Elections in The 1990s
| General Election 1997: Yeovil | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paddy Ashdown | 26,349 | 48.7 | -2.9 | |
| Conservative | Nick Cambrook | 14,946 | 27.7 | -9.3 | |
| Labour | Joe Conway | 8,053 | 14.9 | +5.3 | |
| Referendum Party | John Beveridge | 3,574 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Green | David Taylor | 728 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | John Archer | 306 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Christopher Hudson | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,403 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 53,747 | 72.3 | -9.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| General Election 1992: Yeovil | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paddy Ashdown | 30,958 | 51.7 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Julian Turner Davidson | 22,125 | 36.9 | -4.4 | |
| Labour | Vivien Elson | 5,765 | 9.6 | +2.3 | |
| Green | Jay Oliver Risbridger | 639 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 338 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Anti-Paddy Ashdown Keep Britain Independent | Reginald Simmerson | 70 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,833 | 14.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 59,895 | 82.0 | +2.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
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