| Results 2005: Lab hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Gisela Stuart (Lab) | 16,465 (43.75%, -5.30%) | |
| Deirdre Alden (C) | 14,116 (37.51%, +0.90%) | |
| Mike Dixon (LD) | 5,185 (13.78%, +1.78%) | |
| Peter Beck (Green) | 1,116 (2.97%) | |
| Stephen White (UKIP) | 749 (1.99%) | |
| |
| Lab maj 2,349 (6.24%) | |
| 3.10% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 64,893 |
| Turnout 37,631 (57.99%, +1.99%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Gisela Stuart | Labour | 18,517 |
| Nigel Hastilow | Conservative | 13,819 |
| Nicola Davies | Liberal Democrat | 4,528 |
| John Gretton | Pro Euro Conservative Party | 454 |
| Sam Brackenbury | Socialist Labour Party | 431 |
| Labour | Majority | 4,698 |
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| Swing to Labour | | 1.23 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Stuart | Labour | 23,554 |
| Marshall | Conservative | 18,712 |
| Gallagher | Liberal Democrat | 4,691 |
| Oakton | Referendum Party | 1,065 |
| Campbell | British Democratic Party | 443 |
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