| Results 2005: C hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Richard Shepherd (C) | 18,744 (47.39%, -2.80%) | |
| Jon Phillips (Lab) | 13,237 (33.46%, -6.75%) | |
| Roy Sheward (LD) | 4,862 (12.29%, +3.69%) | |
| William Vaughan (BNP) | 1,620 (4.10%) | |
| Graham Eardley (UKIP) | 1,093 (2.76%) | |
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| C maj 5,507 (13.92%) | |
| 1.98% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 61,761 |
| Turnout 39,556 (64.05%, +3.44%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Richard Shepherd | Conservative | 18,974 |
| Ian Geary | Labour | 15,206 |
| Monica Howes | Liberal Democrat | 3,251 |
| John Rothery | Socialist Alliance | 379 |
| Conservative | Majority | 3,768 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 2.26 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Shepherd | Conservative | 21,856 |
| Toth | Labour | 19,330 |
| Downie | Liberal Democrat | 5,184 |
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