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| Gerry Steinberg MP | General Election Results |
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Election ResultsResults for elections in 1987, 1992, 1997 & 2001 |
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| Names of candidates refer to last election | ||||||||
| 2001 | % | 1997 | % | 1992 | % | 1987 | % | |
| Turnout | 41832 | 60.1 | 49,135 | 70.9 | 50,859 | 74.6 | 52,047 | 78.2 |
| Labour (G. Steinberg) | 23254 | 56.1 | 31,102 | 63.3 | 27,095 | 53.3 | 23,382 | 44.9 |
| Lib Dem (C. Woods) | 9813 | 23.4 | 7,499 | 15.3 | 10,915 | 21.5 | ||
| Conservative (N. Cartmell) | 7167 | 17.1 | 8,598 | 17.5 | 12,037 | 23.7 | 11,408 | 21.9 |
| UK IP (C. Williamson) | 1252 | 2.9 | ||||||
| Green (S.J. Banks) | 812 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Natural Law (P. Kember) | 213 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Labour Majority | 13441 | 32.1 | 22,504 | 45.8 | 15,058 | 29.6 | 6,125 | 11.8 |