| Results 2005: C gain from DUP |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Maria Miller (C) | 19,955 (41.47%, -1.23%) | |
| Paul Harvey (Lab) | 15,275 (31.74%, -9.12%) | |
| Jen Smith (LD) | 9,952 (20.68%, +6.74%) | |
| Peter Effer (UKIP) | 1,044 (2.17%, -0.33%) | |
| Darren Shirley (Green) | 928 (1.93%) | |
| Roger Robertson (BNP) | 821 (1.71%) | |
| Roger Macnair (MC) | 148 (0.31%) | |
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| C maj 4,680 (9.73%) | |
| 3.95% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 76,404 |
| Turnout 48,123 (62.98%, +2.32%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Andrew Hunter | Conservative | 20,490 |
| Jon Hartley | Labour | 19,610 |
| Steve Sollitt | Liberal Democrat | 6,693 |
| Kim-Elisbeth Graham | UK Independence Party | 1,202 |
| Conservative | Majority | 880 |
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| Swing to Labour | | 1.18 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Hunter | Conservative | 24,751 |
| Lickley | Labour | 22,354 |
| Rimmer | Liberal Democrat | 9,714 |
| Selim | Independent | 310 |
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