| Results 2005: Lab hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Patrick Hall (Lab) | 17,557 (41.73%, -6.21%) | |
| Richard Fuller (C) | 14,174 (33.69%, +0.92%) | |
| Michael Headley (LD) | 9,063 (21.54%, +5.71%) | |
| Peter Conquest (UKIP) | 995 (2.36%, +1.31%) | |
| John McCready (Ind) | 283 (0.67%, -1.73%) | |
| |
| Lab maj 3,383 (8.04%) | |
| 3.57% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 70,629 |
| Turnout 42,072 (59.57%, -0.32%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Patrick Hall | Labour | 19,454 |
| Nicky Attenborough | Conservative | 13,297 |
| Michael Headley | Liberal Democrat | 6,425 |
| Richard Rawlins | Independent | 973 |
| Jennifer Lo Bianco | UK Independence Party | 430 |
| Labour | Majority | 6,157 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 0.89 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Hall | Labour | 24,774 |
| Blackman | Conservative | 16,474 |
| Noyce | Liberal Democrat | 6,044 |
| Conquest | Referendum Party | 1,503 |
| Saunders | Natural Law Party | 149 |
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