UNITED KINGDOM HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS OF 7 JUNE 2001 ==================================================================== POLLING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== Showing ministerial positions as announced on 12 June 2001 W. ==================================================================== WAKEFIELD 75,750 enrolled, 41,254 (54.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdul Aziz 634 01.5 Janice Cannon 677 01.6 Douglas Dale Lib Dem 5,097 12.4 +01.2 Sarah Greenwood Green 1,075 02.6 Mick Griffiths 541 01.3 David HINCHCLIFFE * Labour 20,592 49.9 -07.5 Thelma Karran Conservative 12,638 30.6 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,254 09.6 04.8 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hinchcliffe (b1948): MP for Wakefield from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALLASEY 64,889 enrolled, 37,346 (57.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Angela EAGLE * Labour 22,718 60.8 -03.8 Peter Reisdorf Lib Dem 4,186 11.2 +02.9 Lesley Rennie Conservative 10,442 28.0 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,346 16.4 03.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Angela Eagle (b1961): MP for Wallasey from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Departments of the Environment and Transport, 1997-98 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security, 1998-2001 Parliamentary Secretary, Home Office, from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALSALL NORTH 66,020 enrolled, 32,312 (48.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Church 410 01.3 Michael Heap Lib Dem 2,923 09.0 -00.3 Jenny Mayo 812 02.5 Melvin Pitt Conservative 9,388 29.0 +01.5 David WINNICK * Labour 18,779 58.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,312 14.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Winnick (b1933): MP for Croydon South 1966-70, for Walsall North from 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALSALL SOUTH 62,657 enrolled, 34,899 (55.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek Bennett 974 02.8 Mike Bird Conservative 10,643 30.5 -01.2 Bruce GEORGE * Labour 20,574 58.9 +01.0 Peter Smith 343 01.0 Bill Tomlinson Lib Dem 2,365 06.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,899 14.2 01.1 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce George (b1942): MP for Walsall South from Feb1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTHAMSTOW 64,403 enrolled, 34,429 (53.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Boys Smith Conservative 6,221 18.1 -02.2 Simon Donovan 806 02.3 Barbara Duffy 289 00.8 Peter Dunphy Lib Dem 5,024 14.6 +00.9 Neil GERRARD * Labour 21,402 62.2 -00.9 Gerda Mayer 298 00.9 William Phillips 389 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,429 22.0 00.6 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Gerrard (b1942): MP for Walthamstow from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANSBECK 62,989 enrolled, 37,419 (59.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over LD 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Attwell 482 01.3 Dr Nic Best Green 954 02.5 +00.4 Michael Kirkup 1,076 02.9 Rachael Lake Conservative 4,774 12.8 -01.1 Denis MURPHY * Labour 21,617 57.8 -07.7 Alan Thompson Lib Dem 8,516 22.8 +06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,419 17.5 07.3 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Murphy (b1948): MP for Wansbeck from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANSDYKE 70,728 enrolled, 49,047 (69.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gail Coleshill Lib Dem 7,135 14.5 -02.3 Francis Hayden Green 958 01.9 Dan NORRIS * Labour 22,706 46.3 +02.2 Peter Sandell 655 01.3 Chris Watt Conservative 17,593 35.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,047 05.2 00.8 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Morris (b1960): MP for Wansdyke from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANTAGE 76,129 enrolled, 49,129 (64.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Beer Labour 13,875 28.2 -00.8 David Brooks-Saxl Green 1,062 02.2 +01.1 Neil Fawcett Lib Dem 13,776 28.0 +01.6 Robert JACKSON * Conservative 19,475 39.6 -00.2 Nicholas Tolstoy 941 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,129 05.7 00.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Jackson (b1946): MP for Wantage from 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARLEY 58,071 enrolled, 31,415 (54.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Cockings Lib Dem 3,315 10.5 +00.8 Harbhajan Dardi 1,936 06.2 Mark Pritchard Conservative 7,157 22.8 -01.3 John SPELLAR * Labour 19,007 60.5 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,415 18.8 01.0 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Spellar (b1947): MP for Birmingham Northfield 1982by-83, for Warley West 1992-97, for Warley from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 1997-99 Minister of State for Defence (Armed Forces) 1999-2001 Minister for Transport, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGTON NORTH 72,445 enrolled, 38,910 (53.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen JONES * Labour 24,026 61.7 -00.4 Jack Kirkham 782 02.0 Roy Smith Lib Dem 5,232 13.4 +03.0 James Usher Conservative 8,870 22.8 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,910 19.4 00.4 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen Jones (b1954): MP for Warrington North from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGTON SOUTH 74,283 enrolled, 45,487 (61.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Barlow Lib Dem 7,419 16.3 +03.2 Joan Kelley 637 01.4 Caroline Mosley Conservative 15,022 33.0 +00.5 Helen SOUTHWORTH * Labour 22,409 49.3 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,487 08.1 01.7 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen Southworth (b1956): MP for Warrington South from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON 81,405 enrolled, 53,539 (65.