| Results 2005: Lab hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Martin Linton (Lab) | 16,569 (40.36%, -9.90%) | |
| Dominic Schofield (C) | 16,406 (39.97%, +3.44%) | |
| Norsheen Bhatti (LD) | 6,006 (14.63%, +2.54%) | |
| Hugo Charlton (Green) | 1,735 (4.23%) | |
| Terence Jones (UKIP) | 333 (0.81%) | |
| |
| Lab maj 163 (0.40%) | |
| 6.67% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 69,548 |
| Turnout 41,049 (59.02%, +4.49%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Martin Linton | Labour | 18,498 |
| Lucy Shersby | Conservative | 13,445 |
| Siobhan Vitelli | Liberal Democrat | 4,450 |
| Thomas Barber | Independent | 411 |
| Labour | Majority | 5,053 |
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| Swing to Labour | | 1.21 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Linton | Labour | 24,047 |
| Bowis | Conservative | 18,687 |
| Keaveney | Liberal Democrat | 3,482 |
| Slater | Referendum Party | 804 |
| Banks | UK Independence Party | 250 |
| Marshall | Rainbow Dream Ticket Party | 127 |
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