1997 result: Diana Organ, Labour, 24,203, Paul Marland, Conservative, 17,860, Anthony Lynch, Liberal Democrat, 6,165, Dominic Hopkins, Referendum, 1,624, Gerald Morgan, Independent, 218, Colin Palmer, 21st Century, 80, Stephen Porter, Independent, 34. Labour majority 6,343.
Candidates 2001: David Gayler, Liberal Democrat, Mark Harper, Conservative, Gerald Morgan, Independent, Diana Organ, Labour, Simon Pickering, Green Party, Allen Prout, UK Independence Party.
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