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Campbell-Bannerman Conservative 20,155 37.6 -02.3 Linda Forbes Lib Dem 5,964 11.1 -00.8 Clare Kime 664 01.2 James PLASKITT * Labour 26,108 48.8 +04.3 Greville Warwick 648 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,539 05.6 02.8 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Plaskitt (b1954): MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARWICKSHIRE NORTH 73,828 enrolled, 44,409 (60.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Flynn 950 02.1 Mike O'BRIEN * Labour 24,023 54.1 -04.3 Geoff Parsons Conservative 14,384 32.4 +01.2 William Powell Lib Dem 5,052 11.4 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,409 10.8 02.8 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael O'Brien (b1954): MP for Warwickshire North from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 1997-2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WATFORD 75,724 enrolled, 46,372 (61.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Berry 420 00.9 Duncan Hames Lib Dem 8,088 17.4 +00.6 Denise Kingsley Green 900 01.9 Michael McManus Conservative 15,437 33.3 -01.5 Edmund Stewart-Mole 535 01.1 Claire WARD * Labour 20,992 45.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,372 06.0 00.8 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claire Ward (b1972): MP for Watford from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAVENEY 76,585 enrolled, 47,167 (61.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Aylett 1,097 02.3 Robert BLIZZARD * Labour 23,914 50.7 -05.6 Graham Elliot Green 983 02.1 Rupert Mallin 442 00.9 Lee Scott Conservative 15,361 32.6 -01.7 David Young Lib Dem 5,370 11.4 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,167 09.0 01.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Blizzard (b1950): MP for Waveney from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEALDEN 83,066 enrolled, 52,756 (63.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kathy Fordham Labour 10,705 20.3 +03.1 Charles HENDRY + Conservative 26,279 49.8 00.0 Steve Murphy Lib Dem 12,507 23.7 -02.0 Keith Riddle 1,539 02.9 Julian Salmon Green 1,273 02.4 Cyril Thornton 453 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,756 13.0 01.0 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Hendry (b1959): MP for High Peak 1992-97, MP for Wealden from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEAVER VALE 68,236 enrolled, 39,271 (57.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Bradshaw 559 01.4 Michael Cooksley 1,484 03.8 Carl Cross Conservative 10,974 27.9 -00.7 Nigel Griffiths Lib Dem 5,643 14.4 +02.1 Mike HALL * Labour 20,611 52.5 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,271 12.3 01.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Hall (b1952): MP for Warrington South 1992-97, for Weaver Vale from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGBOROUGH 77,389 enrolled, 51,006 (65.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Bone Conservative 21,512 42.2 -01.6 Anthony Ellwood 864 01.7 Peter Gaskell Lib Dem 4,763 09.3 -00.1 Paul STINCHCOMBE * Labour 23,867 46.8 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,006 02.3 02.2 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Stinchcombe (b1962): MP for Wellingborough from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLS 74,189 enrolled, 51,314 (69.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon David HEATHCOAT-AMORY * Conservative 22,462 43.8 +04.4 Colin Bex 167 00.3 Andy Merryfield Labour 7,915 15.4 -02.7 Graham Oakes Lib Dem 19,666 38.3 -00.1 Steve Reed 1,104 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,314 02.7 02.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Heathcote-Amory (b1949): MP for Wells from 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Environment 1989-90 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy 1990-92 Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1993-94 Paymaster-General 1994-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELWYN HATFIELD 67,004 enrolled, 42,821 (63.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Biggs 798 01.9 Daniel Cooke Lib Dem 6,021 14.1 +00.6 Melanie JOHNSON * Labour 18,484 43.2 -03.9 Fiona Pinto 230 00.5 Grant Shapps Conservative 17,288 40.4 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,821 01.4 03.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melanie Johnson (b1955): MP for Welwyn Hatfield from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1999-2001 Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH 64,033 enrolled, 33,778 (52.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John HEALEY * Labour 22,798 67.5 -04.8 Mike Roberts Conservative 6,349 18.8 +03.8 David Wildgoose Lib Dem 3,652 10.8 +01.5 John Wilkinson 979 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,778 24.3 04.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Healey (b1960): MP for Wentworth from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills, from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST BROMWICH EAST 61,198 enrolled, 32,664 (53.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Garrett Lib Dem 4,507 13.8 -01.1 Steven Grey 835 02.6 Sheera Johal 585 01.8 David MacFarlane Conservative 8,487 26.0 +01.6 Tom WATSON + Labour 18,250 55.9 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,664 14.9 01.4 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Watson: MP for West Bromwich East from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST BROMWICH WEST 66,777 enrolled, 31,840 (47.