| Results 2005: C hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Andrew Selous (C) | 22,114 (48.27%, +6.14%) | |
| Joyce Still (Lab) | 13,837 (30.20%, -10.16%) | |
| Andy Strange (LD) | 7,723 (16.86%, +2.10%) | |
| Tom Wise (UKIP) | 1,923 (4.20%, +1.45%) | |
| Kenson Gurney (Forum) | 217 (0.47%) | |
| |
| C maj 8,277 (18.07%) | |
| 8.15% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 74,096 |
| Turnout 45,814 (61.83%, +1.03%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Andrew Selous | Conservative | 18,477 |
| Andrew Date | Labour | 17,701 |
| Martin Pantling | Liberal Democrat | 6,473 |
| Tom Wise | UK Independence Party | 1,203 |
| Conservative | Majority | 776 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 0.76 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Madel | Conservative | 21,534 |
| Date | Labour | 21,402 |
| Owen | Liberal Democrat | 7,559 |
| Hill | Referendum Party | 1,761 |
| Wise | UK Independence Party | 446 |
| Le Carpentier | Natural Law Party | 162 |
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