ENGLAND - - - BOROUGHS

(ALDRIDGE-BROWNHILLS to LEEDS, WEST)

(LEICESTER, EAST to WYTHENSHAWE and SALE EAST)

Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
ALDRIDGE-BROWNHILLS [75]
1997	62,441	73.4	†	R.C.S. Shepherd J. Toth Mrs. C.M. Downie	C Lab L Dem	21,856 19,330 5,184 2,526		47.1 41.7 11.2 5.4	-7.2 +8.4 -1.2
2001	62,361	60.6		R.C.S. Shepherd I.D. Geary Mrs. M. Howes J.D. Rothery	C Lab L Dem SA	18,974 15,206 3,251 379 3,768	*	50.2 40.2 8.6 1.0 10.0	+3.0 -1.5 -2.6
2005	61,289	64.5		R.C.S. Shepherd J.D. Phillips R.M. Sheward W.R. Vaughan G. Eardley	C Lab L Dem BNP UKIP	18,744 13,237 4,862 1,620 1,093 5,507	* *	47.4 33.5 12.3 4.1 2.6 13.9	-2.8 -6.8 +3.7

ALTRINCHAM and SALE WEST [76]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,625	73.3		G.S. Brady Mrs. J.E. Baugh M.S. Ramsbottom A.L. Landes J.P. Stephens Dr. R.A. Mrozinsky J.C. Renwick	C Lab L Dem RP PLA UKIP NLP	22,348 20,843 6,535 1,348 313 270 125 1,505	* * * *	43.2 40.3 12.6 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 2.9	-11.3 +13.8 -5.8
2001	72,288	60.3		G.S. Brady Mrs. J.E. Baugh C.M. Gaskell	C Lab L Dem	20,113 17,172 6,283 2,941		46.2 39.4 14.4 6.8	+3.0 -0.8 +1.8
2005	66,337	66.8		G.S. Brady J.R. Stockton I.S. Chappell G.D. Peart	C Lab L Dem UKIP	20,569 13,410 9,595 736 7,159	*	46.4 30.3 21.6 1.7 16.1	+0.3 -9.2 +7.2

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE [77]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,308	65.4	†	Rt. Hon. R.E. Sheldon R.J. Mayson T.D. Pickstone Mrs. L.E. Clapham P. Cymbal	Lab C L Dem RP MRLP	31,919 8,954 4,603 1,346 458 22,965	* *	67.5 18.9 9.7 2.9 1.0 48.6	+10.5 -9.8 -2.2
2001	72,820	49.1		D.A. Heyes T.L. Charlesworth Mrs. K.A. Fletcher R.I. Woods N.A. Rolland	Lab C L Dem BNP GP	22,340 6,822 4,237 1,617 748 15,518	* *	62.5 19.1 11.8 4.5 2.1 43.4	-5.0 +0.1 +2.1
2005	71,291	51.9		D.A. Heyes G.H. Brown L. Jones A.D. Jones J. Whittaker J.A. Crossfield	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP Ind	21,211 7,259 5,108 2,051 768 570 13,952	* *	57.4 19.6 13.8 5.6 2.1 1.5 37.8	-5.1 +0.6 +2.0 +1.0
Note:-
2005:	Crossfield was the candidate of the Local Community Party, which he had formed.

BARNSLEY, CENTRAL [78]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	61,160	59.7	†	E.E. Illsley S.P. Gutteridge D. Finlay J.J. Walsh	Lab C L Dem RP	28,090 3,589 3,481 1,325 24,501	*	77.0 9.8 9.6 3.6 67.2	+6.2 -8.7 -1.2
2001	60,086	45.8		E.E. Illsley A.W. Hartley I.A. McCord H. Rajch	Lab L Dem C SA	19,181 4,051 3,608 703 15,130	*	69.6 14.7 13.1 2.6 54.9	-7.4 +5.2 +3.3
2005	60,768	47.1		E.E. Illsley M. Crompton P.H.E. Morel G. Broadley D. Wood	Lab L Dem C BNP Ind	17,478 4,746 3,813 1,403 1,175 12,732	* *	61.1 16.6 13.3 4.9 4.1 44.5	-8.6 +1.9 +0.2
Note:-
2005:	Wood advocated a reduction in bureaucracy in the National Health Service.

BASILDON [79]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	73,714	72.0		Mrs. A.E. Smith J.C. Baron Dr. Lindsay P. Granshaw C.B. Robinson	Lab/Co-op C L Dem RP	29,646 16,366 4,608 2,462 13,280	*	55.9 30.8 8.7 4.6 25.1	+15.1 -14.3 -5.5
2001	74,121	55.1		Mrs. A.E. Smith D.J. Schofield Miss J.C.G. Smithard F.M. Mallon R. Duane	Lab/Co-op C L Dem UKIP SA	21,551 13,813 3,691 1,397 423 7,738	* *	52.7 33.8 9.0 3.4 1.1 18.9	-3.1 +3.0 +0.3
2005	73,397	58.8		Mrs. A.E. Smith A.J. Powell M.A. Thompson Miss E.L. Colgate A.C. Blythe Miss V.A. Copping Mrs. K.E. Gandy	Lab/Co-op C L Dem BNP UKIP GP EDP	18,720 15,578 4,473 2,055 1,143 662 510 3,142	* * * *	43.4 36.1 10.4 4.8 2.6 1.5 1.2 7.3	-9.3 +2.3 +1.3 -0.8

BATLEY and SPEN [80]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	64,202	73.2	†	M.R. Wood Mrs. E.J. Peacock Mrs. K.M. Pinnock E.O.C. Wood R.A. Smith C.R. Lord	Lab C L Dem RP BNP GP	23,213 17,072 4,133 1,691 472 384 6,141	* * *	49.4 36.4 8.8 3.6 1.0 0.8 13.1	+6.4 -8.3 -2.5
2001	63,665	60.5		M.R. Wood Mrs. E.J. Peacock Mrs. K.M. Pinnock C.R. Lord A.F. Burton	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP	19,224 14,160 3,989 595 574 5,064	* *	49.9 36.7 10.4 1.5 1.5 13.2	+0.5 +0.4 +1.5 +0.7
2005	62,949	62.3		M.R. Wood R.C. Light N.D. Bentley C. Auty C.R. Lord	Lab C L Dem BNP GP	17,974 12,186 5,731 2,668 649 5,788	*	45.8 31.1 14.6 6.8 1.7 14.8	-4.0 -5.7 +4.3 +0.1

BEDFORD [81]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,560	73.5		P. Hall R.J. Blackman C.D. Noyce P.C. Conquest Mrs. P.A. Saunders	Lab C L Dem RP NLP	24,774 16,474 6,044 1,503 149 8,300	* *	50.6 33.7 12.3 3.1 0.3 17.0	+14.2 -11.8 -4.1
2001	67,762	59.9		P. Hall Mrs. C.N. Attenborough M.P. Headley Dr. R.D. Rawlins Mrs. J.B. Lo Bianco	Lab C L Dem Ind UKIP	19,454 13,297 6,425 973 430 6,157	* *	47.9 32.8 15.8 2.4 1.1 15.1	-2.7 -0.9 +3.5
2005	67,103	62.7		P. Hall R.Q. Fuller M.P. Headley P.C. Conquest J.C. McCready	Lab C L Dem UKIP Ind	17,557 14,174 9,063 995 283 3,383	* *	41.7 33.7 21.5 2.4 0.7 8.0	-6.2 +0.9 +5.7 +1.3
Note:-
2001:	Rawlins was opposed to government proposals for reform of the National Health Service. He was working at Bedford Hospital at which the Chief Executive had been dismissed over a scandal where bodies had been stored in a chapel of rest.

BIRKENHEAD [82]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	59,630	65.9	†	F.E. Field A.J. Crosby R.W. Wood M.B. Cullen R.P. Evans	Lab C L Dem S Lab P RP	27,825 5,982 3,548 1,168 800 21,843	* *	70.8 15.2 9.0 3.0 2.0 55.5	+7.1 -9.9 -0.6
2001	60,026	48.3		Rt. Hon. F.E. Field B.J. Stewart R.J. Wood	Lab C L Dem	20,418 4,827 3,722 15,591		70.5 16.7 12.8 53.8	-0.3 +1.5 +3.8
2005	57,097	48.7		Rt. Hon. F.E. Field S.E. Kelly H.L. Morton	Lab L Dem C	18,059 5,125 4,602 12,934		65.0 18.4 16.6 46.6	-5.5 +5.6 -0.1

BIRMINGHAM, EDGBASTON [83]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,310	68.9		Mrs. G.G. Stuart A. Marshall J.Y. Gallagher J.P. Oakton D.L. Campbell	Lab C L Dem RP BNP	23,554 18,712 4,691 1,065 443 4,842	* *	48.6 38.6 9.7 2.2 0.9 10.0	+9.3 -10.7 -0.5
2001	67,405	56.0		Mrs. G.G. Stuart N.G. Hastilow Miss N.S. Davies J.C. Gretton S. Brackenbury	Lab C L Dem PEC S Lab P	18,517 13,819 4,528 454 431 4,698	* *	49.1 36.6 12.0 1.2 1.1 12.5	+0.5 -2.0 +2.3
2005	64,859	58.0		Mrs. G.G. Stuart Mrs. D.C. Alden M.D. Dixon P.C. Beck S. White	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP	16,465 14,116 5,185 1,116 749 2,349	* *	43.7 37.5 13.8 3.0 2.0 6.2	-5.3 +0.9 +1.8

BIRMINGHAM, ERDINGTON [84]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,431	60.8	†	R. Corbett A.C. Tompkins I.A.G. Garrett G. Cable	Lab C L Dem RP	23,764 11,107 4,112 1,424 12,657	*	58.8 27.5 10.2 3.5 31.3	+5.5 -9.0 -0.1
2001	65,668	46.6		S.L. Simon O.A.W. Lodge Mrs. S. Johnson M.P. Shore S.J. Godward M. Nattrass Mrs. J. Sambrook- Marshall	Lab C L Dem NF SA UKIP S Lab P	17,375 7,413 3,602 681 669 521 343 9,962	* * * *	56.8 24.2 11.8 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.1 32.6	-2.0 -3.3 +1.6
2005	64,939	48.9		S.L. Simon Mrs. V.T. Elvidge J. Evans Mrs. S.E. Ebanks R.L. Hepburn T. Williams	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP NF	16,810 7,235 5,027 1,512 746 416 9,575	* * *	53.0 22.8 15.8 4.8 2.3 1.3 30.2	-3.8 -1.4 +4.1 +0.6

BIRMINGHAM, HALL GREEN [85]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	58,783	71.1	†	S.J. McCabe A.R. Hargreaves C.A. Dow P.R. Bennett	Lab C L Dem RP	22,372 13,952 4,034 1,461 8,420	*	53.5 33.4 9.6 3.5 20.1	+15.2 -12.7 -6.0
2001	57,563	57.5		S.J. McCabe C.M.F. White P. Singh P.F. Johnson	Lab C L Dem UKIP	18,049 11,401 2,926 708 6,648	*	54.6 34.5 8.8 2.1 20.1	+1.1 +1.1 -0.8
2005	57,200	60.4		S.J. McCabe E. Hughes R.K. Harmer D.J. Melhuish	Lab C L Dem UKIP	16,304 10,590 6,682 960 5,714	*	47.2 30.7 19.3 2.8 16.5	-7.3 -3.8 +10.5 +0.6

BIRMINGHAM, HODGE HILL [86]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	56,082	60.9	†	T.A.G. Davis E.A.G. Grant H.A. Thomas P.F. Johnson	Lab C L Dem UKIP	22,398 8,198 2,891 660 14,200	*	65.6 24.0 8.5 1.9 41.6	+12.0 -12.3 -0.7
2001	55,254	47.9		Rt. Hon. T.A.G. Davis Mrs. D.A. Lewis C.A. Dow L. Windridge P. Hussain D. Cridge H.B. Vivian A. Khan	Lab C L Dem BNP PJP S Lab P UKIP Ind	16,901 5,283 2,147 889 561 284 275 125 11,618	* * * * *	63.9 20.0 8.1 3.3 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.5 43.9	-1.7 -4.0 -0.4 -0.9
(Resignation on election as Secretary-General of the Council of Europe)
2004 (15/7)	53,940	37.9		L.D. Byrne Miss N.S. Davies S.J.A. Eyre J.W. Rees J.W. Starkey M.K. Wheatley Rev. J.G. Hargreaves	Lab L Dem C RU NF EDP Ind	7,451 6,991 3,543 1,282 805 277 90 460	* * *	36.5 34.2 17.3 6.3 3.9 1.4 0.4 2.3	-27.4 +26.1 -2.6
2005	53,896	52.7		L.D. Byrne Miss N.S. Davies Miss D.H. Thomas D.H. Adams A.D. Duffen A. Begg	Lab L Dem C BNP UKIP PPP	13,822 8,373 3,768 1,445 680 329 5,449	* *	48.6 29.5 13.3 5.1 2.4 1.1 19.1	-15.2 +21.4 -6.7 +1.7 +1.4
Notes:-
2001:	Khan was the candidate of the Muslim Party.
2004:	Hargreaves was sponsored by Operation Christian Vote, which he had formed.

