK Independence Official Monster Raving Loony
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes (0.00% in) 19,796 (56.95%) 9,680 (27.85%) 1,321 (3.80%) 1,243 (3.58%) 1,066 (3.07%) 843 (2.43%) 242 (0.70%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -10,116 (-29.10%) -18,475 (-53.15%) -18,553 (-53.37%) -18,730 (-53.88%) -18,953 (-54.52%) -19,554 (-56.25%)
Estimated Final39,592 (56.95%) 19,360 (27.85%) 2,642 (3.80%) 2,486 (3.58%) 2,132 (3.07%) 1,686 (2.43%) 484 (0.70%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 05/31/2008 05/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 05/00/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Derek Allpass Amanda Harrington Richard "Dick" Rodgers Louise Cole Harry Bear  
PartyEnglish Democrats Independent Common Good Independent Fur Play  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes (0.00% in) 157 (0.45%) 128 (0.37%) 121 (0.35%) 91 (0.26%) 73 (0.21%)  
Margin-19,639 (-56.50%) -19,668 (-56.58%) -19,675 (-56.60%) -19,705 (-56.69%) -19,723 (-56.74%)  
Estimated Final314 (0.45%) 256 (0.37%) 242 (0.35%) 182 (0.26%) 146 (0.21%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008  
MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
ENDORSEMENTS
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May 30, 2008 09:00pm Announcement Tories select local councillor to fight Boris Johnson's Henley seat  Article Ralphie 

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