Election Results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 2010 Electorate: 63,059 Turnout: 41,964 (67.0%) +8.6 |
Labour hold Majority: 1,663 (4.0%) -5.3 Swing: -1.8% from Lab to Con |
Clive Efford | Labour | 17,416 | 41.5 | -0.7 | ||
| David Gold | Conservative | 15,753 | 37.5 | +2.9 | ||||
| Steven Toole | Liberal Democrat | 5,299 | 12.6 | -4.7 | ||||
| Roberta Woods | BNP | 1,745 | 4.2 | +1.6 | ||||
| Ray Adams | UKIP | 1,011 | 2.4 | -0.4 | ||||
| Arthur Hayles | Green | 419 | 1.0 | N/A | ||||
| Andrew Graham | Independent | 104 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||||
| General Election 2005 Turnout: 35,305 (61.7%) +3.0 |
Labour hold Majority: 3,276 (9.3%) -11.4 Swing: -5.7% from Lab to Con |
Clive Efford | Labour | 15,381 | 43.6 | -9.2 | ||
| Spencer Drury | Conservative | 12,105 | 34.3 | +2.2 | ||||
| Ian Gerrard | Liberal Democrat | 5,669 | 16.1 | +3.9 | ||||
| Jeremy Elms | UKIP | 1,024 | 2.9 | +0.8 | ||||
| Barry Roberts | BNP | 979 | 2.8 | N/A | ||||
| Andrew Graham | Independent | 147 | 0.4 | -0.7 | ||||
| General Election 2001 Turnout: 33,792 (58.7%) -17.0 |
Labour hold Majority: 6,996 (20.7%) -2.7 |
Clive Efford | Labour | 17,855 | 52.8 | -1.8 | ||
| Sharon Massey | Conservative | 10,859 | 32.1 | +0.9 | ||||
| Martin Morris | Liberal Democrat | 4,121 | 12.2 | +3.7 | ||||
| Terrence Jones | UKIP | 706 | 2.1 | N/A | ||||
| Andrew Graham | Independent | 251 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1997 Turnout: 43,428 (75.7%) -3.0 |
Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 10,182 (23.4%) |
Clive Efford | Labour | 23,710 | 54.6 | +12.7 | ||
| Clive Blackwood | Conservative | 13,528 | 31.2 | -14.8 | ||||
| Amanda Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 3,701 | 8.5 | -3.2 | ||||
| M Clark | Referendum Party | 1,414 | 3.3 | N/A | ||||
| H Middleton | Liberal | 584 | 1.3 | N/A | ||||
| William Hitches | BNP | 491 | 1.1 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1992 Turnout: 40,929 (78.7%) |
Conservative hold Majority: 1,666 (4.07%) |
Peter Bottomley | Conservative | 18,813 | 46.0 | |||
| Clive Efford | Labour | 17,147 | 41.9 | |||||
| Christopher McGinty | Liberal Democrat | 4,804 | 11.7 | |||||
| Andrew Graham | Independent | 165 | 0.4 | |||||
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