Twickenham (Vince Cable/Liberal Democrats)

Twickenham By-election 2002
The 2002 Twickenham by-election was called after Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable stood down from Parliament.

Candidates
7 parties ran in the Twickenham by-election: Labour (Dean Rodgers), Conservatives (Nicholas Longworth), Liberal Democrats (Dorothy Thornhill), Greens (Judith Maciejowska), UKIP (Ray Holleborne), BNP (Nick Griffin) and the Monster Raving Looney Party (Screaming Lord Sutch).

Campaign
The by-election was the first test for the newly elected Conservative leader.