Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By-election, 2011 2010 result voided on petition Electorate: 72,788 Turnout: 34,930 (48.0%) −13.1 |
Labour hold Majority: 3,558 (10.2%) +10.0 Swing: 5.0% from Lib Dem to Lab |
Debbie Abrahams | Labour | 14,718 | 42.1 | +10.2 | ||
| Elwyn Watkins | Liberal Democrat | 11,160 | 31.9 | +0.3 | ||||
| Kashif Ali | Conservative | 4,481 | 12.8 | -13.6 | ||||
| Paul Nuttall | UKIP | 2,029 | 5.8 | +1.9 | ||||
| Derek Adams | BNP | 1,560 | 4.5 | -1.2 | ||||
| Peter Allen | Green | 530 | 1.5 | N/A | ||||
| Nick "The Flying Brick" Delves | Monster Raving Loony | 145 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Stephen Morris | English Democrats | 144 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Loz Kaye | Pirate | 96 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
| David Bishop | Bus-Pass Elvis | 67 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 2010 Electorate: 72,557 Turnout: 44,520 (61.2%) +4.4 |
Labour hold Majority: 103 (0.2%) –10.2 Swing: 5.1% from Lab to Lib Dem |
Phil Woolas | Labour | 14,186 | 31.9 | −10.7 | ||
| Elwyn Watkins | Liberal Democrat | 14,083 | 31.6 | −0.5 | ||||
| Kashif Ali | Conservative | 11,773 | 26.4 | +8.7 | ||||
| Alwyn Stott | BNP | 2,546 | 5.7 | +0.8 | ||||
| David Bentley | UKIP | 1,720 | 3.9 | +1.8 | ||||
| Gulzar Nazir | Christian | 212 | 0.5 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 2005 Electorate: 75,540 Turnout: 43,367 (57.3%) −3.7 |
Labour hold Majority: 3,590 (8.3%) Swing: 1.1% from Lib Dem to Lab |
Phil Woolas | Labour | 17,968 | 41.4 | +2.8 | ||
| Tony Dawson | Liberal Democrat | 14,378 | 33.2 | +0.6 | ||||
| Keith Chapman | Conservative | 7,901 | 18.2 | +2.1 | ||||
| Michael Treacy | BNP | 2,109 | 4.9 | −6.3 | ||||
| Valerie Nield | UKIP | 873 | 2.0 | +0.5 | ||||
| Philip O'Grady | Independent | 138 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 2001 Electorate: 74,511 Turnout: 45,420 (61.0%) −13.0 |
Labour hold Majority: 2,726 (6.0%) −0.3 Swing: 0.13% from Lib Dem to Lab |
Phil Woolas | Labour | 17,537 | 38.6 | −3.1 | ||
| Howard Sykes | Liberal Democrat | 14,811 | 32.6 | −2.8 | ||||
| Craig Heeley | Conservative | 7,304 | 16.1 | −3.6 | ||||
| Michael Treacy | BNP | 5,091 | 11.2 | N/A | ||||
| Barbara Little | UKIP | 677 | 1.5 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1997 New constitituency Electorate: 73,189 Turnout: 73.92% |
Labour win Majority: 3,389 (6.3%) |
Phil Woolas | Labour | 22,546 | 41.7 | +11.5 | ||
| Chris Davies | Liberal Democrat | 19,157 | 35.4 | +1.0 | ||||
| John Hudson | Conservative | 10,666 | 19.7 | −15.7 | ||||
| Douglas Findlay | Referendum Party | 1,116 | 2.0 | N/A | ||||
| John Smith | Socialist Labour | 470 | 0.9 | N/A | ||||
| Ian Dalling | Natural Law | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
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