UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 May 1997		49,703/70,918	70.09
George Edward Howarth	Labour Party	34,747	69.91
Carl Christopher John Doran	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,600	17.30
David Bamber	Liberal Democrats	5,499	11.06
Christopher Richard Jones	Socialist Labour	857	1.72
Majority		26,147	52.61

7 June 2001		37,517/70,781	53.00
George Edward Howarth	Labour Party	25,035	66.73
Keith Anthony Chapman	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,108	16.28
Richard John Roberts	Liberal Democrats	5,173	13.79
Ronald Waugh	Socialist Labour	574	1.53
Thomas Lawrence Rossiter	Independent	356	0.95
David Arthur Jones	Independent	271	0.72
Majority		18,927	50.45

5 May 2005		37,053/70,403	52.63
George Edward Howarth	Labour Party	23,461	63.32
Helen Flora Clucas	Liberal Democrats	7,192	19.41
Naman Want Kaur Purewal	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,064	13.67
Michael McDermott	British National Party	872	2.35
Stephen Benjamin Whatham	Socialist Labour	464	1.25
Majority		16,269	43.91