UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 May 1997		45,897/68,385	67.12
William John Gunnell	Labour Party	26,836	58.47
Alan Hartley Barraclough	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,086	26.33
Mitchell Galdas	Liberal Democrats	5,087	11.08
David Ian Mitchell-Innes	Referendum Party	1,359	2.96
Roger Ian Wood	British National Party	381	0.83
Patricia Mary Sammon	Pro-Life Alliance	148	0.32
Majority		14,750	32.14

7 June 2001		38,442/71,815	53.53
Colin Robert Challen	Labour Party	21,919	57.02
David Schofield	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,829	25.57
Barry Stewart Golton	Liberal Democrats	5,446	14.17
John Henry Bardsley	UK Independence Party	1,248	3.25
Majority		12,090	31.45

5 May 2005		42,495/72,248	58.82
Colin Robert Challen	Labour Party	20,570	48.41
Nicholas Edward John Vineall	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,227	19.36
Barry Stewart Golton	Liberal Democrats	6,819	16.05
Robert Paul Finnigan	Independent	4,608	10.84
Christopher James Beverley	British National Party	2,271	5.34
Majority		12,343	29.05