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  UK Parliament - Henley - By-election
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United Kingdom > England > South East > South East > Henley
OfficeParliament
TypeBy-election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00am
Polls Open June 26, 2008 - 01:00am
Polls Close June 26, 2008 - 04:00pm
Term Start June 27, 2008 - 12:00am
Term End May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRBH September 22, 2021 10:09pm
Data Sources
DescriptionNewly-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%)
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
John Howell
Safe 7
Strong 1

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
Votes19,796 (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%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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
Votes157 (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%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 30, 2008 09:00pm Announcement Tories select local councillor to fight Boris Johnson's Henley seat  Article Ralphie 

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