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A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Birmingham Hodge Hill, on July 15, the same day as the Leicester South by-election. The seat was won by the Labour Party Liam Byrne, but with a vastly reduced majority. The reduction in the Labour majority has been blamed on the 2003 Iraq War.

The member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Terry Davis of the Labour Party, resigned from the House of Commons on June 22, 2004, thus freeing him to take up the post of secretary general of the Council of EuropeThe Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. Membership is open to all European states which accept the principle of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizen.

The results were announced following a partial re-count (technically, not a recount at all, but a check of the bundles to ensure that all parties' ballot papers had been grouped together) at the request of the Liberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats ("Lib Dems") are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party (the two parties had already been in an allian. Liam Byrne of the Labour Party won with 7,451 votes, a majority of 460 over Nicola DaviesNicola Davies (born August 21, 1973) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She contested the seat of Birmingham, Edgbaston in the 2001 General Election, and in the 2004 European Elections was fifth on the party's list for the West Midlands region. of the Liberal Democrats.

The seat has nearly continuously had a Labour MP since 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with, the only break being a Conservative PartyThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia victory at a 1977 by-election . The seat returned to Labour at the 1979 general electionThe British general election of May 3, 1979 was a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. The victory of the Conservatives and their radical leader Margaret Thatcher would ultimately mark the end of consensus politics in Britain. The election was.

1 Results

Turnout was 37.89%.