Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General election 2005 Electorate: 82,380 Turnout: 55,604 (67.0%) +0.4 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,346 (9.6%) −0.9 Swing: 0.4%% from Con to Lib Dem |
Andrew Murrison | Conservative | 24,749 | 44.5 | +2.4 | ||
| Duncan Hames | Liberal Democrat | 19,400 | 34.9 | +3.3 | ||||
| Phil Gibby | Labour | 9,640 | 17.3 | −4.1 | ||||
| Lincoln Williams | UKIP | 1,815 | 3.3 | +0.8 | ||||
| General election 2001 Electorate: 76,056 Turnout: 50,628 (66.6%) −9.6 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,294 (10.5%) −0.2 Swing: 0.1% from Con to Lib Dem |
Andrew Murrison | Conservative | 21,299 | 42.1 | +1.5 | ||
| David Vigar | Liberal Democrat | 16,005 | 31.6 | +1.7 | ||||
| Sarah Cardy | Labour | 10,847 | 21.4 | +0.3 | ||||
| Charles Booth-Jones | UKIP | 1,261 | 2.5 | +1.1 | ||||
| Bob Gledhill | Green | 1,216 | 2.4 | N/A | ||||
| General election 1997 Electorate: 74,457 Turnout: 56,751 (76.2%) −6.6 |
Conservative hold Majority: 6,068 (10.7%) −6.7 Swing: 3.4% from Con to Lib Dem |
David Faber | Conservative | 23,037 | 40.6 | −9.8 | ||
| John Miller | Liberal Democrat | 16,969 | 29.9 | −3.1 | ||||
| Kevin Small | Labour | 11,969 | 21.1 | +7.8 | ||||
| G. Hawkings | Liberal | 1,956 | 3.4 | +1.4 | ||||
| N. Hawkings-Byass | Referendum Party | 1,909 | 3.4 | N/A | ||||
| R. Westbury | UKIP | 771 | 1.4 | N/A | ||||
| C. Haysom | Natural Law | 140 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| General election 1992 Electorate: 87,356 Turnout: 72,488 (82.8%) +4.3 |
Conservative hold Majority: 12,618 (17.4%) +2.2 Swing: 1.1% from Lib Dem to Con |
David Faber | Conservative | 36,568 | 50.4 | −1.1 | ||
| Ms. VA Rayner | Liberal Democrat | 23,950 | 33.0 | −3.3 | ||||
| W Stallard | Labour | 9,642 | 13.3 | +1.3 | ||||
| P. I. Macdonald | Liberal | 1,440 | 2.0 | −34.4 | ||||
| P. R. French | Green | 888 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||||
| General election 1987 Electorate: 84,860 Turnout: 66,397 (78.2%) |
Conservative hold Majority: 10,097 (15.2%) +1.1 Swing: 0.1% from Lib to Con |
Dennis Walters | Conservative | 34,256 | 51.6 | −0.2 | ||
| D. J. Hughes | Liberal | 24,159 | 36.4 | −1.0 | ||||
| H. W. Thomas | Labour | 7,982 | 12.0 | +2.0 | ||||
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