| Results 2005: C gain from Lab |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| David Evennett (C) | 19,722 (46.32%, +6.39%) | |
| Nigel Beard (Lab) | 15,171 (35.63%, -7.94%) | |
| David Raval (LD) | 5,144 (12.08%, +1.00%) | |
| John Dunford (UKIP) | 1,302 (3.06%, +1.13%) | |
| Jay Lee (BNP) | 1,241 (2.91%, -0.57%) | |
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| C maj 4,551 (10.69%) | |
| 7.17% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 65,025 |
| Turnout 42,580 (65.48%, +1.98%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Nigel Beard | Labour | 17,593 |
| David Evennett | Conservative | 16,121 |
| Nickolas O'Hare | Liberal Democrat | 4,476 |
| Colin Smith | British National Party | 1,408 |
| John Dunford | UK Independence Party | 780 |
| Labour | Majority | 1,472 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 1.72 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Beard | Labour | 21,942 |
| Evennett | Conservative | 18,527 |
| Montford | Liberal Democrat | 5,391 |
| Thomas | Referendum Party | 1,551 |
| Smith | British National Party | 429 |
| Jenner | UK Independence Party | 383 |
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