2016 Witney by-election

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Witney constituency
First party Second party Third party   Lab Candidate Robert Courts Liz Leffman Duncan Enright Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Popular vote 17,313 11,611 5,765 Percentage 45.0% 30.2% 15.0% Swing 15.2% 23.4% 2.2%
Location of Witney within Oxfordshire
MP before election David Cameron Conservative Elected MP Robert Courts Conservative

The 2016 Witney by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Witney. It happened on the 20 October 2016. This was the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election.^[1]

The by-election happened after because current Conservative MP, David Cameron, decided he didn't want to be MP anymore. This was after Cameron also decided he didn't want to be Prime Minister anymore.^[2] Conservative Robert Courts won. Courts won with 5,702 votes more than the Liberal Democrats, who came in second.

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