Elections in The 2000s
| By-election 2005: Cheadle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Hunter | 19,593 | 52.2 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Day | 15,936 | 42.4 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Martin Miller | 1,739 | 4.6 | −4.2 | |
| Veritas | Leslie Leggett | 218 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Alliance for Change (UK) | John Allman | 81 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,657 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 37,567 | 55.2 | −14.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| General Election 2005: Cheadle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patsy Calton | 23,189 | 48.9 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Day | 19,169 | 40.4 | −1.9 | |
| Labour | Martin Miller | 4,169 | 8.8 | −5.2 | |
| UKIP | Vincent Cavanagh | 489 | 1.0 | −0.4 | |
| BNP | Richard Chadfield | 421 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,020 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,437 | 69.6 | +6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Cheadle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patsy Calton | 18,477 | 42.4 | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Day | 18,444 | 42.3 | −1.3 | |
| Labour | Howard Dawber | 6,086 | 14.0 | −1.7 | |
| UKIP | Vincent Cavanagh | 599 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 33 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 43,606 | 63.2 | -14.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.95 | |||
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