Elections in The 2000s
| General Election 2005: Batley and Spen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Wood | 17,974 | 45.8 | −4.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Light | 12,186 | 31.1 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neil Bentley | 5,731 | 14.6 | +4.3 | |
| BNP | Colin Auty | 2,668 | 6.8 | N/A | |
| Green | Clive R. Lord | 649 | 1.7 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,788 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 39,208 | 62.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Batley and Spen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Wood | 19,224 | 49.9 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Peacock | 14,160 | 36.7 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Kathryn M. Pinnock | 3,989 | 10.3 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Clive R. Lord | 595 | 1.5 | +0.7 | |
| UKIP | Allen Burton | 574 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,064 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,542 | 60.5 | −12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
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