Elections in The 1990s
| General Election 1997: Batley and Spen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Wood | 23,213 | 49.4 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Peacock | 17,072 | 36.4 | −9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Kathryn M. Pinnock | 4,133 | 8.8 | −1.7 | |
| Referendum Party | Ed O.C. Wood | 1,691 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| BNP | Ron A. Smith | 472 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Clive R. Lord | 384 | 0.8 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 6,141 | 13.1 | |||
| Turnout | 46,965 | 73.2 | −6.5 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.7 | |||
| General Election 1992 :Batley and Spen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Peacock | 27,629 | 45.4 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Mrs Eunice A. Durkin | 26,221 | 43.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gordon J. Beever | 6,380 | 10.5 | −3.8 | |
| Green | Clive R. Lord | 628 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,408 | 2.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 60,858 | 79.7 | +0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
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