Elections in The 1990s
The Cheadle constituency underwent minor boundary changes after the 1992 general election and as such the change in share of vote is based on a national calculation.
| General Election 1997: Cheadle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Day | 22,944 | 43.7 | −14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patsy Calton | 19,755 | 37.7 | +8.1 | |
| Labour | Paul Diggett | 8,253 | 15.7 | +3.3 | |
| Referendum Party | Paul Brook | 1,511 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,189 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 52,463 | 77.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −11.1 | |||
| General Election 1992: Cheadle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Day | 32,504 | 58.2 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patsy Calton | 16,726 | 30.0 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | Mrs. Sandra R. Broadhurst | 6,442 | 11.5 | +2.4 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs. Phillipa M. Whittle | 168 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,778 | 28.2 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 55,840 | 84.4 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
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