| Results 2005: C hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Graham Brady (C) | 20,569 (46.42%, +0.26%) | |
| John Stockton (Lab) | 13,410 (30.26%, -9.15%) | |
| Ian Chappell (LD) | 9,595 (21.65%, +7.23%) | |
| Gary Peart (UKIP) | 736 (1.66%) | |
| |
| C maj 7,159 (16.16%) | |
| 4.70% swing Lab to C |
| Electorate 67,247 |
| Turnout 44,310 (65.89%, +5.23%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Graham Brady | Conservative | 20,113 |
| Janet Baugh | Labour | 17,172 |
| Christopher Gaskell | Liberal Democrat | 6,283 |
| Conservative | Majority | 2,941 |
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| Swing to Conservative | | 1.92 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Brady | Conservative | 22,348 |
| Baugh | Labour | 20,843 |
| Ramsbottom | Liberal Democrat | 6,535 |
| Landes | Referendum Party | 1,348 |
| Stephens | ProLife Alliance | 313 |
| Mrozinski | UK Independence Party | 270 |
| Renwick | Natural Law Party | 125 |
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