BIRMINGHAM, LADYWOOD [87]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,126	54.2	†	Miss C. Short S.L. Vara S.S. Marwa Mrs. R.A. Gurney A. Carmichael	Lab C L Dem RP N Dem	28,134 5,052 3,020 1,086 685 23,082	* *	74.1 13.3 7.9 2.9 1.8 60.8	+2.7 -7.1 -0.2
2001	71,113	44.3		Rt. Hon. Miss C. Short B.H. Prentice S.M. Chaudhry A. Ditta S.P. Virdee M. Hussain J. Caffery Dr. Anneliese Nattrass	Lab C L Dem PJP S Lab P Ind PLA UKIP	21,694 3,551 2,586 2,112 443 432 392 283 18,143	* * * *	68.9 11.3 8.2 6.7 1.4 1.4 1.2 0.9 57.6	-5.2 -2.0 +0.3
2005	70,973	46.8		Rt. Hon. Miss C. Short A. Khan Mrs. P. Stroud Mrs. L. Nazemi-Afshar	Lab (Ind Lab) L Dem C UKIP	17,262 10,461 3,515 2,008 6,801		51.9 31.5 10.6 6.0 20.4	-17.0 +23.3 -0.7 +5.1
Note:-
2001:	Hussain was the candidate of the Muslim Party.

BIRMINGHAM, NORTHFIELD [88]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	56,866	68.3	†	R.H. Burden A.C. Blumenthal M.R. Ashall J.D.W. Gent K.A. Axon	Lab C L Dem RP BNP	22,316 10,873 4,078 1,243 337 11,443	* *	57.4 28.0 10.5 3.2 0.9 29.5	+11.5 -14.5 -1.1
2001	55,922	52.8		R.H. Burden N.J. Purser T.P. Sword S.L. Rogers C.W. Walder Z. Carpenter A.M. Chaffer	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA S Lab P CPB	16,528 8,730 3,322 550 193 151 60 7,798	* * * *	56.0 29.6 11.2 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.2 26.4	-1.5 +1.6 +0.8
2005	54,853	56.6		R.H. Burden Mrs. V. Ford T.P. Sword M. Cattell Miss G.C. Chant R.T.B. Rodgers Miss L. Houldey F. Sweeney	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP Ind SP WRP	15,419 8,965 4,171 1,278 641 428 120 34 6,454	* * * * *	49.6 28.9 13.4 4.1 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 20.7	-6.3 -0.7 +2.2 +0.2
Note:-
2005:	Rodgers was the candidate of 'Common Good'.

BIRMINGHAM, PERRY BARR [89]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	71,150	64.5	†	J.W. Rooker A.P. Dunnett R.G. Hassall S. Mahmood W.A. Baxter L. Windridge A.S. Panesar	Lab C L Dem RP L BNP Ind	28,921 9,964 4,523 843 718 544 374 18,957	* * * *	63.0 21.7 9.9 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.8 41.3	+11.1 -15.6 -0.9
2001	71,121	52.6		K. Mahmood R.D. Binns J.P.A. Hunt A.S. Jouhl Miss C.N. Johnson Miss N. Nattrass M.F. Roche R.L. Davidson	Lab C L Dem S Lab P SA UKIP Ind Ind	17,415 8,662 8,566 1,544 465 352 221 192 8,753	* * * * *	46.6 23.2 22.9 4.1 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.5 23.4	-16.5 +1.4 +13.0
2005	70,087	55.5		K. Mahmood J.P. Hunt N. Khan M. Naseem R. Clair Miss B. Balu	Lab L Dem C RU S Lab P UKIP	18,269 10,321 6,513 2,173 890 745 7,948	* *	47.0 26.5 16.7 5.6 2.3 1.9 20.5	+0.4 +3.6 -6.4
Notes:-
1997:	Panesar sought election as the candidate of the '4th Party'.
2001:	Roche was the candidate of the Marxist Party which had been formed by Gerry Healy, Corin Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave in 1986 as a breakaway from the Workers' Revolutionary Party (Newsline).
	Davidson was the candidate of the Muslim Party.

BIRMINGHAM, SELLY OAK [90]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,136	70.1	†	Mrs. L.M. Jones G.G. Green D. Osborne L.T. Marshall Dr. G.T. Gardner P. Sherriff-Knowles H.S. Meads	Lab C L Dem RP PLA MRLP NLP	28,121 14,033 6,121 1,520 417 253 85 14,088	* * * *	55.6 27.8 12.1 3.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 27.8	+9.6 -14.5 +1.8
2001	71,237	56.3		Mrs. L.M. Jones K.G. Hardeman D. Osborne B. Smith Mrs. S.B. Williams	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP	21,015 10,676 6,532 1,309 568 10,339	* *	52.4 26.6 16.3 3.3 1.4 25.8	-3.2 -1.1 +4.2
2005	70,159	59.5		Mrs. L.M. Jones J. Tildesley R.A. Brighton B. Smith R.K. Burnett	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP	19,226 10,375 9,591 1,581 967 8,851	* *	46.1 24.8 23.0 3.8 2.3 21.3	-6.3 -1.8 +6.7 +0.5 +0.9

BIRMINGHAM, SPARKBROOK and SMALL HEATH [91]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	73,215	57.0	†	R.D. Godsiff K.G. Hardeman R.K. Harmer A. Clawley R.A. Dooley P. Patel R.M. Syed Mrs. S. Bi C.D. Wren	Lab C L Dem GP RP Ind Ind Ind S Lab P	26,841 7,315 3,889 959 737 538 513 490 483 19,526	* * * * * *	64.3 17.5 9.3 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 46.8	+1.2 -8.1 +1.4
2001	74,358	49.3		R.D. Godsiff Q.H. Afzal S. Hussain I. Hussain G. Mohammed W. Vincent A. Aziz M.S. Mirza	Lab L Dem PJP C Ind UKIP Ind SA	21,087 4,841 4,770 3,948 662 634 401 304 16,246	* * * *	57.6 13.2 13.0 10.8 1.8 1.7 1.1 0.8 44.4	-6.7 +3.9 -6.7
2005	73,670	51.8		R.D. Godsiff Mrs. S. Yaqoob T. Hussain S. Mirza Mrs. J.J. Brookes I.J. Jamieson A.Q. Chaudhary	Lab RU L Dem C UKIP GP Ind	13,787 10,498 7,727 3,480 1,342 855 503 3,289	* * *	36.1 27.5 20.2 9.1 3.5 2.3 1.3 8.6	-21.4 +7.0 -1.7 +1.8
Notes:-
1997:	Patel sought election as the candidate of the '4th Party'.
	Syed described himself as 'Protecting All Your Rights Locally'.
2001:	Mohammed sought election as a candidate representing the interests of the Pathan community.
	Aziz was the candidate of the Muslim Party.

BIRMINGHAM, YARDLEY [92]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	53,151	71.1	†	Miss E. Morris J.A.M. Hemming Mrs. A.M. Jobson D.K. Livingston A.J. Ware	Lab L Dem C RP UKIP	17,778 12,463 6,736 646 164 5,315	* *	47.1 33.0 17.8 1.7 0.4 14.1	+12.2 +2.8 -16.7
2001	52,444	57.2		Rt. Hon. Miss E. Morris J.A.M. Hemming B.M.A. Roberts A.J. Ware C.D. Wren	Lab L Dem C UKIP S Lab P	14,083 11,507 3,941 329 151 2,576	* *	46.9 38.4 13.1 1.1 0.5 8.7	-0.1 +5.4 -4.7 +0.7
2005	50,956	57.8		J.A.M. Hemming Mrs. J.E. Innes P.S. Uppal R. Purcell M. Yaqub	L Dem Lab C BNP UKIP	13,648 10,976 2,970 1,523 314 2,672	*	46.4 37.3 10.1 5.2 1.0 9.1	+8.0 -9.6 -3.0 -0.0

BLACKBURN [93]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	73,132	64.9	†	J.W. Straw Mrs. S.G.K. Sidhu S.J. Fenn D.P. Bradshaw Mrs. T.D-R. Wingfield Mrs. H.M. Drummond R.R.C. Field Mrs. M. Carmichael- Grimshaw W.T. Batchelor	Lab C L Dem RP N Dem S Lab P GP Ind Ind	26,141 11,690 4,990 1,892 671 635 608 506 362 14,451	* * * * * *	55.0 24.6 10.5 4.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 30.4	+6.6 -12.9 -1.0
2001	72,611	55.5		Rt. Hon. J.W. Straw J.A. Cotton I. Patel Mrs. D. Baxter T. Cullen F.J. Nichol P.R. Morris	Lab C L Dem UKIP S Lab P SA Ind	21,808 12,559 3,264 1,185 559 532 377 9,249	* * * *	54.1 31.2 8.1 2.9 1.4 1.3 0.9 22.9	-0.9 +6.6 -2.4 +0.1
2005	72,707	57.5		Rt. Hon. J.W. Straw I.A. Ameen A.P. Melia N. Holt C.J. Murray Mrs. D. Baxter G.A. Carter	Lab C L Dem BNP Ind UKIP GP	17,562 9,553 8,608 2,263 2,082 954 783 8,009	* * *	42.0 22.8 20.6 5.4 5.0 2.3 1.9 19.2	-12.1 -8.3 +12.5 -0.7
Notes:-
1997:	Carmichael-Grimshaw sought election as a 'Keep Britain Free and Independent' candidate.
	Batchelor sought election as the candidate of the 'Common Sense Sick of Politicians Party'.
2001:	Morris was opposed to the conduct of Straw as Secretary of State for Home Affairs since May 1997.
2005:	Murray had served as HM Ambassador to Uzbekistan but was dismissed in October 2004 when he made public criticism of government policy on relations with that country. Straw was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs at the time of the election, and Murray campaigned on the issue of foreign policy. He opposed UK forces' participation in the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

BLACKPOOL, NORTH and FLEETWOOD [94]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	75,097	71.6	†	Mrs. J. Humble H.D.H. Elletson Mrs. B. Hill Mrs. K. Stacey J.T. Ellis	Lab C L Dem UKIP BNP	28,051 19,105 4,600 1,704 288 8,946	* *	52.2 35.5 8.6 3.2 0.5 16.7	+14.6 -14.2 -3.4
2001	74,456	57.2		Mrs. J. Humble A.T. Vincent S. Bate J.C. Porter	Lab C L Dem UKIP	21,610 15,889 4,132 950 5,721	*	50.8 37.3 9.7 2.2 13.4	-1.4 +1.8 +1.1 -0.9
2005	75,368	57.4		Mrs. J. Humble G.A. Williamson S. Bate R.G. Hopwood	Lab C L Dem UKIP	20,620 15,558 5,533 1,579 5,062	*	47.6 35.9 12.8 3.7 11.7	-3.1 -1.4 +3.1 +1.4

BLACKPOOL, SOUTH [95]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	75,861	67.7		G. Marsden G.R. Booth Mrs. D. Holt	Lab C L Dem	29,282 17,666 4,392 11,616		57.0 34.4 8.6 22.6	+13.6 -9.7 -3.6
2001	74,311	52.2		G. Marsden D.T. Morris Mrs. D. Holt Mrs. V.L. Cowell	Lab C L Dem UKIP	21,060 12,798 4,115 819 8,262	*	54.3 33.0 10.6 2.1 21.3	-2.7 -1.4 +2.1
2005	73,383	52.2		G. Marsden M.W. Winstanley Mrs. D. Holt R. Goodwin J.C. Porter	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	19,375 11,453 5,552 1,113 849 7,922	* *	50.5 29.9 14.5 2.9 2.2 20.6	-3.8 -3.1 +3.9 +0.1

BLAYDON [96]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	64,699	71.0	†	J.D. McWilliam P.J. Maughan M.A. Watson R.J. Rook	Lab L Dem C Ind Lab	27,535 10,930 6,048 1,412 16,605	*	59.9 23.8 13.2 3.1 36.1	+7.3 +3.1 -13.5
2001	64,574	57.4		J.D. McWilliam P.J. Maughan M.A. Watson	Lab L Dem C	20,340 12,531 4,215 7,809		54.8 33.8 11.4 21.0	-5.1 +10.0 -1.8
2005	62,412	62.6		D. Anderson P.J. Maughan Mrs. D. Luckhurst N.R. Endacott	Lab L Dem C UKIP	20,120 14,785 3,129 1,019 5,335	*	51.5 37.9 8.0 2.6 13.6	-3.3 +4.1 -3.4

BLYTH VALLEY [97]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	61,761	68.8	†	R. Campbell A.J. Lamb Mrs. B.A.S. Musgrave	Lab L Dem C	27,276 9,540 5,666 17,736		64.2 22.5 13.3 41.7	+14.3 -11.1 -2.3
2001	63,183	54.7		R. Campbell J.S. Reid W. Daley	Lab L Dem C	20,627 8,439 5,484 12,188		59.7 24.4 15.9 35.3	-4.5 +2.0 +2.5
2005	63,628	56.2		R. Campbell J.S. Reid M.H. Windridge	Lab L Dem C	19,659 11,132 4,982 8,527		55.0 31.1 13.9 23.9	-4.7 +6.7 -1.9

BOLTON, NORTH EAST [98]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,996	72.4		D.A. Crausby R.O.B. Wilson Prof. E.M.R. Critchley D.A. Staniforth W. Kelly	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P	27,621 14,952 4,862 1,096 676 12,669	* *	56.1 30.4 9.9 2.2 1.4 25.7	+8.7 -11.7 -0.2
2001	69,514	56.0		D.A. Crausby M.W. Winstanley T.J. Perkins K.G. McIvor Miss L. Lowe	Lab C L Dem GP S Lab P	21,166 12,744 4,004 629 407 8,422	* *	54.3 32.7 10.3 1.6 1.1 21.6	-1.8 +2.3 +0.4 -0.3
2005	67,415	54.8		D.A. Crausby P. Brierley A. Killeya K.N. Epsom A. Ainscow Miss L. Lowe	Lab C L Dem UKIP VP S Lab P	16,874 12,771 6,044 640 375 207 4,103	* * *	45.7 34.6 16.4 1.7 1.0 0.6 11.1	-8.6 +1.9 +6.1

