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The Eastleigh by-election, 2013 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 February 2013 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting MP, Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, which took effect on 5 February 2013. The resignation coincided with his guilty plea on the eve of a court case in which he and his ex-wife were to be prosecuted for lying to police about a historical speeding offence (committed in 2003 but which only came to light in May 2011). Huhne had already stood down from his position as the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in February 2012 when first charged. Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats, though with a reduced majority compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP came second with a greatly increased share of the vote, the Conservatives came third, and Labour fourth. Following the election result, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings each blamed the other party for splitting the vote and allowing the Liberal Democrats to win. ==Selection of candidates== The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 13 February and confirmed 14 candidates for the by-election.〔http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/Docs/StatementofPersonsNominatedNOPandPolling%20Stations2013.doc〕 The defending party, the Liberal Democrats, nominated Eastleigh Borough Council councillor Mike Thornton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile – Cllr. Mike Thornton )〕 Maria Hutchings, the Conservatives' candidate at the General Election, was chosen as the candidate for the by-election on 7 February. Hutchings came to prominence in 2005 when she interrupted a live television phone-in with the then Prime Minister Tony Blair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The moment the Tories' Eastleigh candidate ambushed Tony Blair )〕 She said that she would vote for Britain to leave the EU and would have voted against gay marriage. She also identified as "pro-life" and says that she is not a "Tory toff". The Labour Party chose author and broadcaster John O'Farrell as its candidate on 12 February.〔(Eastleigh – The Shortlist ) LabourList〕 Having received during the campaign negative coverage of selected quotations from a book he wrote in 1998, in which he recalled the Brighton bomb attacks against the Conservative Party and then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,〔(Ed Miliband’s pathetic silence over Labour candidate’s sick attack on Lady Thatcher shows poor leadership ) The Daily Telegraph〕〔(Fury over 'moral reprobate' Labour candidate who wrote of disappointment that Mrs Thatcher didn't die in the Brighton bomb ) The Daily Mail〕 O'Farrell reflected after polling day that the experience was enough to put him off electoral politics for good.〔(My Eastleigh experience was enough – I won't stand for election in 2015 ) The Guardian〕〔(Labour's John O'Farrell Won't Stand In 2015 Election, After Eastleigh Fourth Place ) The Huffington Post〕 UKIP Eastleigh selected candidate Diane James, a Councillor from Ewhurst in Waverley, Surrey, who was elected there as an independent and subsequently joined UKIP.〔(Profile – Councillor Diane James ) Waverley Borough Council〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diane James, our choice for Eastleigh )〕 The party's leader, Nigel Farage, previously contested the seat at a by-election in 1994. While he initially said he would consider standing again, he decided not to after much media speculation. The English Democrats fielded Michael Walters, the South East Area Secretary of the party. The Christian Party candidate was Kevin Milburn. He said "I am standing in this election to allow voters the opportunity to show their disapproval of this Government over many issues, including their attack on marriage. The Government has upset vast swathes of the population with this ill-conceived Bill." The Monster Raving Loony Party, which stood in the 1994 by-election, selected its leader Howling Laud Hope as its candidate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Twitter / LoonyPartyNews )〕 On 8 February, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition announced that it had chosen Darren Procter, secretary of the Southampton Shipping branch of the RMT union, as their candidate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RMT executive member Darren Procter to stand in Eastleigh by-election )〕 Procter also serves on the National Executive Committee of RMT. He stood on an anti-austerity platform. The National Health Action Party, a new party founded in 2012 in response to the Coalition Government's healthcare reforms, selected Dr Iain Maclennan, a local doctor and former Royal Navy medical officer, as their candidate. Independent candidate Danny Stupple stood in protest at gay marriage and what he describes as the party "machine" pushing it through Parliament.〔()〕 The Wessex Regionalist Party fielded the party's president, Colin Bex, as its candidate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastleigh by-election, 2013」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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