Elections in The 1990s
| General Election 1997: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Marsden | 29,282 | 57.0 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Booth | 17,666 | 34.4 | −9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Doreen Holt | 4,392 | 8.6 | −3.5 | |
| Majority | 11,616 | 22.6 | −21.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,340 | 67.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −11.0 | |||
| General Election 1992: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nick Hawkins | 19,880 | 45.2 | −2.8 | |
| Labour | Gordon Marsden | 18,213 | 41.5 | +9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert E. Wynne | 5,673 | 12.9 | −7.0 | |
| Natural Law | Douglas Henning | 173 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,667 | 3.8 | −12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,939 | 77.3 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.1 | |||
Read more about this topic: Blackpool South (UK Parliament Constituency)
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