BOLTON, SOUTH EAST [99]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,542	65.1		B. Iddon R.P. Carter F. Harasiwka W.A. Pickering L.J. Walch	Lab C L Dem RP NLP	29,856 8,545 3,805 973 170 21,311	* *	68.9 19.7 8.8 2.2 0.4 49.2	+14.6 -9.0 -1.8
2001	68,140	50.1		B. Iddon H. Rashid F. Harasiwka W.J. Kelly	Lab C L Dem S Lab P	21,129 8,258 3,941 826 12,871	*	61.9 24.2 11.5 2.4 37.7	-7.0 +4.5 +2.8
2005	63,727	50.0		B. Iddon Miss D.J. Dunleavy F. Harasiwka Mrs. F. Bates W.D. Jones	Lab C L Dem UKIP VP	18,129 6,491 6,047 840 343 11,638	* *	56.9 20.4 19.0 2.6 1.1 36.5	-4.9 -3.8 +7.4

BOOTLE [100]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	57,284	66.7	†	J.E. Benton R.O. Matthews K.J.C. Reid J. Elliott P. Glover S.J. Cohen	Lab C L Dem RP SP NLP	31,668 3,247 2,191 571 420 126 28,421	* * *	82.9 8.5 5.7 1.5 1.1 0.3 74.4	+6.3 -5.6 -0.7
2001	55,455	49.8		J.E. Benton J.P. Murray Miss J.R. Symes D. Flynn P. Glover	Lab L Dem C S Lab P SA	21,400 2,357 2,194 971 672 19,043	* *	77.6 8.5 8.0 3.5 2.4 69.1	-5.3 +2.8 -0.5 +1.3
2005	53,378	48.0		J.E. Benton C. Newby Dr. W. Moustafa P.A. Nuttall P. Glover	Lab L Dem C UKIP SP	19,345 2,988 1,580 1,054 655 16,357	* *	75.5 11.7 6.2 4.1 2.5 63.8	-2.1 +3.1 -1.8

BOURNEMOUTH, EAST [101]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	61,858	70.2	†	D.A. Atkinson D. Eyre Mrs. J.L. Stevens A. Musgrave Scott K.F. Benney	C L Dem Lab RP UKIP	17,997 13,655 9,181 1,808 791 4,342	* *	41.4 31.4 21.2 4.2 1.8 10.0	-14.0 +0.4 +8.3
2001	61,520	58.2		D.A. Atkinson A.C.W. Garratt P.M. Nicholson G.F.J. Chamberlaine	C L Dem Lab UKIP	15,501 12,067 7,107 1,124 3,434	*	43.3 33.7 19.9 3.1 9.6	+1.9 +2.3 -1.3 +1.3
2005	62,987	59.7		T.M. Ellwood A.C.W. Garratt D.L.K. Stokes T.E.R. Collier	C L Dem Lab UKIP	16,925 11,681 7,191 1,802 5,244	*	45.0 31.1 19.1 4.8 13.9	+1.7 -2.6 -0.7 +1.7

BOURNEMOUTH, WEST [102]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	62,032	66.2	†	J.V. Butterfill Mrs. J.T. Dover D.E. Gritt R.W. Mills Mrs. L.M. Tooley J.H. Morse A.R. Springham	C L Dem Lab RP UKIP BNP NLP	17,115 11,405 10,093 1,910 281 165 103 5,710	* * * *	41.7 27.8 24.6 4.6 0.7 0.4 0.2 13.9	-10.8 +0.3 +5.1
2001	63,196	53.2		J.V. Butterfill D.L.K. Stokes Miss F.C. Hornby Mrs. C.N. Blake	C Lab L Dem UKIP	14,417 9,699 8,468 1,064 4,718	*	42.8 28.8 25.2 3.2 14.0	+1.2 +4.3 -2.6 +2.5
2005	63,358	53.5		J.V. Butterfill R.I. Renaut D.E. Williams M. Maclaire-Hillier	C L Dem Lab UKIP	14,057 10,026 7,824 2,017 4,031		41.4 29.6 23.1 5.9 11.8	-1.4 +4.4 -5.8 +2.8

BRADFORD, NORTH [103]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,228	63.3	†	T.H. Rooney E.G. Skinner T.A.S. Browne H. Wheatley W. Beckett	Lab C L Dem RP MRLP	23,493 10,723 6,083 1,227 369 12,770	* *	56.1 25.6 14.5 2.9 0.9 30.5	+8.2 -6.6 -4.1
2001	66,443	52.7		T.H. Rooney Z. Iqbal D. Ward J. Brayshaw S. Schofield	Lab C L Dem BNP GP	17,419 8,450 6,924 1,613 611 8,969	* *	49.7 24.1 19.8 4.6 1.8 25.6	-6.3 -1.5 +5.3
2005	63,427	54.2		T.H. Rooney D. Ward T.K. Khong Mrs. L.J. Cromie S. Schoefield U.K. Yildiz	Lab L Dem C BNP GP RU	14,662 11,111 5,569 2,061 560 474 3,511	* *	42.5 32.3 16.2 6.0 1.6 1.4 10.2	-7.2 +12.5 -7.9 +1.4 -0.1

BRADFORD, SOUTH [104]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,391	65.9	†	G. Sutcliffe Mrs. A.G. Hawkesworth A.C.E. Wilson-Fletcher Mrs. M. Kershaw	Lab C L Dem RP	25,558 12,622 5,093 1,785 12,936	*	56.7 28.0 11.3 4.0 28.7	+9.1 -10.4 -2.4
2001	68,441	51.3		G. Sutcliffe G.S.G. Tennyson A.C.E. Wilson-Fletcher P. North A. Kelly A. Siddique G.F. Riseborough	Lab C L Dem UKIP S Lab P SA Ind	19,603 9,941 3,717 783 571 302 220 9,662	* * * *	55.8 28.3 10.6 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.6 27.5	-0.9 +0.3 -0.7
2005	66,591	55.0		G. Sutcliffe Mrs. G.M. Carter M.P. Doyle J.G. Lewthwaite D. Curtis J.P. Smith Mrs. T. Muchewicz	Lab C L Dem BNP GP UKIP VP	17,954 8,787 5,334 2,862 695 552 421 9,167	* * *	49.0 24.0 14.6 7.8 1.9 1.5 1.2 25.0	-6.7 -4.3 +4.0 -0.7
Note:-
2001:	Riseborough described himself as a 'Broad Left Against Blairism' candidate. He sought election as a candidate committed to defending the welfare state against the policies of the Labour Government.

BRADFORD, WEST [105]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	71,961	63.3		M. Singh M. Riaz Mrs. H. Wright A.R. Khan C.A. Royston J.E. Robinson G.A. Osborn S. Shah	Lab C L Dem S Lab P RP GP BNP SP	18,932 15,055 6,737 1,551 1,348 861 839 245 3,877	* * * * *	41.6 33.0 14.8 3.4 3.0 1.9 1.8 0.5 8.6	-11.7 -0.8 +4.3
2001	71,611	53.6		M. Singh M. Riaz J.E. Robinson A.R. Khan I. Hussain F.H. Khokhar	Lab C GP L Dem UKIP Ind	18,401 14,236 2,672 2,437 427 197 4,165	* *	48.0 37.1 7.0 6.3 1.1 0.5 10.9	+6.4 +4.1 +4.0 -8.4
2005	65,953	55.1		M. Singh H. Rashid M. Ali P.G.S. Cromie P. Darr	Lab C L Dem BNP GP	14,570 11,544 6,620 2,525 1,110 3,026	*	40.1 31.7 18.2 6.9 3.1 8.4	-7.9 -5.4 +11.9 -3.9
Note:-
2001:	Khokhar was sponsored by the Asian League.

BRIGHTON, KEMPTOWN [106]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,319	70.6	†	D.S. Turner Sir A. Bowden C.J. Gray D.C. Inman Miss H. Williams J.J. Bowler L. Newman R. Darlow	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P NLP MRLP Rainbow	21,479 17,945 4,478 1,526 316 172 123 93 3,534	* * * * *	46.5 38.9 9.7 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 7.6	+14.0 -13.9 -4.2
2001	68,119	57.6		D.S. Turner G.T. Theobald Mrs. J.L. Marshall H-B. Miller J.A.A.S. Chamberlain-Webber J. McLeod D. Dobbs Mrs. E.D. Cook	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP S Lab P Ind PLA	18,745 13,823 4,064 1,290 543 364 227 147 4,922	* * * * *	47.8 35.2 10.4 3.3 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.4 12.6	+1.3 -3.6 +0.7 +0.2
2005	65,978	60.2		D.S. Turner Mrs. J.R. Symes Miss M.A. Pepper S.N.O. Williams J.A.A.S. Chamberlain-Webber Mrs. C.E. O’Reilly J. McLeod Mrs. E.D. Cook P.A. Clarke G. Dobbs	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP Ind S Lab P Ind PLA SP Ind	15,858 13,121 6,560 2,800 758 172 163 127 113 47 2,737	* * * * * *	39.9 33.1 16.5 7.1 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 6.8	-7.9 -2.2 +6.1 +3.8 +0.5 -0.1
Notes:-
2001:	Dobbs had changed his name to contest the election. He sought election as a candidate of the Freedom Party.
2005:	O’Reilly was the candidate of 'The Peace Party'.
	Dobbs had changed his name to contest the election. He sought election as a candidate of the Free Party.

BRIGHTON, PAVILION [107]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,720	73.4	†	D. Lepper Sir D.H. Spencer K.C. Blanshard P.A. Stocken P.R.W. West R.J. Huggett F.M. Stevens B. Dobbs A.J.R. Card	Lab/Co-op C L Dem RP GP Ind C UKIP Ind Rainbow	26,737 13,556 4,644 1,304 1,249 1,098 179 125 59 13,181	* * * * * *	54.6 27.7 9.5 2.7 2.5 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 26.9	+14.4 -17.6 -2.9
2001	69,568	58.5		D. Lepper D.S. Gold Miss R.L. Berry K.R. Taylor I.C. Fyvie B. Dobbs S.J. Hutchin Mrs. M.M. Paragallo	Lab/Co-op C L Dem GP S Lab P Ind UKIP PLA	19,846 10,203 5,348 3,806 573 409 361 177 9,643	* * * *	48.7 25.0 13.1 9.3 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.4 23.7	-5.9 -2.6 +3.6 +6.8 +0.7 +0.5
2005	68,182	63.9		D. Lepper M.R. Weatherley K.R. Taylor Mrs. H. Thorpe Mrs. K.J. Crisp-Comotto A.N. Greenstein I.C. Fyvie C.D. Rooke K. Jago	Lab/Co-op C GP L Dem UKIP AGS S Lab P Ind PLA Ind	15,427 10,397 9,530 7,171 508 188 152 122 44 5,030	* * * * *	35.4 23.9 21.9 16.5 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 11.5	-13.3 -1.2 +12.5 +3.3 +0.3 -0.1
Notes:-
1997- 2001:	Dobbs had changed his name to contest the election. In 1997 he sought election as the candidate of the 'Subgenius Party'. This was a reference to a satirical religion. In 2001 he sought election as the candidate of the 'Free Party'.
2005:	Jago was opposed to the charging of tuition fees for university students.

BRISTOL, EAST [108]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	69,118	69.7	†	Miss J.A. Corston Hon. E.H.B. Vaizey P.L. Tyzack G.H. Philp P.F. Williams J.H.N. McLaggan	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P NLP	27,418 11,259 7,121 1,479 766 158 16,159	* * *	56.9 23.3 14.8 3.1 1.6 0.3 33.6	+9.6 -14.2 +0.0
2001	70,279	57.4		Miss J.A. Corston J. Lo Presti B.W. Niblett G. Collard R.C. Marsh M.P. Langley A.M. Pryor	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP S Lab P SA	22,180 8,788 6,915 1,110 572 438 331 13,392	* * * *	55.0 21.8 17.1 2.8 1.4 1.1 0.8 33.2	-1.9 -1.6 +2.4 -0.5
2005	68,081	61.3		Mrs. K. McCarthy P.C. James Mrs. I.J.B. Manning A. Krishna-Das Mrs. M.J. Smith Mrs. P.A.L. North	Lab L Dem C GP UKIP RU	19,152 10,531 8,787 1,586 1,132 532 8,621	* * *	45.9 25.2 21.1 3.8 2.7 1.3 20.7	-9.1 +8.1 -0.7 +1.0 +1.3

BRISTOL, NORTH WEST [109]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	73,133	75.5	†	J.D. Naysmith M.C. Stern I.H. Parry C.E. Horton J.L. Quintanilla G.B. Shorter S.L. Parnell T.G. Leighton	Lab/Co-op C L Dem Ind Lab RP S Lab P BNP NLP	27,575 16,193 7,263 1,718 1,609 482 265 140 11,382	* * * * *	49.9 29.3 13.1 3.1 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 20.6	+4.7 -9.5 -1.7
2001	76,903	60.4		J.D. Naysmith C.C.T. Hansard P.L. Tyzack Miss D.M. Carr V.M. Horrigan	Lab/Co-op C L Dem UKIP S Lab P	24,236 13,349 7,387 1,140 371 10,887	* *	52.1 28.7 15.9 2.5 0.8 23.4	+2.2 -0.6 +2.7 -0.1
2005	77,095	61.6		J.D. Naysmith A.P.L. Watson R.C.H. Hoyle C.M. Lees M.T.M. Blundell G.M.L. Jones	Lab/Co-op C L Dem UKIP EDP SP	22,192 13,230 9,545 1,132 828 565 8,962	* * *	46.7 27.9 20.1 2.4 1.7 1.2 18.8	-5.4 -0.9 +4.2 -0.1

BRISTOL, SOUTH [110]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,493	68.8	†	Mrs. D. Primarolo M. Roe S.R. Williams D.W. Guy J.H. Boxall I.P. Marshall L.P. Taylor	Lab C L Dem RP GP SP Ind	29,890 10,562 6,691 1,486 722 355 153 19,328	* * * *	59.9 21.2 13.4 3.0 1.4 0.7 0.3 38.7	+12.7 -12.0 -4.5
2001	72,490	56.5		Mrs. D. Primarolo R.S. Eddy J.R. Main G.R. Vowles B.M.A. Drummond C. Prasad G.B. Shorter	Lab C L Dem GP SA UKIP S Lab P	23,299 9,118 6,078 1,233 496 496 250 14,181	* * * *	56.9 22.3 14.8 3.0 1.2 1.2 0.6 34.6	-3.1 +1.1 +1.4 +1.6 +0.5
2005	70,806	59.8		Rt. Hon. Mrs. D. Primarolo Mrs. K. Barnard G. Hill C.N. Bolton M.A. Dent	Lab L Dem C GP UKIP	20,778 9,636 8,466 2,127 1,321 11,142	*	49.1 22.8 20.0 5.0 3.1 26.3	-7.8 +7.9 -2.3 +2.0 +1.9
Notes:-
1997:	Taylor was an employee of the First Leisure Corporation. He sought election as a candidate of the 'Go Bowling Party'.

