| Election | Electors | T'out | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1964 | 6,476 | 13.2 | E.W. Hill
Miss E. Aylward
B. Holmes
D. Lyons | Lab
Lab
Lab
Com | 749
720
711
112
599 | 86.6
13.4
71.4 |
|
|
| 1968 | 6,208 | 10.7 | E.W. Hill
Mrs. I.B. Calnan
B. Holmes
F. Whipple | Lab
Lab
Lab
Com | 504
484
481
135
346 | 78.4
21.6
55.4 | -8.3
+8.3 |
|
| 1971 |
|
| E.W. Hill
B. Holmes
E.D. Penner | Lab
Lab
Lab | unop.
unop.
unop. |
|
|
|
| 1974 | 6,117 | 16.5 | E.W. Hill
B. Holmes
E.D. Penner
D.M. Bain | Lab
Lab
Lab
Com | 833
787
737
127
610 | 86.1
13.9
66.8 |
|
|
| 1978 | 6,698** | 27.0 | A.S. Dorrell
B. Holmes
E.D. Penner
Ms. J.A. Beater
R.J. Bargery
Mrs. S. Bale
F. Whipple
Ms. B.E. Leach | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
NF
NF
Com
WRP | 1,087
1,060
980
360
200
163
117
98
620 | 57.9
20.0
10.1
6.5
5.5
34.5 |
|
|
| 1982 | 6,229 | 27.6 | P.D. Aylmer
B. Holmes
E.D. Penner
S.P. McCall
Ms. L.K. Forrester
Ms. S.M.J. McDonough
Ms. D. Stevens
F. Whipple | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
TA
Com | 939
930
885
410
407
360
296
106
475 | 53.6
22.9
17.3
6.2
27.7 | -4.3
+2.9
-0.3 |
|
| 1986 | 6,742 | 40.7 | Ms. S.M. Carlyle
T.F. Sullivan
J. Alam
J.P. Brett-Freeman
Ms. L.A. Morpurgo
P.D. Truscott
R.S. Evans
Ms. M.A. Bashford
K.R. Collins | Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
NF
C
C | 1,227
1,191
1,142
1,058
924
911
256
241
214
84 | 45.1
36.6
9.7
8.6
3.2 | -8.6
-14.3 |
|
| 1990 | 6,421 | 45.8 | J.R. Biggs
D.J. Gadd
S.U. Ahmed
T.J.B. Cowley
Ms. C.M. McNair
J.S. Randall
D. England
R.J. Ingram
Ms. S-J. Quinlan
M. Martyn | Lab
Lab
Lab
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem
GP
C
C
C | 1,733
1,630
1,628
808
751
673
190
163
138
129
820 | 60.7
27.2
6.9
5.2
29.9 | +15.7
-9.5
-3.4 |
|
| 1994 | 6,230 | 51.3 | J.R. Biggs
M.S. Uddin
D.J. Gadd
P.K. Wearne
A.M. Khan
Ms. L.A. Morpurgo
M. Miah | Lab
Lab
Lab
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem
Ind | 2,213
1,965
1,964
601
589
552
239
1,363 | 71.4
20.3
8.3
47.5 | +10.7
-6.9 |
|
| 1998 | 6,224 | 32.7 | J.R. Biggs
S.U. Ahmed
M.S. Uddin
Mrs. E. Hill | Lab
Lab
Lab
C | 1,412
1,231
1,220
602
618 | 68.1
31.9
32.7 | -3.3 |
|
| Notes:— |
1968-
1971: | Mrs. Calnan became known as Mrs. Vines on her remarriage in December 1968. |
|
| 1982: | Ms. Stevens was sponsored by the Mercers Tenants Association. |
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