Members of Parliament
The current MP is the Liberal Democrat Mark Hunter who was elected on 14 July 2005 in a by-election triggered by the death of fellow Liberal Democrat Patsy Calton on 29 May 2005.
The seat had safe Conservative majorities until the 1997 election,when the Liberal Democrats reduced the margin to around 3,000 votes. Patsy Calton scraped home in 2001 by a majority of 33 votes, the narrowest in the House of Commons, but returned with a much safer 4,000 votes in 2005.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | William Shepherd | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Dr Michael Winstanley | Liberal | |
| 1970 | Tom Normanton | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Stephen Day | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Patsy Calton | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2005 by-election | Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrat | |
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