2017 Copeland by-election
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| Turnout | 51.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election took place in the British parliamentary constituency of Copeland on 23 February 2017 (the same day as the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election), following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Jamie Reed. Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison gained the seat from Labour, the first gain for a governing party in a by-election since 1982.