General Election Results

Mar 24, 2010 at 23:56
HBM in Democracy, Election

See the results going back to 1983...

2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	21,699	49.6	-0.7
	Labour	Iris Johnston	14,065	32.2	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Barnard	6,279	14.4	+3.4
	UKIP	Timothy Stocks	1,689	3.9	+1.6
Majority			7,634	17.5
Turnout			43,732	60.1	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

 

2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	21,050	50.3	+6.2
	Labour	James Stewart Laing	14,400	34.4	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Seth Proctor	4,603	11.0	-0.4
	UKIP	John Moore	980	2.3	+1.4
	Independent (politician)	David Shortt	440	1.1	N/A
	National Front	Thomas Holmes	395	0.9	N/A
Majority			6,650	15.9
Turnout			41,868	59.0	-9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	21,586	44.1
	Labour	Iris Johnston	18,820	38.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Kendrick	5,576	11.4
	Referendum Party	M Chambers	2,535	5.2
	UKIP	J E Haines	438	1.1
Majority			2,766	5.7
Turnout			48,955	68.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	30,867	57.2
	Labour	A M Bretman	12,657	23.46
	Liberal Democrat	J L Phillips	9,563	17.72
	Green	H F Dawe	873	1.62
Majority			18,210	33.75
Turnout			53,960	76.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	29,225	58.03
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	N R M Cranston	11,745	23.32
	Labour	A M Bretman	8,395	16.67
	Green	D R Condor	996	1.98
Majority			17,480	34.71
Turnout			50,361	72.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gale	26,801	58.44
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	W MacMillan	12,256	26.72
	Labour	Cherie Booth	6,482	14.13
	BNP	B Dobing	324	0.71
Majority			14,051	32.37
Turnout			45,863	70.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

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