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Events

3 February – The 2017 Copeland by-election is held. Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison gains the seat from Labour, the first gain for a governing party in a by-election since 1982.[1] Labour win the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election.[2]
26 February – Father of the House of Commons and veteran Labour MP Gerald Kaufman passes away at the age of 86.[3]

20 April – The 2017 Manchester Gorton by-election is cancelled following the announcement of an impending general election. This was the first time a UK by-election had been cancelled since 1924.[4]

"Tories in historic by-election Copeland win". BBC News. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
Copeland, Jessica Elgot Josh Halliday in; Stewart, Heather (2017-02-24). "Labour ousted by Tories in Copeland byelection but sees off Ukip in Stoke". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
"Labour MP Gerald Kaufman dies at 86". BBC News. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
Priddy, Sarah (25 July 2017). "UK by-elections held more than 3 months after vacancy". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
"The results so far shows the models predicted a hung parliament are right". The Independent. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2020-10-09.

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