By-election, October 2018

A by-election was called on 24th October 2018, after a number of seats were stripped due to poor turnout. In total six seats were stripped: four from the Libertarian Party, one from the Labour Party, and one from the Liberal Democrats. Consequently, a by-election under the D'Hondt method ensued, in which these three parties were precluded from participating.
==Candidates==
Alongside the Conservative Party, three independents participated: Unown Uzer, PetrosAC, and CatusStarbright. This meant that the Conservatives were guaranteed to win a minimum of three seats, as independents are restricted to a single seat, even if the D'Hondt calculation theoretically would allocate them more.
==Result==
Party or candidate	Party or candidate 	Votes	Votes 	Seats
 	Conservative & Unionist Party	22 	46.81%	4
 	Unown Uzer 	10 	21.28%	1
 	PetrosAC 	9 	19.15%	1
 	CatusStarbright 	4 	8.51% 	0
Spoilt ballots 	Spoilt ballots 	2 	4.26% 	N/A
The verified votes resulted in the Conservative Party gaining four seats, and Unown Uzer and PetrosAC being elected as Independents.
==Seat changes==
Seat	Outgoing MP	Outgoing MP 	Outgoing MP 	Incoming MP	Incoming MP 	Incoming MP
31 	 	viljo 	Labour 	 	Paracosm 	Conservative
34 	 	g131999 	Libertarian 	 	Koalifications	Conservative
35 	 	LibertarianMP 	Libertarian 	 	Unown Uzer 	Independent
37 	 	Thrillanthropist	Libertarian 	 	PetrosAC 	Independent
41 	 	Scisaac 	Libertarian 	 	LeChevalierMal	Conservative
48 	 	04MR17 	Liberal Democrat	 	jennywenny 	Conservative
==Links==
* Notification thread
* Voting thread
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