| Results 2005: Lab hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| John Mann (Lab) | 22,847 (56.63%, +1.34%) | |
| Jonathan Sheppard (C) | 12,010 (29.77%, -0.46%) | |
| David Dobbie (LD) | 5,485 (13.60%, +0.89%) | |
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| Lab maj 10,837 (26.86%) | |
| 0.90% swing C to Lab |
| Electorate 69,389 |
| Turnout 40,342 (58.14%, +1.19%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| John Mann | Labour | 21,506 |
| Alison Holley | Conservative | 11,758 |
| Neil Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 4,942 |
| Kevin Meloy | Socialist Labour Party | 689 |
| Labour | Majority | 9,748 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 5.68 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Ashton | Labour | 29,298 |
| Cleasby | Conservative | 11,838 |
| Kerrigan | Liberal Democrat | 4,950 |
| Graham | Referendum Party | 1,838 |
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