BRISTOL, WEST [111]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	85,275	73.5	†	Mrs. V.J. Davey Rt. Hon. W.A. Waldegrave C.R. Boney Lady R.E. Margot Beauchamp J.M. Quinnell R.C.M.T. Nurse J.J. Brierley	Lab C L Dem RP GP S Lab P NLP	22,068 20,575 17,551 1,304 852 244 47 1,493	* * * *	35.2 32.8 28.0 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 2.4	+11.9 -12.3 -1.2
2001	84,821	65.6		Mrs. V.J. Davey S.R. Williams Mrs. P.J. Chesters J.F.L. Devaney B.J. Kennedy S.D. Muir	Lab L Dem C GP S Lab P UKIP	20,505 16,079 16,040 1,961 590 490 4,426	* * *	36.8 28.9 28.8 3.5 1.1 0.9 8.0	+1.6 +0.9 -4.0 +2.2 +0.7
2005	81,367	70.5		S.R. Williams Mrs. V.J. Davey D.J.P. Martin J.M. Quinnell S.D. Muir B.J. Kennedy D.J. Reid	L Dem Lab C GP UKIP S Lab P Ind	21,987 16,859 15,429 2,163 439 329 190 5,128	* * * *	38.3 29.4 26.9 3.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 8.9	+9.4 -7.5 -1.9 +0.2 -0.1
Note:-
2005:	Reid sought election as part of a campaign to keep Bristol North public baths open.

BROXBOURNE [112]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,817	70.3	†	Mrs. M.A. Roe B.J. Coleman Mrs. J.M. Davies D.S. Millward D.J. Bruce B.A. Cheetham	C Lab L Dem RP BNP TW	22,952 16,299 5,310 1,633 610 172 6,653	* * *	48.8 34.7 11.3 3.5 1.3 0.4 14.1	-13.4 +13.3 -4.7
2001	67,987	55.7		Mrs. M.A. Roe D. Prendergast Mrs. J.M. Davies M.J. Harvey J.A. Cope	C Lab L Dem UKIP BNP	20,487 11,494 4,158 858 848 8,993	* *	54.1 30.4 11.0 2.3 2.2 23.8	+5.3 -4.3 -0.3 +0.9
2005	68,597	59.2		C.A.R. Walker J.D. Bolden A.J.R. Porrer A. Emerson M.J. Harvey	C Lab L Dem BNP UKIP	21,878 10,369 4,973 1,929 1,479 11,509	* *	53.9 25.5 12.2 4.8 3.6 28.4	-0.3 -4.8 +1.3 +2.5 +1.4

BURNLEY [113]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,582	66.9	†	P.L. Pike W.D. Wiggin G. Birtwistle R.J. Oakley	Lab C L Dem RP	26,210 9,148 7,877 2,010 17,062	*	57.9 20.2 17.4 4.5 37.7	+4.9 -10.4 +1.0
2001	66,271	55.7		P.L. Pike R.J.J. Frost P.R. Wright S. Smith R.G. Buttrey	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	18,195 7,697 5,975 4,151 866 10,498	*	49.3 20.9 16.2 11.3 2.3 28.4	-8.6 +0.6 -1.2
2005	65,458	59.6		Mrs. K. Ussher G. Birtwistle H. Brooks Y.M. Miah L. Starr J.R. Slater R. McDowell	Lab L Dem Ind C BNP Ind UKIP	14,999 9,221 5,786 4,206 4,003 392 376 5,778	* *	38.5 23.6 14.8 10.8 10.3 1.0 1.0 14.9	-10.9 +7.5 -10.1 -1.0 -1.4
Note:-
2005:	Brooks sought election as a 'First Independent' candidate.

BURY, NORTH [114]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,717	77.8	†	D.M. Chaytor A.J.H. Burt N.A. Kenyon R.S. Hallewell	Lab C L Dem RP	28,523 20,657 4,536 1,337 7,866	*	51.8 37.5 8.3 2.4 14.3	+10.2 -12.1 -0.3
2001	71,108	63.0		D.M. Chaytor J. Walsh B. Hackley	Lab C L Dem	22,945 16,413 5,430 6,532		51.2 36.7 12.1 14.5	-0.6 -0.9 +3.9
2005	72,268	61.5		D.M. Chaytor D.J. Nuttall W.J. Davison S.A. Clough P.S. Silver R. O’Neill I.R. Upton	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP S Lab P VP	19,130 16,204 6,514 1,790 476 172 153 2,926	* * * *	43.0 36.5 14.7 4.0 1.1 0.4 0.3 6.6	-8.2 -0.2 +2.5

BURY, SOUTH [115]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,797	75.4	†	I. Lewis D.A.G. Sumberg V.D. D’Albert B.H. Slater	Lab C L Dem RP	28,658 16,277 4,227 1,216 12,381	*	56.9 32.3 8.4 2.4 24.6	+12.2 -13.7 -0.6
2001	67,276	58.8		I. Lewis Mrs. N.L. Le Page T.D. Pickstone	Lab C L Dem	23,406 10,634 5,499 12,772		59.2 26.9 13.9 32.3	+2.3 -5.4 +5.5
2005	66,898	58.5		I. Lewis A.P. Williams V.D. D’Albert J.H. Greenhalgh Mrs. Y. Hossack	Lab C L Dem UKIP Ind	19,741 10,829 6,968 1,059 557 8,912	* *	50.4 27.7 17.8 2.7 1.4 22.7	-8.8 +0.8 +3.9
Note:-
2005:	Hossack was opposed to closures of care homes for the disabled.

CAMBRIDGE [116]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	71,812	71.5	†	Mrs. A. Campbell D.W. Platt G.J. Heathcock W.J.S. Burrows Mrs. M.E. Wright Miss A. Johnstone R.J. Athow Mrs. M.L.P. Gladwin	Lab C L Dem RP GP PLA WRP NLP	27,436 13,299 8,287 1,262 654 191 107 103 14,137	* * * * *	53.4 25.9 16.1 2.5 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 27.5	+13.8 -12.6 -3.7
2001	70,665	60.6		Mrs. A. Campbell D.R. Howarth G.C. Stuart S.R. Lawrence H.A. Senter A.L. Baynes Mrs. C.J.T. Underwood Miss M.M. Courtney	Lab L Dem C GP SA UKIP PLA WRP	19,316 10,737 9,829 1,413 716 532 232 61 8,579	* * * * *	45.1 25.1 23.0 3.3 1.7 1.2 0.5 0.1 20.0	-8.3 +8.9 -3.0 +2.0 +0.2 -0.1
2005	70,191	62.1		D.R. Howarth Mrs. A. Campbell I. Lyon M.V. Lucas-Smith Mrs. H. Davies T.A. Woodcock Mrs. S. Forscey-Moore G. Wilkinson	L Dem Lab C GP UKIP RU Ind Ind	19,152 14,813 7,193 1,245 569 477 60 60 4,339	* * * * *	44.0 34.0 16.5 2.9 1.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 10.0	+18.9 -11.1 -6.4 -0.4 +0.1
Note:-
2005:	Forscey-Moore advocated that Cambridge City Council cease its policy of placing people with mental health problems or with drug addiction in hostels.

CARLISLE [117]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	59,917	72.8	†	E.A. Martlew R.T. Lawrence C.A. Mayho A.J. Fraser W.A. Stevens	Lab C L Dem RP NLP	25,031 12,641 4,576 1,233 126 12,390	* *	57.4 29.0 10.5 2.8 0.3 28.4	+12.1 -12.3 -2.5
2001	58,811	59.4		E.A. Martlew M.R. Mitchelson J.M. Guest J.C. Paisley P.G. Wilcox	Lab C L Dem LCA SA	17,856 12,154 4,076 554 269 5,702	* *	51.1 34.8 11.7 1.6 0.8 16.3	-6.3 +5.8 +1.2
2005	59,502	59.5		E.A. Martlew M.R. Mitchelson S. Tweedie S.J. Cochrane Mrs. L.J. Gibson	Lab C L Dem UKIP LCA	17,019 11,324 5,916 792 343 5,695	* *	48.1 32.0 16.7 2.2 1.0 16.1	-3.1 -2.8 +5.0 -0.6

CASTLE POINT [118]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,324	72.1	†	Mrs. C.M. Butler R.M. Spink M.D. Baker H.A. Maulkin Miss L.D.M. Kendall	Lab C L Dem RP Ind	20,605 19,462 4,477 2,700 1,301 1,143	*	42.4 40.1 9.2 5.6 2.7 2.3	+18.4 -15.5 -9.9
2001	68,108	58.4		R.M. Spink Mrs. C.M. Butler P.A. Boulton R. Hurrell D.C. Roberts N. Searle	C Lab L Dem UKIP Ind C Ind	17,738 16,753 3,116 1,273 663 223 985	* * *	44.6 42.1 7.8 3.2 1.7 0.6 2.5	+4.5 -0.3 -1.4
2005	68,760	66.6		R.M. Spink L. Akehurst J.P.C. Sandbach N.D. Hamper Miss I.L. Willis	C (Ind C) (UKIP) Lab L Dem UKIP GP	22,118 13,917 4,719 3,431 1,617 8,201	*	48.3 30.4 10.3 7.5 3.5 17.9	+3.7 -11.7 +2.5 +4.3
Notes:-
1997:	Kendall sought election as a 'Democracy means consulting the people' candidate.
2001:	Roberts had been Leader of the Conservative group on Castle Point Borough Council until the group passed a motion of no confidence in him in December 1999. He was opposed to the selection of Spink as Conservative Party candidate.
	Searle had been a Labour Party councillor on Castle Point Borough Council from May 1995, but had been suspended from the Labour Party group in May 1998 and resigned from the party in September 1998. He resigned from the council in February 1999. He sought election as a candidate of the Independent Truth Party.

CHEADLE [119]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,853	77.3	†	S.R. Day Mrs. P. Calton P.G. Diggett A.S.P. Brook	C L Dem Lab RP	22,944 19,755 8,253 1,511 3,189	*	43.7 37.7 15.7 2.9 6.0	-13.9 +8.1 +3.3
2001	69,001	63.2		Mrs. P. Calton S.R. Day H. Dawber V.L. Cavanagh	L Dem C Lab UKIP	18,477 18,444 6,086 599 33	*	42.4 42.3 13.9 1.4 0.1	+4.7 -1.4 -1.8
2005	68,082	69.7		Mrs. P. Calton S.R. Day M. Miller V.L. Cavanagh R. Chadfield	L Dem C Lab UKIP BNP	23,189 19,169 4,169 489 421 4,020	* *	48.9 40.4 8.8 1.0 0.9 8.5	+6.5 -1.9 -5.2 -0.3
(Death)
2005 (14/7)	68,051	55.2		M.J. Hunter S.R. Day M. Miller L. Leggett J.W. Allman	L Dem C Lab VP Ind	19,593 15,936 1,739 218 81 3,657	* * *	52.2 42.4 4.6 0.6 0.2 9.8	+3.3 +2.0 -4.2
Note:-
2005 (14/7):	Allman sought election as a Suffering Little Children candidate. He was sponsored by Alliance for Change.

CHELTENHAM [120]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,950	74.0	†	N.D. Jones W.J. Todman B. Leach Mrs. A.F. Powell K.R.S. Hanks G. Cook Mrs. A. Harriss Mrs. S.B. Brighouse	L Dem C Lab RP MRLP UKIP PLA NLP	24,877 18,232 5,100 1,065 375 302 245 107 6,645	* * * * *	49.5 36.2 10.1 2.1 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 13.3	+1.8 -7.9 +3.4
2001	67,563	61.9		N.D. Jones R.E. Garnham A.B. Erlam K.D. Bessant K.R.S. Hanks J.B. Carver A.J. Gates R.J. Everest	L Dem C Lab GP MRLP UKIP PLA Ind	19,970 14,715 5,041 735 513 482 272 107 5,255	* * * * *	47.7 35.2 12.0 1.8 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.3 12.5	-1.7 -1.1 +1.9 +0.5 +0.6 +0.2
2005	71,541	61.0		M.C. Horwood Mrs. V.R. Gearson C.J. Evans Dr. R. Hodges K.D. Bessant T.N. Warry K.R.S. Hanks	L Dem C Lab Ind GP UKIP MRLP	18,122 15,819 4,988 2,651 908 608 525 2,303	* * *	41.5 36.3 11.4 6.1 2.1 1.4 1.2 5.2	-6.2 +1.1 -0.6 +0.3 +0.2
Note:-
2001:	Everest sought to draw attention to the unlawful action of Cheltenham Borough Council in borrowing �22,500,000 in order to reinvest, an action which led to a loss to the council of approximately �500,000.
2005:	Hodges worked at Cheltenham General Hospital. He sought election as part of a campaign against the downgrading of Battledown Ward at the hospital.

