1997 result: Tess Kingham, Labour, 28,943, Douglas French, Conservative, 20,684, Pitambarum Munisamy, Liberal Democrat, 6,069, Andrew Reid, Referendum, 1,482, Anthony Harris, UK Independence Party, 455, Moira Hamilton, Natural Law, 281. Labour majority 8,259
Candidates 2001: Timothy Bullamore, Liberal Democrat, Permjit Dhanda, Labour, Paul James, Conservative, Terry Lines, UK Independence Party, Stewart Smyth, Socialist Alliance.
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