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Speaker over Ind 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian BAILEY * Labour 19,352 60.8 Karen Bissell Conservative 7,997 25.1 John Salvage 1,428 04.5 Baghwant Singh 396 01.2 Sadie Smith Lib Dem 2,168 06.8 Kevin Walker 499 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,840 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This seat was won in 1997 by Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd, Speaker of the House of Commons, who was not opposed by the Conservative or Liberal Democrat parties. Boothroyd polled 65.3% of the vote. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bailey: MP for West Bromwich West from 2000by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST HAM 59,828 enrolled, 29,273 (48.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony BANKS * Labour 20,449 69.9 -03.0 Gerard Batten 657 02.2 Jackie Chandler Oatts Green 1,197 04.1 Paul Fox Lib Dem 2,166 07.4 00.0 Syed Kamall Conservative 4,804 16.4 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,273 26.7 01.8 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Banks (b1945): MP for Newham North-West 1983-97, for West Ham from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage 1997-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTBURY 75,911 enrolled, 50,628 (66.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Booth-Jones 1,261 02.5 Sarah Cardy Labour 10,847 21.4 +00.3 Bob Gledhill Green 1,216 02.4 David Vigar Lib Dem 16,005 31.6 +01.7 Dr Andrew MURRISON + Conservative 21,299 42.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,628 05.2 00.1 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Murrison (b1961): MP for Westbury from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN ISLES 21,807 enrolled, 13,159 (60.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over SNP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne Lib Dem 849 06.4 +03.3 Calum MacDONALD * Labour 5,924 45.0 -10.6 Alasdair Nicholson SNP 4,850 36.9 +03.5 Douglas Taylor Conservative 1,250 09.5 +02.9 Joanne Telfer 286 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,159 04.0 07.1 > SNP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calum Macdonald (b1956): MP for Western Isles from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND AND LONSDALE 70,637 enrolled, 47,903 (67.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bateson Labour 5,234 10.9 -09.7 Tim Bell 292 00.6 Tim COLLINS * Conservative 22,486 46.9 +04.6 Tim Farron Lib Dem 19,339 40.4 +06.8 Robert Gibson 552 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,903 03.2 01.2 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Collins (b1964): MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTON-SUPER-MARE 74,343 enrolled, 46,680 (62.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian COTTER * Lib Dem 18,424 39.5 -00.6 Derek Kraft Labour 9,235 19.8 +01.9 Bill Lukins 650 01.4 John Penrose Conservative 18,086 38.7 +01.0 John Peverelle 206 00.4 Richard Sibley 79 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,680 00.4 00.8 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Cotter (b1938): MP for Weston-Super-Mare from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIGAN 64,040 enrolled, 33,591 (52.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 25.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Beswick Lib Dem 4,970 14.8 +04.8 Dave Lowe 886 02.6 Mark Page Conservative 6,996 20.8 +03.9 Neil TURNER * Labour 20,739 61.7 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,591 20.4 05.4 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Turner: MP for Wigan from 2000by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILTSHIRE NORTH 79,524 enrolled, 52,948 (66.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Dowdney 1,090 02.1 Jo Garton Labour 7,556 14.3 00.0 James GRAY * Conservative 24,090 45.5 +01.7 Hugh Pym Lib Dem 20,212 38.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,948 03.6 00.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gray (b1954): MP for Wiltshire North from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMBLEDON 63,930 enrolled, 41,109 (64.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mariana Bell 414 01.0 Roger CASALE * Labour 18,806 45.7 +02.9 Roger Glencross 479 01.2 Stephen Hammond Conservative 15,062 36.6 00.0 Martin Pierce Lib Dem 5,341 13.0 -03.6 Rajeev Thacker Green 1,007 02.4 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,109 04.5 01.4 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Casale (b1960): MP for Wimbledon from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WINCHESTER 81,852 enrolled, 59,158 (72.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Hayes Conservative 22,648 38.3 -03.8 Joan Martin 664 01.1 Mark OATEN * Lib Dem 32,282 54.6 +12.5 Henrietta Rouse 66 00.1 Stephen Wyeth Labour 3,498 05.9 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,158 08.1 08.1 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Oaten (b1964): MP for Winchester from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WINDSOR 69,136 enrolled, 42,110 (60.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Fagan 1,062 02.5 Mark Muller Labour 10,137 24.1 +05.8 Nick Pinfield Lib Dem 11,011 26.1 -02.6 Michael TREND * Conservative 19,900 47.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,110 10.6 00.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Trend (b1952): MP for Windsor and Maidenhead 1992-97, for Windsor from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRRAL SOUTH 60,653 enrolled, 39,818 (65.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben CHAPMAN * Labour 18,890 47.4 -03.5 Phillip Gilchrist Lib Dem 7,087 17.8 +07.4 Anthony Millard Conservative 13,841 34.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,818 06.3 00.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Chapman (b1940): MP for Wirral South from 1997by 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