CHESTERFIELD [121]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,472	70.9	†	Rt. Hon. A.N.W. Benn A.H. Rogers M.J.K. Potter N. Scarth	Lab L Dem C Ind	26,105 20,330 4,752 202 5,775	*	50.8 39.6 9.2 0.4 11.2	+3.5 +3.8 -7.7
2001	73,216	60.7		P.R. Holmes D.A.R. Race S.J. Hitchcock Mrs. P.J. Robinson W. Harrison C. Rawson	L Dem Lab C SA S Lab P Ind	21,249 18,663 3,613 437 295 184 2,586	* * *	47.8 42.0 8.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 5.8	+8.3 -8.8 -1.1
2005	74,009	59.6		P.R. Holmes S.J. Rich M.A.P. Kreling C.M.P. Brady I.L. Jerram	L Dem Lab C UKIP EDP	20,875 17,830 3,605 997 814 3,045	* *	47.3 40.4 8.2 2.3 1.8 6.9	-0.5 -1.6 +0.0
Notes:-
1997:	Scarth sought election as an 'OAP' candidate. He sought election in order to draw attention to comments that Benn had made in 1985 about two miners who had been convicted of manslaughter after causing the death of a working miner during the National Union of Mineworkers strike of 1984-85.

CITY of YORK [122]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	79,710	73.2	†	H. Bayley S.J. Mallett A.M. Waller J.N. Sheppard M.R. Hill E.G. Wegener A.J. Lightfoot	Lab C L Dem RP GP UKIP Ind	34,956 14,433 6,537 1,083 880 319 137 20,523	* * * *	59.9 24.7 11.2 1.9 1.5 0.6 0.2 35.2	+10.8 -14.5 +0.6
2001	81,354	59.0		H. Bayley M. McIntyre A.M. Waller W.T. Shaw F. Ormston R.F. Bate G. Cambridge	Lab C L Dem GP SA UKIP MRLP	25,072 11,293 8,519 1,465 674 576 381 13,779	* * * *	52.3 23.5 17.8 3.0 1.4 1.2 0.8 28.8	-7.7 -1.2 +6.6 +1.5 +0.7
2005	75,526	61.7		H. Bayley C. Booth A.M. Waller A.M. D’Agorne R. Jackson K.N.G. Curran D.M. Fleck A.T. Hinkles	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP Ind Ind Ind	21,836 11,364 10,166 2,113 832 121 93 72 10,472	* * * * *	46.9 24.4 21.8 4.5 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.1 22.5	-5.4 +0.9 +4.1 +1.5 +0.6
Note:-
1997:	Lightfoot described himself as a 'Christian - Nationalist'.
2005:	Fleck was the candidate of the Dungeons, Death and Taxes Party.
	Hinkles sought election as the candidate of the Integrity Party, which he had formed.

COLCHESTER [123]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	74,743	69.6		R.E. Russell S.A. Shakespeare R.A. Green J.B. Hazell Mrs. L. Basker	L Dem C Lab RP NLP	17,886 16,305 15,891 1,776 148 1,581	* *	34.4 31.3 30.6 3.4 0.3 3.1	+1.7 -10.7 +6.5
2001	77,958	56.1		R.E. Russell K.P. Bentley C. Fegan R.G. Lord L.T. Overy-Owen	L Dem C Lab UKIP Ind	18,627 13,074 10,925 631 479 5,553	* *	42.6 29.9 25.0 1.4 1.1 12.7	+8.2 -1.5 -5.6
2005	77,365	58.0		R.E. Russell K.P. Bentley Mrs. L.J.F. Bruni	L Dem C Lab	21,145 14,868 8,886 6,277		47.1 33.1 19.8 14.0	+4.5 +3.2 -5.2
Note:-
2001:	Overy-Owen was the candidate of the Grey Party, which he had formed. He campaigned for more support for pensioners. The Grey Party was also opposed to United Kingdom membership of the European Union.

COVENTRY, NORTH EAST [124]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	74,173	64.8	†	R.W. Ainsworth M.J. Burnett G.B. Sewards N.E. Brown R. Hurrell H.W. Khamis C.J. Sidwell	Lab C L Dem L RP S Lab P Rainbow	31,856 9,287 3,866 1,181 1,125 597 173 22,569	* * * *	66.3 19.3 8.0 2.5 2.3 1.2 0.4 47.0	+16.6 -8.7 -2.5
2001	74,017	50.3		R.W. Ainsworth G.A. Bell G.B. Sewards D.J. Nellist E.J. Sheppard	Lab C L Dem SA BNP	22,739 6,988 4,163 2,638 737 15,751	*	61.0 18.7 11.2 7.1 2.0 42.3	-5.2 -0.6 +3.1
2005	69,221	53.7		R.W. Ainsworth J.S. Birdi R.D. Field D.J. Nellist P.B. Sootheran	Lab C L Dem SP UKIP	21,178 6,956 6,123 1,874 1,064 14,222	*	56.9 18.7 16.5 5.0 2.9 38.2	-4.1 -0.1 +5.3 -2.1

COVENTRY, NORTH WEST [125]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	76,845	70.7	†	G. Robinson P. Bartlett Dr. G.N. Penlington D.S. Butler D.C. Spencer R. Wheway P.L. Mills L.G. Francis	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P L PLA Rainbow	30,901 14,300 5,690 1,269 940 687 359 176 16,601	* * * * *	56.9 26.3 10.5 2.3 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 30.6	+5.6 -10.6 -1.3
2001	76,673	55.5		G. Robinson A. Fairburn Dr. G.N. Penlington Mrs. C.M. Oddy M.E. Benson	Lab C L Dem Ind Lab UKIP	21,892 11,018 5,832 3,159 650 10,874	*	51.5 25.9 13.7 7.4 1.5 25.6	-5.4 -0.4 +3.2
2005	72,177	60.2		G. Robinson B.A. Connell Mrs. I.M. Anderson D.E. Clarke Mrs. S.A. List Miss N.J. Downes	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP SP	20,942 11,627 7,932 1,556 766 615 9,315	* * *	48.2 26.8 18.2 3.6 1.8 1.4 21.4	-3.2 +0.9 +4.6 +0.2
Note:-
2001:	Oddy had been Labour MEP for Coventry and North Warwickshire from 1989 until 1999, when she was expelled from the Labour Party for contesting the 1999 elections as an Independent candidate. She was supported by Coventry Socialist Alliance.

COVENTRY, SOUTH [126]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,967	68.7	†	J.D. Cunningham P.C. Ivey G.F. MacDonald D.J. Nellist P.J. Garratt R.E. Jenking J. Astbury Miss A-M. Bradshaw	Lab C L Dem SP RP L BNP Rainbow	25,511 14,558 4,617 3,262 943 725 328 180 10,953	* * * *	50.9 29.0 9.2 6.5 1.9 1.4 0.7 0.4 21.9	+16.2 -10.8 -0.0
2001	72,570	55.3		J.D. Cunningham Mrs. H.K. Wheeler V.J. McKee R.P. Windsor Miss I.E. Rogers T.P. Logan	Lab C L Dem SA Ind S Lab P	20,125 11,846 5,672 1,475 564 414 8,279	* * *	50.2 29.5 14.2 3.7 1.4 1.0 20.7	-0.7 +0.5 +4.9 -2.8
2005	67,433	60.3		J.D. Cunningham Mrs. H.K. Wheeler V.J. McKee R.P. Windsor W.D. Brown Miss I.E. Rogers J.C. Rooney	Lab C L Dem SP UKIP Ind Ind	18,649 12,394 7,228 1,097 829 344 144 6,255	* * * *	45.8 30.5 17.8 2.7 2.0 0.8 0.4 15.3	-4.4 +0.9 +3.6 -1.0 -0.6
Note:-
2005:	Rooney was the candidate of 'Families First', which he had formed.

CRAWLEY [127]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	69,194	72.9		Mrs. L.J. Moffatt Miss J.A. Crabb H. De Souza R.G. Walters E.J. Saunders A. Khan	Lab C L Dem RP UKIP Ind	27,750 16,043 4,141 1,931 322 230 11,707	* * *	55.1 31.8 8.2 3.8 0.6 0.5 23.3	+14.7 -12.1 -6.3
2001	71,629	55.2		Mrs. L.J. Moffatt H.E.M. Smith Mrs. L.A. Seekings B.R. Galloway Miss C.J. Staniford A. Khan K.J. Stewart Mrs. M.J. Hirsch	Lab C L Dem UKIP MRLP Ind S Lab P SA	19,488 12,718 5,009 1,137 383 271 260 251 6,770	* * * * *	49.3 32.2 12.7 2.9 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 17.1	-5.7 +0.4 +4.5 +2.2 +0.2
2005	71,912	58.4		Mrs. L.J. Moffatt H.E.M. Smith R.J.K. Sheard R.J. Trower R.G. Walters R.C. Burnham A. Khan	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP DSA Ind	16,411 16,374 6,504 1,277 935 263 210 37	* * * *	39.1 39.0 15.5 3.1 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.1	-10.2 +6.8 +2.8 -0.6 -0.2
Note:-
1997- 2005:	Khan sought election as a 'Justice Party' candidate. He favoured the prohibition of immigration and asylum.

CROSBY [128]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	57,190	77.2	†	Mrs. C. Curtis-Tansley Sir G.M. Thornton P.J. McVey J.A. Gauld J.A. Marks W.R. Hite	Lab C L Dem RP L NLP	22,549 15,367 5,080 813 233 99 7,182	* * *	51.1 34.8 11.5 1.9 0.5 0.2 16.3	+22.4 -13.9 -8.5
2001	56,610	65.1		Mrs. C. Curtis-Thomas R.J. Collinson T.J. Drake A.M. Holt	Lab C L Dem S Lab P	20,327 11,974 4,084 481 8,353	*	55.1 32.5 11.1 1.3 22.7	+4.1 -2.3 -0.4
2005	53,793	67.3		Mrs. C. Curtis-Thomas Mrs. D. Jones J.P. Murray J. Whittaker G.D. Bottoms D.O. Braid	Lab C L Dem UKIP CPB Ind	17,463 11,623 6,298 454 199 157 5,840	* * *	48.2 32.1 17.4 1.3 0.6 0.4 16.1	-6.9 -0.4 +6.3
Notes:-
1997:	Mrs. Curtis-Tansley became known as Mrs. Curtis-Thomas when she took her seat in the House of Commons.
2005:	Braid sought election as a Christian Democrat candidate. He advocated the reintroduction of section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prohibited local authorities from expenditure designed to promote homosexuality.

DARLINGTON [129]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,169	73.9	†	A. Milburn P.G. Scrope L. Boxell M.A. Blakey	Lab C L Dem RP	29,658 13,633 3,483 1,399 16,025	*	61.6 28.3 7.2 2.9 33.3	+13.5 -14.7 -1.1
2001	64,354	62.0		Rt. Hon. A. Milburn E.A. Richmond R.M. Adamson A.S. Docherty Dr. C.C. Platt Mrs. A.M. Rose	Lab C L Dem SA Ind S Lab P	22,479 12,095 4,358 469 269 229 10,384	* * *	56.3 30.3 10.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 26.0	-5.2 +2.0 +3.7
2005	64,797	60.8		Rt. Hon. A. Miburn A.P. Frieze R.M. Adamson J.J. Hoodless D.E. Davies	Lab C L Dem UKIP VP	20,643 10,239 7,269 730 507 10,404	* *	52.4 26.0 18.5 1.8 1.3 26.4	-3.9 -4.3 +7.5
Note:-
2001:	Platt was a consultant pathologist at Staffordshire General Hospital. He sought election in order to draw attention to the effects on medical research of new guidelines issued by the Department of Health on post-mortem examinations of children. Milburn was Secretary of State for Health at the time of the election.

DENTON and REDDISH [130]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,866	66.9	†	A.F. Bennett Mrs. B.E. Nutt I.C. Donaldson	Lab C L Dem	30,137 9,826 6,121 20,311		65.4 21.3 13.3 44.1	+12.4 -12.5 +3.3
2001	69,236	48.5		A.F. Bennett P. Newman R. Fletcher A. Cadwallender	Lab C L Dem UKIP	21,913 6,583 4,152 945 15,330	*	65.2 19.6 12.4 2.8 45.6	-0.2 -1.7 -0.9
2005	67,509	52.5		A.J. Gwynne A.P. Story Mrs. A.K. Seabourne J. Edgar G. Price	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	20,340 6,842 5,814 1,326 1,120 13,498	* *	57.4 19.3 16.4 3.7 3.2 38.1	-7.8 -0.3 +4.0 +0.3

DERBY, NORTH [131]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	75,880	74.0	†	R. Laxton Rt. Hon. G. Knight R.A. Charlesworth P.W.H. Reynolds Mrs. J.H.M. Waters	Lab C L Dem RP PLA	29,844 19,229 5,059 1,816 195 10,615	* *	53.2 34.3 9.0 3.2 0.3 18.9	+12.3 -14.2 -0.5
2001	76,248	57.8		R. Laxton B.L. Holden R.A. Charlesworth	Lab C L Dem	22,415 15,433 6,206 6,982		50.9 35.0 14.1 15.9	-2.3 +0.8 +5.1
2005	68,173	64.3		R. Laxton R. Aitken-Davies J.W.R. Beckett M.A. Bardoe Mrs. M.E. Medgyesy	Lab C L Dem VP UKIP	19,272 15,515 7,209 958 864 3,757	* *	44.0 35.4 16.4 2.2 2.0 8.6	-6.9 +0.4 +2.4

