Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	25727
Conservative	13958
Liberal	8173

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	31378
Conservative	10532
Left	6760

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th May, 1990
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	14581
Conservative	3214
Liberal	2437
Other	952

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	31933
Conservative	9922
Liberal	4480
Other	217

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	36695
Conservative	5987
Liberal	3954
Other	954

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	26071
Liberal	4755
Conservative	4250
Left	1068
Other	446

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	24820
Liberal	7132
Conservative	4492

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election