| Results 2005: Lab hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Judy Mallaber (Lab) | 21,593 (45.56%, -6.33%) | |
| Gillian Shaw (C) | 16,318 (34.43%, -1.23%) | |
| Kate Smith (LD) | 6,225 (13.14%, +0.69%) | |
| Paul Snell (BNP) | 1,243 (2.62%) | |
| Alexander Stevenson (Veritas) | 1,224 (2.58%) | |
| Hugh Price (UKIP) | 788 (1.66%) | |
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| Lab maj 5,275 (11.13%) | |
| 2.55% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 75,376 |
| Turnout 47,391 (62.87%, +2.56%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Judy Mallaber | Labour | 23,101 |
| Gillian Shaw | Conservative | 15,874 |
| Kate Smith | Liberal Democrat | 5,538 |
| Labour | Majority | 7,227 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 2.49 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Mallaber | Labour | 29,943 |
| Oppenheim | Conservative | 18,330 |
| Shelley | Liberal Democrat | 4,219 |
| McGibbon | Referendum Party | 2,283 |
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