DERBY, SOUTH [132]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	76,157	68.0	†	Rt. Hon. Mrs. M.M. Beckett J. Arain J.W.R. Beckett J.K. Browne R. Evans	Lab C L Dem RP N Dem	29,154 13,048 7,438 1,862 317 16,106	* *	56.3 25.2 14.3 3.6 0.6 31.1	+8.0 -15.7 +3.5
2001	77,082	55.9		Rt. Hon. Mrs. M.M. Beckett S.A. Spencer A.P. Hanson	Lab C L Dem	24,310 10,455 8,310 13,855		56.4 24.3 19.3 32.1	+0.2 -0.9 +4.9
2005	70,397	61.6		Rt. Hon. Mrs. M.M. Beckett Mrs. L.H. Care D.H.G. Brackenbury D.W. Black G.F. Leeming	Lab L Dem C UKIP VP	19,683 14,026 8,211 845 608 5,657	* *	45.4 32.3 18.9 2.0 1.4 13.0	-11.1 +13.0 -5.3

DONCASTER CENTRAL [133]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,965	63.9		Miss R. Winterton D.C. Turtle S.P. Tarry M.J. Clift M.A. Kenny J.F. Redden P. Davies	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P PLA UKIP	26,961 9,105 4,091 1,273 854 694 462 17,856	* * * *	62.1 20.9 9.4 2.9 2.0 1.6 1.1 41.2	+7.7 -12.5 -2.4
2001	65,690	51.6		Miss R. Winterton G. Meggitt M.J. Southcombe D.A. Gordon Miss J.A. Terry	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA	20,034 8,035 4,390 926 517 11,999	* *	59.1 23.7 13.0 2.7 1.5 35.4	-3.0 +2.7 +3.5 +1.7
2005	65,731	52.3		Miss R. Winterton P.J. Wilson S.N. Kerner J.C. Wikinson A.J. Simmons	Lab L Dem C BNP UKIP	17,617 7,815 6,489 1,239 1,191 9,802	* *	51.3 22.7 18.9 3.6 3.5 28.5	-7.8 +9.8 -4.8 +0.7

DUDLEY, NORTH [134]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,886	69.4		R.F. Cranston C.V.F. MacNamara G.P.T. Lewis M. Atherton S.D. Bavester G.E. Cartwright S. Darby	Lab C L Dem S Lab P RP NF N Dem	24,471 15,014 3,939 2,155 1,201 559 469 9,457	* * * *	51.2 31.4 8.2 4.5 2.5 1.2 1.0 19.8	+5.7 -12.3 -1.5
2001	68,964	55.9		R.F. Cranston A.J. Griffiths R.G. Burt S. Darby	Lab C L Dem BNP	20,095 13,295 3,352 1,822 6,800	*	52.1 34.5 8.7 4.7 17.6	+0.9 +3.1 +0.5 +3.7
2005	68,314	60.6		I.C. Austin I.M. Hillas G.P.T. Lewis S. Darby P.M. Davis	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	18,306 12,874 4,257 4,022 1,949 5,432	*	44.2 31.1 10.3 9.7 4.7 13.1	-7.9 -3.4 +1.6 +5.0

DUDLEY, SOUTH [135]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,793	71.7	†	I.P. Pearson G.M. Simpson R.G. Burt C. Birch	Lab C L Dem RP	27,124 14,097 5,214 1,467 13,027	*	56.6 29.4 10.9 3.1 27.2	+9.6 -12.5 -0.2
2001	65,579	55.4		I.P. Pearson J.A. Sugarman Mrs. L.J. Burt J.F. Westwood Mrs. A. Thompson	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA	18,109 11,292 5,421 859 663 6,817	* *	49.8 31.1 14.9 2.4 1.8 18.7	-6.8 +1.6 +4.0
2005	64,829	60.6		I.P. Pearson M.A. Longhi J.M. Bramall J.S. Salvage A. Benion	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	17,800 13,556 4,808 1,841 1,271 4,244	* *	45.3 34.5 12.3 4.7 3.2 10.8	-4.5 +3.4 -2.7 +0.9

EASTBOURNE [136]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,347	72.8	†	N.C. Waterson C.J. Berry D.J. Lines T.J. Lowe Mrs. M-T. Williamson J. Dawkins	C L Dem Lab RP L NLP	22,183 20,189 6,576 2,724 741 254 1,994	* *	42.1 38.3 12.5 5.2 1.4 0.5 3.8	-10.9 -2.9 +7.8
2001	75,170	59.6		N.C. Waterson C.J. Berry Mrs. G.M. Roles B.M. Jones Mrs. M-T. Williamson	C L Dem Lab UKIP L	19,738 17,584 5,967 907 574 2,154	* *	44.1 39.3 13.3 2.0 1.3 4.8	+2.0 +0.9 +0.8 -0.1
2005	74,759	64.7		N.C. Waterson S.A.C. Lloyd A.M. Jones A.P. Meggs C.D. Gross	C L Dem Lab UKIP GP	21,033 19,909 5,268 1,233 949 1,124	* *	43.5 41.1 10.9 2.5 2.0 2.4	-0.6 +1.9 -2.4 +0.5

EASTLEIGH [137]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,405	76.6	†	D.W.G. Chidgey S.H. Reid A. Lloyd V.J. Eldridge P.W. Robinson	L Dem C Lab RP UKIP	19,453 18,699 14,883 2,013 446 754	* *	35.1 33.7 26.8 3.6 0.8 1.4	+5.4 -17.2 +7.4
2001	74,603	63.8		D.W.G. Chidgey C.D. Burns R.H. Jaffa S.C. Challis Mrs. M. Lyn	L Dem C Lab UKIP GP	19,360 16,302 10,426 849 636 3,058	* *	40.7 34.3 21.9 1.8 1.3 6.4	+5.6 +0.6 -4.9 +1.0
2005	75,740	65.7		C.M.P. Huhne C.D. Burns C.J. Watt C.P.Y. Murphy	L Dem C Lab UKIP	19,216 18,648 10,238 1,669 568	*	38.6 37.5 20.6 3.3 1.1	-2.1 +3.2 -1.3 +1.6

ECCLES [138]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	69,645	65.6		I. Stewart G.L.G. Barker R.D. Boyd J. de Roeck	Lab C L Dem RP	30,468 8,552 4,905 1,765 21,916	*	66.7 18.7 10.7 3.9 48.0	+9.1 -12.4 +1.1
2001	68,764	48.3		I. Stewart P.J. Caillard R.D. Boyd	Lab C L Dem	21,395 6,867 4,920 14,528		64.5 20.7 14.8 43.8	-2.2 +2.0 +4.1
2005	69,006	50.2		I. Stewart Miss T. Matuk Miss J.E. Brophy P.D. Reeve	Lab C L Dem UKIP	19,702 6,816 6,429 1,685 12,886	*	56.9 19.7 18.5 4.9 37.2	-7.6 -1.0 +3.7

EPSOM and EWELL [139]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	73,222	74.0	†	Rt. Hon. Sir A.G. Hamilton P.J. Woodford J.W. Vincent C.P. MacDonald H.S. Green H. Charlton Miss K.F. Weeks	C Lab L Dem RP UKIP GP PLA	24,717 13,192 12,380 2,355 544 527 466 11,525	* * * *	45.6 24.3 22.9 4.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 21.3	-15.4 +9.3 -0.4
2001	74,266*	62.8		C.S. Grayling C.J. Mansell J.W. Vincent G.R. Webster-Gardiner	C Lab L Dem UKIP	22,430 12,350 10,316 1,547 10,080	*	48.1 26.5 22.1 3.3 21.6	+2.5 +2.1 -0.7 +2.3
2005	75,128	66.4		C.S. Grayling J.C. Lees C.J. Mansell P.J. Kefford	C L Dem Lab UKIP	27,146 10,699 10,265 1,769 16,447	*	54.4 21.5 20.6 3.5 32.9	+6.3 -0.7 -5.9 +0.2

ESHER and WALTON [140]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	72,236	74.3	†	I.C. Taylor Miss J.A. Reay G.M. Miles A.A.C. Cruickshank B.M. Collignon Miss S. Kay	C Lab L Dem RP UKIP Rainbow	26,747 12,219 10,937 2,904 558 302 14,528	* *	49.8 22.8 20.4 5.4 1.0 0.6 27.0	-10.9 +5.4 -1.6
2001	73,541*	61.9		I.C. Taylor J. McGowan M.J.P. Marsh B.M. Collignon	C Lab L Dem UKIP	22,296 10,758 10,241 2,236 11,538	*	49.0 23.6 22.5 4.9 25.4	-0.9 +0.9 +2.1 +3.9
2005	76,870	62.3		I.C. Taylor M.J.P. Marsh R.C.H. Taylor B.M. Collignon J. Chinnery R.G. Cutler	C L Dem Lab UKIP MRLP S Lab P	21,882 14,155 9,309 1,582 608 342 7,727	* * *	45.7 29.6 19.4 3.3 1.3 0.7 16.1	-3.3 +7.1 -4.2 -1.6

EXETER [141]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	79,418	77.9		B.P.J. Bradshaw Dr. A.R. Rogers D. Brewer D.J. Morrish P.A. Edwards Mrs. C.P. Haynes J.K. Meakin	Lab C L Dem L GP UKIP UKPP	29,398 17,693 11,148 2,062 643 638 282 11,705	* * * *	47.5 28.6 18.0 3.3 1.0 1.0 0.5 18.9	+11.3 -12.5 -1.4
2001	81,946	64.2		B.P.J. Bradshaw Mrs. A.M. Jobson R.A.A. Copus D.J. Morrish P.A. Edwards J.S. Stuart F.D. Choules	Lab C L Dem L GP UKIP SA	26,194 14,435 6,512 2,596 1,240 1,109 530 11,759	* * * *	49.8 27.4 12.4 4.9 2.4 2.1 1.0 22.4	+2.3 -1.2 -5.6 +1.6 +1.3 +1.1
2005	83,105	66.3		B.P.J. Bradshaw P.J. Cox J.W.R. Underwood Mrs. M.E. Danks T.J.R. Brenan M. Fitzgeorge-Parker J.S. Stuart	Lab C L Dem L GP UKIP Ind	22,619 14,954 11,340 2,214 1,896 1,854 191 7,665	* * * *	41.1 27.2 20.6 4.0 3.4 3.4 0.3 13.9	-8.7 -0.3 +8.2 +1.1 +1.3

GATESHEAD EAST and WASHINGTON WEST [142]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	64,114	67.2	†	Miss J.G. Quin Miss J.M. Burns A.D. Ord M. Daley	Lab C L Dem RP	31,047 6,097 4,622 1,315 24,950	*	72.1 14.2 10.7 3.0 57.9	+14.1 -13.6 -3.6
2001	64,041	52.5		Miss J.G. Quin R.W.A.L. Beadle Miss E.J. Campbell M.P. Rouse	Lab L Dem C UKIP	22,903 4,999 4,970 743 17,904	*	68.1 14.9 14.8 2.2 53.2	-3.9 +4.1 +0.6
2005	61,421	56.4		Mrs. S. Hodgson F. Hindle L. Martin W.J.E. Batty	Lab L Dem C UKIP	20,997 7,590 4,812 1,269 13,407	*	60.6 21.9 13.9 3.6 38.7	-7.6 +7.0 -0.9 +1.5

GILLINGHAM [143]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,389	72.0	†	P.G. Clark J.R. Couchman R.J. Sayer G.S. Cann C. Mackinlay D.A. Robinson C.J. Jury G. Duguay	Lab C L Dem RP UKIP MRLP BNP NLP	20,187 18,207 9,649 1,492 590 305 195 58 1,980	* * * * *	39.8 35.9 19.0 3.0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 3.9	+16.0 -16.0 -4.4
2001	70,901	59.5		P.G. Clark T.R. Butcher J.N. Hunt A.J.E. Scholefield W.V. Thomas	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA	18,782 16,510 5,755 933 232 2,272	* *	44.5 39.1 13.6 2.2 0.6 5.4	+4.7 +3.2 -5.4 +1.0
2005	70,461	64.1		P.G. Clark T.R. Butcher A.T.O. Stamp C. Mackinlay G.C. Bryan	Lab C L Dem UKIP Ind	18,621 18,367 6,734 1,191 254 254	* *	41.2 40.7 14.9 2.6 0.6 0.6	-3.3 +1.6 +1.3 +0.4

GLOUCESTER [144]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	78,852	73.4	†	Miss T.J. Kingham D.C. French P. Munisamy A.J. Reid A.L. Harris Mrs. M.T. Hamilton	Lab C L Dem RP UKIP NLP	28,943 20,684 6,069 1,482 455 281 8,259	* * *	50.0 35.7 10.5 2.5 0.8 0.5 14.3	+13.2 -9.8 -7.2
2001	81,207	59.4		P.S. Dhanda P.S. James T.J. Bullamore T. Lines S.J.W. Smyth	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA	22,067 18,187 6,875 822 272 3,880	* *	45.8 37.7 14.2 1.7 0.6 8.1	-4.2 +2.0 +3.8 +0.9
2005	81,624	63.5		P.S. Dhanda P.S. James J.E. Hilton G.W. Phipps B.J. Meloy	Lab C L Dem UKIP GP	23,138 18,867 7,825 1,116 857 4,271	* *	44.7 36.4 15.1 2.2 1.6 8.3	-1.1 -1.3 +0.8 +0.4

GOSPORT [145]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,830	70.3	†	P.J. Viggers I.L. Gray S.M. Hogg A.M. Blowers P.F.F. Ettie	C Lab L Dem RP Ind	21,085 14,827 9,479 2,538 426 6,258	*	43.6 30.7 19.6 5.2 0.9 12.9	-14.5 +17.1 -8.0
2001	69,626	57.1		P.J. Viggers R.F. Williams R.D.C. Roberts J.A. Bowles K. Chetwynd	C Lab L Dem UKIP S Lab P	17,364 14,743 6,011 1,162 509 2,621	* *	43.6 37.1 15.1 2.9 1.3 6.5	+0.0 +6.4 -4.5
2005	70,261	61.2		P.J. Viggers R.F. Williams R.D.C. Roberts J.A. Bowles Miss A.C.H. Smith	C Lab L Dem UKIP GP	19,268 13,538 7,145 1,825 1,258 5,730	* *	44.8 31.5 16.6 4.2 2.9 13.3	+1.1 -5.6 +1.5 +1.3
Note:-
1997:	Ettie campaigned in support of pensioners.

