Elections in The 2000s
| General Election 2005: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Marsden | 19,375 | 50.5 | −3.8 | |
| Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 11,453 | 29.9 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Doreen Holt | 5,552 | 14.5 | +3.9 | |
| BNP | Roy Goodwin | 1,113 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| UKIP | John Porter | 849 | 2.2 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 7,922 | 20.7 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,342 | 52.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Marsden | 21,060 | 54.3 | −2.7 | |
| Conservative | David Morris | 12,798 | 33.0 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Doreen Holt | 4,115 | 10.6 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Val Cowell | 819 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,262 | 21.3 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 38,792 | 52.2 | −15.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
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