Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	18995	Elected
Conservative	13141
Social Democratic Party	9216

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	21551	Elected
Conservative	14840
Social Democratic Party	7099

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	23896	Elected
Conservative	16524
Liberal Democrat	5062
Natural Law	327

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election