GREAT GRIMSBY [146]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,216	66.1	†	A.V. Mitchell D. Godson A. de Freitas	Lab C L Dem	25,765 9,521 7,810 16,244		59.8 22.1 18.1 37.7	+8.8 -14.1 +5.4
2001	63,157	52.3		A.V. Mitchell J.A. Cousins A. De Freitas	Lab C L Dem	19,118 7,634 6,265 11,484		57.9 23.1 19.0 34.8	-1.9 +1.0 +0.9
2005	63,711	51.7		A.V. Mitchell G.E.A. Taylor A. De Freitas S.P. Fyfe M. Grant D.M. Brooks	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP GP	15,512 7,858 6,356 1,338 1,239 661 7,654	* * *	47.0 23.8 19.3 4.1 3.9 2.0 23.2	-10.8 +0.7 +0.3

HALESOWEN and ROWLEY REGIS [147]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,538	73.3		Mrs. S.L. Heal J.G. Kennedy Mrs. E. Todd A.P.R. White Mrs. K.M. Needs T. Weller	Lab C L Dem RP N Dem GP	26,366 16,029 4,169 1,244 592 361 10,337	* * *	54.1 32.9 8.5 2.6 1.2 0.7 21.2	+9.6 -11.9 -1.4
2001	65,683	59.8		Mrs. S.L. Heal L. Jones P.E. Harley A. Sheath	Lab C L Dem UKIP	20,804 13,445 4,089 936 7,359	*	53.0 34.2 10.4 2.4 18.8	-1.1 +1.4 +1.9
2005	65,447	63.1		Mrs. S.L. Heal L. Jones M. Turner Miss N.C. Sinclaire	Lab C L Dem UKIP	19,243 14,906 5,204 1,974 4,337	*	46.5 36.1 12.6 4.8 10.4	-6.4 +1.8 +2.2 +2.4

HALIFAX [148]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	71,701	70.5	†	Mrs. A. Mahon R.C. Light E.J. Waller Mrs. C. Whitaker	Lab C L Dem UKIP	27,465 16,253 6,059 779 11,212	*	54.3 32.2 12.0 1.5 22.1	+10.8 -10.5 -0.8
2001	69,870	57.8		Mrs. A. Mahon J.R. Walsh J. Durkin Mrs. H.E. Martinek	Lab C L Dem UKIP	19,800 13,671 5,878 1,041 6,129	*	49.0 33.8 14.6 2.6 15.2	-5.3 +1.7 +2.6 +1.0
2005	65,041	61.0		Mrs. L. Riordan K.F. Hopkins M.F. Taylor G.J. Wallace T.F. Holmes	Lab/Co-op C L Dem BNP NF	16,579 13,162 7,100 2,627 191 3,417	*	41.8 33.2 17.9 6.6 0.5 8.6	-7.2 -0.7 +3.3

HARROGATE and KNARESBOROUGH [149]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,394	72.9	†	G.P. Willis Rt. Hon. N.S.H. Lamont Mrs. B.A. Boyce J.M. Blackburn	L Dem C Lab Ind C	24,558 18,322 4,151 614 6,236	*	51.5 38.5 8.7 1.3 13.0	+18.2 -13.3 -4.8
2001	65,243	64.6		G.P. Willis A.H. Jones A.J. MacDonald W.J. Brown J.W. Cornforth	L Dem C Lab UKIP PLA	23,445 14,600 3,101 761 272 8,845	* *	55.6 34.6 7.4 1.8 0.6 21.0	+4.0 -3.8 -1.4
2005	65,044	65.9		G.P. Willis Mrs. M.A. Punyer Mrs. L.M. Ferris C.A. Royston C.T. Banner J.W. Allman	L Dem C Lab UKIP BNP Ind	24,113 13,684 3,627 845 466 123 10,429	* * *	56.2 31.9 8.5 2.0 1.1 0.3 24.3	+0.7 -2.7 +1.1 +0.2
Notes:-
1997:	Blackburn sought election as a 'Loyal Conservative'. He was opposed to the selection of Lamont as official Conservative candidate because of Lamont's decision to defy a three-line whip on 1st March 1995.
2005:	Allman was the candidate of 'Alliance For Change'.

HARTLEPOOL [150]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,712	65.6	†	P.B. Mandelson M.A. Horsley R.B. Clark Miss M.A. Henderson	Lab C L Dem RP	26,997 9,489 6,248 1,718 17,508	*	60.7 21.3 14.1 3.9 39.4	+8.9 -13.5 +0.8
2001	68,164	55.8		Rt. Hon. P.B. Mandelson A.A. Robinson N.F.H. Boddy A. Scargill I.J.H. Cameron J.R. Booth	Lab C L Dem S Lab P Ind Ind Lab	22,506 7,935 5,717 912 557 424 14,571	* * *	59.1 20.9 15.0 2.4 1.5 1.1 38.2	-1.6 -0.5 +1.0
(Resignation on appointment as a Commissioner of the European Union)
2004 (30/9)	68,517	45.8		I.D. Wright Mrs. J. Dunn S. Allison J.P. Middleton J.A. Bloom Mrs. I. Ryder J.W. Starkey P.M. Watson C. Herriot Rev. Dr. R.T.B. Rodgers P. Berriman A. Hope R. Carroll R.E. Abrams	Lab L Dem UKIP C RU GP NF Ind S Lab P Ind Ind MRLP Rainbow EDP	12,752 10,719 3,193 3,044 572 255 246 139 95 91 90 80 45 41 2,033	* * * * * * * * * *	40.7 34.2 10.2 9.7 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 6.5	-18.5 +19.2 -11.1 -2.1
2005	68,813	51.5		I.D. Wright Mrs. J. Dunn Miss A.A. Vigar G.A. Springer F. Harrison Mrs. I. Ryder J.N. Hobbs J.C.B. Headbanger	Lab L Dem C UKIP S Lab P GP Ind MRLP	18,251 10,773 4,058 1,256 373 288 275 162 7,478	* * * * *	51.5 30.4 11.4 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 21.1	-7.6 +15.4 -9.4 -1.3
Notes:-
2001:	Cameron was the proprietor of a local taxi and garage business. He was formerly involved with the Liberal Democrats but had resigned from them in opposition to their links with the Labour Party.
	Booth had been an employee of the Labour Party until he was dismissed by Mandelson, in his previous employment, in 1986. He sought election as a 'Genuine Labour' candidate who was more in touch with the Labour movement.
2004:	Watson was sponsored by the campaigning organisation Fathers 4 Justice which advocated equal parenting rights for divorced couples.
	Rodgers sought election as a 'Common Good' candidate.
	Berriman was the proprietor of a boat from which he sold duty free alcohol in international waters. He sought election in order to oppose the attempts by HM Customs and Excise to prevent him trading.

HAVANT [151]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,625	70.4	†	D.L. Willetts Mrs. L.R. Armstrong M.D. Kooner A.F. Green M. Atwal	C Lab L Dem RP Ind	19,204 15,475 10,806 2,395 442 3,729	* *	39.7 32.0 22.4 5.0 0.9 7.7	-13.1 +12.3 -3.7
2001	70,246	57.6		D.L. Willetts P.C. Guthrie Mrs. C.H. Cole K.M. Jacks T.J. Cuell R. Stanley	C Lab L Dem GP UKIP Ind	17,769 13,562 7,508 793 561 244 4,207	* * *	43.9 33.5 18.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 10.4	+4.2 +1.5 -3.8
2005	67,635	61.1		D.L. Willetts Miss S.J. Bogle A.M. Bentley T.M. Dawes S.A. Harris I.R. Johnson R.M. Thomas	C Lab L Dem GP UKIP BNP VP	18,370 11,862 8,358 1,006 998 562 195 6,508	* * * *	44.4 28.7 20.2 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.5 15.7	+0.5 -4.9 +1.6 +0.5 +1.0
Note:-
1997:	Atwal sought election as a 'British Isles People-ist' candidate.

HOUGHTON and WASHINGTON EAST [152]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	67,343	62.1		F. Kemp P.M. Booth K. Miller C.J. Joseph	Lab C L Dem RP	31,946 5,391 3,209 1,277 26,555	*	76.4 12.9 7.7 3.0 63.5	+9.4 -8.8 -3.6
2001	67,946	49.5		F. Kemp A.S. Devenish R.D. Ormerod	Lab C L Dem	24,628 4,810 4,203 19,818		73.2 14.3 12.5 58.9	-3.2 +1.4 +4.8
2005	67,713	51.2		F. Kemp M. Greenfield A.S. Devenish J. Richardson	Lab L Dem C BNP	22,310 6,245 4,772 1,367 16,065	*	64.3 18.0 13.8 3.9 46.3	-8.9 +5.5 -0.5

HOVE [153]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	69,178	69.6		I.K. Caplin J.R.C. Guy T. Pearce S.R. Field J.N.P. Furness P.A.T. Mulligan J.E. Vause	Lab C L Dem RP Ind C GP UKIP	21,458 17,499 4,645 1,931 1,735 644 209 3,959	* * * *	44.6 36.4 9.7 4.0 3.6 1.3 0.4 8.2	+20.1 -12.6 -9.7
2001	71,320	58.9		I.K. Caplin Mrs. J.M. Langston H. De Souza Miss A.P. Ballam A.K. Richards R.K. Franklin N.R. Donovan S. Dobbshead T.S. Major	Lab C L Dem GP SA UKIP L Ind Ind	19,253 16,082 3,823 1,369 531 358 316 196 60 3,171	* * * * * *	45.9 38.3 9.1 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.1 7.6	+1.3 +1.9 -0.5 +1.9 +0.4
2005	69,871	64.1		Miss C.A. Barlow N.E.C. Boles P. Elgood Miss A.P. Ballam S.N. Bower P. O’Keeffe B. Dobbs R.K. Franklin B. Ralfe	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP RU Ind Ind Ind	16,786 16,366 8,002 2,575 575 268 95 78 51 420	* * * * *	37.5 36.5 17.9 5.7 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.0	-8.4 -1.8 +8.8 +2.5 +0.4
Notes:-
1997:	Furness was the candidate of an unofficial Conservative association which he had formed.
2001:	Dobbshead sought election as a candidate of the Freedom Party.
	Major sought election as a 'Kurtz Prescription for Peace' candidate. He was opposed to the construction of a ballistic missile defence system and sought election in order to publicize ideas formulated by Lt. Col. Howard Kurtz USAF (Retd.).
2005:	Dobbs was the candidate of the Subgenius Party.
	Franklin sought election as the candidate of the Silent Majority Party, which he had formed.

HUDDERSFIELD [154]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,837	67.7	†	B.J. Sheerman N.W. Forrow G.J. Beever P.A. McNulty J.L. Phillips	Lab/Co-op C L Dem RP GP	25,171 9,323 7,642 1,480 938 15,848	* *	56.5 20.9 17.2 3.3 2.1 35.6	+7.8 -13.0 +1.2
2001	64,350	55.0		B.J. Sheerman P.A. Baverstock N.D. Bentley J.L. Phillips Mrs. J. Longman G. Hellawell G.M. Randall	Lab/Co-op C L Dem GP UKIP SA S Lab P	18,840 8,794 5,300 1,254 613 374 208 10,046	* * * *	53.2 24.9 15.0 3.5 1.7 1.1 0.6 28.4	-3.2 +3.9 -2.2 +1.4
2005	61,723	56.6		B.J. Sheerman Mrs. E.J. Bone D.G. Meacock Mrs. J. Stewart-Turner K.S.M. Hanson Mrs. T. Quarmby	Lab/Co-op L Dem C GP BNP Ind PLA	16,341 7,990 7,597 1,651 1,036 325 8,351	* * *	46.8 22.9 21.7 4.7 3.0 0.9 23.9	-6.5 +7.9 -3.1 +1.2

HYNDBURN [155]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,931	72.1	†	G.J. Pope P. Britcliffe L. Jones P.S.M. Congdon J.M. Brown	Lab C L Dem RP Ind	26,831 15,383 4,141 1,627 290 11,448	* *	55.6 31.8 8.6 3.4 0.6 23.8	+8.7 -11.3 -1.0
2001	66,533	57.5		G.J. Pope P. Britcliffe W.L. Greene J.C. Tomlin	Lab C L Dem UKIP	20,900 12,681 3,680 982 8,219	*	54.6 33.2 9.6 2.6 21.4	-0.9 +1.3 +1.0
2005	66,543	59.3		G.J. Pope J.R.R. Mawdsley W.L. Greene C.M. Jackson J. Whittaker	Lab C L Dem BNP UKIP	18,136 12,549 5,577 2,444 743 5,587	*	46.0 31.8 14.1 6.2 1.9 14.2	-8.7 -1.3 +4.5 -0.7
Note:-
1997:	Brown opposed corruption in Government and the Transport and General Workers Union.

