| 2005 General Election: Turnout 67.0% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Christine McCafferty |
Labour |
18,426 |
38.6% |
| Liz Truss |
Conservative |
17,059 |
35.7% |
| Liz Ingleton |
Liberal Democrat |
9,027 |
18.9% |
| John Gregory |
BNP |
1,887 |
4.0% |
| Paul Palmer |
Green |
1,371 |
2.9% |
| 2001 General Election: Turnout 63.0% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Christine McCafferty |
Labour |
20,244 |
42.7% |
| Sue Robson-Catling |
Conservative |
17,150 |
36.2% |
| Michael Taylor |
Liberal Democrat |
7,596 |
16.0% |
| Steven Hutton |
Green |
1,034 |
2.2% |
| John Nunn |
UK Independent Party |
729 |
1.5% |
| Philip Lockwood |
Legalise Cannabis |
672 |
1.4% |
| 1997 General By-Election: Turnout 75.4% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Christine McCafferty |
Labour |
26,050 |
46.10% |
| Sir Donald Thompson |
Conservative |
19,795 |
35.10% |
| Stephen Pearson |
Liberal Democrat |
8,322 |
14.70% |
| Anthony Mellor |
Referendum Party |
1,380 |
2.40% |
| Vivienne Smith |
Green |
488 |
0.90% |
| Christian Jackson |
BNP |
431 |
0.80% |
| 1992 General By-Election: Turnout 82.1% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Donald Thompson |
Conservative |
27,753 |
45.4% |
| David Chaytor |
Labour |
22,875 |
37.4% |
| Stephen Pearson |
Liberal Democrat |
9,842 |
16.10% |
| Vivienne Smith |
Green |
622 |
1.0% |
| 1987 General By-Election: Turnout 81.1% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Donald Thompson |
Conservative |
25,892 |
43.5% |
| David Chaytor |
Labour |
19,847 |
33.4% |
| David Shutt |
Liberal |
9,842 |
23.1% |
| 1983 General By-Election: Turnout 78.5% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
| Donald Thompson |
Conservative |
24,439 |
43.7% |
| David Shutt |
Liberal |
16,440 |
29.4% |
| A. Holmes |
Labour |
15,108 |
27.0% |
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