2014 Rochester and Strood by-election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2014_Rochester_and_Strood_by-election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 20 November 2014
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2014 Rochester and Strood by-election
gptkbp:Labour_candidate gptkb:Naushabah_Khan
gptkbp:Liberal_Democrat_candidate gptkb:Geoff_Juby
gptkbp:location gptkb:Rochester_and_Strood
gptkbp:main_opponent_party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:Mark_Reckless_party_before_by-election gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:Mark_Reckless_party_during_by-election gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:next_general_election_year 2015
gptkbp:notable_for defection of sitting MP from Conservative to UKIP
second UKIP MP elected to Parliament
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Kelly_Tolhurst
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Rochester_and_Strood
gptkbp:previous_general_election_year 2010
gptkbp:previousMP gptkb:Mark_Reckless
gptkbp:triggeredBy resignation of Mark Reckless
gptkbp:voterTurnout 50.67%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Mark_Reckless
gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rochester_and_Strood
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6