IPSWICH [156]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	66,947	72.2	†	J.C. Cann S.C. Castle N. Roberts T.T.N. Agnew W.J. Vinyard E.S. Kaplan	Lab C L Dem RP UKIP NLP	25,484 15,048 5,881 1,637 208 107 10,436	* * *	52.7 31.1 12.2 3.4 0.4 0.2 21.6	+8.8 -12.2 +0.8
2001	68,198	57.0		J.C. Cann W.E. Wild T.A. Gilbert W.J. Vinyard P.J.J. Leech S.C. Gratton	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA S Lab P	19,952 11,871 5,904 624 305 217 8,081	* * *	51.3 30.5 15.2 1.6 0.8 0.6 20.8	-1.4 -0.6 +3.0 +1.2
(Death)
2001 (22/11)	68,244	40.2		C.D. Mole P.M. West Mrs. T.J. Munt D.A. Cooper J.P. Wright A.C. Slade J.P. Ramirez P.J.J. Leech N. Winskill	Lab C L Dem CPA UKIP GP LCA SA Ind	11,881 7,794 6,146 581 276 255 236 152 84 4,087	* * * * * *	43.4 28.4 22.4 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 15.0	-7.9 -2.1 +7.2 -0.6 -0.2
2005	68,409	61.2		C.D. Mole P.M. West R.S. Atkins Mrs. A.J. West R.J. Kay Mrs. S. Wainman	Lab C L Dem UKIP EDP Ind	18,336 13,004 8,464 1,134 641 299 5,332	* * *	43.8 31.1 20.2 2.7 1.5 0.7 12.7	-7.5 +0.5 +5.0 +1.1
Notes:-
2001 (22/11):	Winskill was the candidate of the English Independence Party which advocated that England dissolve the Union.
2005:	Wainman sought election as part of a campaign to reopen Broomhill Pool in Ipswich. She was Secretary of the Broomhill Pool Trust.

JARROW [157]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	63,963	68.7		S. Hepburn M.C. Allatt T.N. Stone A.J. LeBlond P.W. Mailer J. Bissett	Lab C L Dem Ind Lab RP SPGB	28,497 6,564 4,865 2,538 1,034 444 21,933	* *	64.8 14.9 11.1 5.8 2.4 1.0 49.9	+2.4 -8.5 -3.0
2001	62,631	55.1		S. Hepburn J. Selby D. Wood A. Badger A.J. LeBlond J. Bissett	Lab L Dem C UKIP Ind Lab SPGB	22,777 5,182 5,056 716 391 357 17,595	* * *	66.1 15.0 14.7 2.1 1.1 1.0 51.1	+1.2 +4.0 -0.3 -4.6 +0.0
2005	61,736	55.0		S. Hepburn C.W. Schardt L.A.S. Jack A. Badger R. Nettleship	Lab L Dem C UKIP Ind	20,554 6,650 4,807 1,567 400 13,904	* *	60.5 19.6 14.1 4.6 1.2 40.9	-5.6 +4.5 -0.5 +2.5
Note:-
1997- 2001:	LeBlond highlighted the issues of taxation, investment in public services, and the National Health Service.
2005:	Nettleship sought election as one who was working in the National Health Service and would act so as to defend it.

KINGSTON UPON HULL, EAST [158]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,400	59.2	†	Rt. Hon. J.L. Prescott A.J. West J.H. Wastling G. Rogers Mrs. M.R. Nolan D.F. Whitley	Lab C L Dem RP PLA NLP	28,870 5,552 3,965 1,788 190 121 23,318	* * *	71.3 13.7 9.8 4.4 0.5 0.3 57.6	+8.4 -10.1 -2.9
2001	66,397	46.5		Rt. Hon. J.L. Prescott Miss J. Swinson Mrs. S. Verma Mrs. J. Jenkinson Mrs. L. Muir	Lab L Dem C UKIP S Lab P	19,938 4,613 4,276 1,218 830 15,325	* *	64.6 14.9 13.9 3.9 2.7 49.7	-6.7 +5.1 +0.1
2005	65,407	47.6		Rt. Hon. J.L. Prescott A.S. Sloan Mrs. K.A. Lindsay A. Siddle Mrs. J.H. Toker G.E. Morris R.E. Noon Mrs. L. Muir C.A. Wagner	Lab L Dem C BNP L VP Ind S Lab P LCA	17,609 5,862 4,138 1,022 1,018 750 334 207 182 11,747	* * * * * *	56.6 18.8 13.3 3.3 3.3 2.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 37.8	-8.0 +3.9 -0.6 -2.1

KINGSTON UPON HULL, NORTH [159]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,091	57.0	†	J.K. McNamara D.S. Lee D.P. Nolan N.A. Scott T.L. Brotheridge	Lab C L Dem RP NLP	25,542 5,837 5,667 1,533 215 19,705	* *	65.8 15.0 14.6 4.0 0.6 50.8	+9.9 -8.6 -5.4
2001	62,938	45.5		J.K. McNamara Miss S. Butterworth P.B. Charlson Miss T.S. Robinson R. Smith C.A. Wagner C.M. Veasey	Lab L Dem C UKIP SA LCA Ind	16,364 5,643 4,902 655 490 478 101 10,721	* * * *	57.1 19.7 17.1 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.4 37.4	-8.7 +5.1 +2.1
2005	62,590	47.3		Miss D.R. Johnson D.G. Healy Mrs. Y.L. Rivlin M.J. Deane B.D. Wainwright Miss T.S. Robinson C.M. Veasey C.A. Wagner	Lab L Dem C GP BNP VP Ind LCA	15,364 8,013 3,822 858 766 389 193 179 7,351	* * * * *	51.9 27.1 12.9 2.9 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.6 24.8	-5.2 +7.4 -4.2 -1.0 +0.3 -1.1
Note:-
2001- 2005:	Veasey sought election as a 'Northern Progress' candidate committed to economic advance of the North of England.

KINGSTON UPON HULL, WEST and HESSLE [160]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	65,349	58.7		A.A. Johnson R.D. Tress C.J. Moore R.F. Bate B.J. Franklin	Lab L Dem C RP NLP	22,520 6,995 6,933 1,596 310 15,525	* *	58.7 18.2 18.1 4.2 0.8 40.5	+7.1 +0.8 -12.2
2001	63,035	45.9		A.A. Johnson J.C. Sharp Mrs. A.E. Wastling J.H. Cornforth D.W. Harris D.E. Skinner	Lab C L Dem UKIP Ind Lab S Lab P	16,880 5,929 4,364 878 512 353 10,951	* * *	58.4 20.5 15.1 3.0 1.8 1.2 37.9	-0.3 +2.4 -3.1
2005	61,494	45.2		Rt. Hon. A.A. Johnson D.P. Nolan Miss K.A. Woods S.J. Wallis	Lab L Dem C VP	15,305 5,855 5,769 889 9,540	*	55.0 21.1 20.7 3.2 33.9	-3.4 +6.0 +0.2

KINGSWOOD [161]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	77,221	77.6	†	R.L. Berry J.L. Howard Mrs. J.B. Pinkerton Mrs. A.H. Reather P.G. Hart A.E. Harding A.D. Nicolson	Lab C L Dem RP BNP NLP Ind	32,181 17,928 7,672 1,463 290 238 115 14,253	* * * *	53.7 29.9 12.8 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 23.8	+13.1 -15.9 -0.8
2001	81,602	64.6		R.L. Berry R. Marven C.J. Greenfield D. Smith	Lab C L Dem UKIP	28,903 14,941 7,747 1,085 13,962	*	54.9 28.4 14.7 2.0 26.5	+1.1 -1.6 +1.9
2005	83,584	67.4		R.L. Berry O.H. Inskip G.C. Brewer J.W. Knight D.G. Burnside	Lab C L Dem UKIP Ind	26,941 18,618 9,089 1,444 669 7,873	* *	47.0 33.1 16.1 2.6 1.2 13.9	-7.8 +4.7 +1.4 +0.5
Note:-
1997:	Nicolson was opposed to plans for new road building in the constituency.

LEEDS, CENTRAL [162]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	68,309	54.2	†	D.J. Fatchett W.E. Wild D.R. Freeman P. Myers M.D. Rix C. Hill	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P SP	25,766 5,077 4,164 1,042 656 304 20,689	* * *	69.6 13.7 11.3 2.8 1.8 0.8 55.9	+5.9 -8.6 -2.7
(Death)
1999 (10/6)	67,302	19.6		Hon. H.J.W. Benn P. Wild W.E. Wild D. Blackburn R. Northgreaves C. Hill J. Fitzgerald	Lab L Dem C GP UKIP LA Ind	6,361 4,068 1,618 478 353 258 51 2,293	* * * *	48.2 30.8 12.3 3.6 2.7 2.0 0.4 17.4	-21.4 +19.6 -1.4 +1.1
2001	65,497	41.7		Hon. H.J.W. Benn Miss V.M. Richmond S.D. Arnold D. Burgess S. Johnston	Lab C L Dem UKIP SA	18,277 3,896 3,607 775 751 14,381	* *	66.9 14.3 13.2 2.8 2.8 52.7	-2.7 +0.5 +2.0 +1.9
2005	63,739	45.8		Rt. Hon. H.J.W. Benn Mrs. C.R. Coleman B.A. Cattell M.A. Collett P. Sewards M. Dear O. Taiwo J. Fitzgerald	Lab L Dem C BNP UKIP Ind Ind Ind	17,526 5,660 3,865 1,201 494 189 126 125 11,866	* * * * *	60.1 19.4 13.2 4.1 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 40.7	-6.9 +6.2 -1.0 -1.1
Notes:-
1999:	Fitzgerald advocated that men and women share equal responsibility for parenting.
2005:	Dear was a leading member of Leeds Coalition Against the War and sought election as a candidate opposed to UK forces’ involvement in the invasion of Iraq.
	Taiwo had suffered racial harassment after moving in to the East End Park area of the constituency and subsequently organised a campaign to promote tolerance. He sought election as part of the campaign and to oppose anti-social behaviour.
	Fitzgerald was sponsored by Alliance for Change. He advocated that men and women take equal responsibility for parenting.

LEEDS, EAST [163]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	57,023	62.8	†	G.E. Mudie J. Emsley Mrs. M.A. Kirk L.M.D. Parish	Lab C L Dem RP	24,151 6,685 3,689 1,267 17,466	*	67.5 18.7 10.3 3.5 48.8	+9.8 -9.6 -3.7
2001	56,400	51.5		G.E. Mudie B.J. Anderson B.D.T. Jennings R. Northgreaves M.A. King P.L.B. Socrates	Lab C L Dem UKIP S Lab P Ind	18,290 5,647 3,923 634 419 142 12,643	* * *	63.0 19.4 13.5 2.2 1.4 0.5 43.6	-4.5 +0.8 +3.2
2005	53,893	55.8		G.E. Mudie A.P. Tear D.D.A. Ponniah P.L.B. Socrates	Lab L Dem C Ind	17,799 6,221 5,557 500 11,578	*	59.2 20.7 18.5 1.6 38.5	-3.8 +7.2 -1.0 +1.2
Note:-
2001- 2005:	Socrates had added the surname of the Greek philosopher to his original name of Peter Lee Boswell. He advocated a system of Athenian democracy.

LEEDS, NORTH EAST [164]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	63,399	71.8	†	F. Hamilton T.J.R. Kirkhope W. Winlow I.S. Rose Miss J. Egan	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P	22,368 15,409 6,318 946 468 6,959	* *	49.1 33.9 13.9 2.1 1.0 15.3	+12.3 -11.5 -2.8
2001	64,123	62.0		F. Hamilton O.M. Rhys J.M. Brown Miss C.E. Foote J.M. Miles C. Muir M.S. Zaman	Lab C L Dem LA UKIP S Lab P Ind	19,540 12,451 6,325 770 382 173 132 7,089	* * * *	49.1 31.3 15.9 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.3 17.8	-0.0 -2.6 +2.0 -0.6
2005	63,314	65.5		F. Hamilton M.R.D. Lobley J.M. Brown Miss C.E. Foote	Lab C L Dem AGS	18,632 13,370 8,427 1,038 5,262	*	44.9 32.3 20.3 2.5 12.6	-4.2 +0.9 +4.4 +0.5

LEEDS, NORTH WEST [165]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	70,833	69.7	†	H. Best K. Hampson Mrs. B.A. Pearce S.N. Emmett R. Lamb R.F. Toone D.S. Duffy	Lab C L Dem RP S Lab P PLA Ind	19,694 15,850 11,689 1,325 335 251 232 3,844	* * * *	39.9 32.1 23.7 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 7.8	+12.6 -10.9 -4.2
2001	72,945	58.2		H. Best A.J. Pritchard D.N.J. Hall-Matthews S.C. Jones	Lab C L Dem UKIP	17,794 12,558 11,431 668 5,236	*	41.9 29.6 26.9 1.6 12.3	+2.0 -2.5 +3.3
2005	71,650	62.4		G.T. Mulholland Mrs. J. Blake G.A. Lee M.F. Hemingway A.D. Knowles Mrs. J. Sutton	L Dem Lab C GP EDP AGS	16,612 14,735 11,510 1,128 545 181 1,877	* * *	37.2 33.0 25.7 2.5 1.2 0.4 4.2	+10.2 -9.0 -3.8
Note:-
1997:	Duffy sought election as the candidate of the 'Ronnie the Rhino Party'.

LEEDS, WEST [166]
Election	Electors	T'out		Candidate	Party	Votes		%	Ch.%
1997	64,194	62.7	†	J.D. Battle J.A. Whelan N.M. Amor W. Finley D. Blackburn N.A.B. Nowosielski	Lab C L Dem RP GP L	26,819 7,048 3,622 1,210 896 625 19,771	* * *	66.7 17.5 9.0 3.0 2.2 1.6 49.2	+11.6 -8.6 +0.1
2001	64,218	50.0		J.D. Battle K.F. Hopkins D. Finlay D. Blackburn W. Finley N.A.B. Nowosielski	Lab C L Dem GP UKIP L	19,943 5,008 3,350 2,573 758 462 14,935	* *	62.1 15.6 10.4 8.0 2.4 1.5 46.5	-4.5 -1.9 +1.4 +5.8 -0.6 -0.1
2005	62,888	53.6		Rt. Hon. J.D. Battle D. Finlay T.A. Metcalfe D. Blackburn Mrs. A.J. Day D. Sewards	Lab L Dem C GP BNP UKIP	18,704 5,894 4,807 2,519 1,166 628 12,810	* *	55.5 17.5 14.2 7.5 3.4 1.9 38.0	-6.7 +7.0 -1.3 -0.5 -0.5

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