UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 May 1997		51,314/68,737	74.65
Dr Michael Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,516	49.73
Raymond Ellis	Labour Party	14,832	28.90
Sidney Francis Cumberland	Liberal Democrats	10,137	19.75
Alastair James Farmer	Official Liberal Party	829	1.62
Majority		10,684	20.82

7 June 2001		42,773/70,073	61.04
Dr Mark Gino Francois	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,434	50.11
Paul Clark	Labour Party	13,144	30.73
Geoffrey Williams	Liberal Democrats	6,614	15.46
Colin Robert Morgan	UK Independence Party	1,581	3.70
Majority		8,290	19.38

5 May 2005		46,193/71,996	64.16
Dr Mark Gino Francois	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,609	55.44
Julian Gabriel St John Ware-Lane	Labour Party	10,883	23.56
Sidney Francis Cumberland	Liberal Democrats	7,406	16.03
Janet Lilian Davies	UK Independence Party	2,295	4.97
Majority		14,726	31.88