Party | Candidate | Votes | Percent | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olner, Bill | 30,080 | 56.2% | +10.4% | |
Conservative | Blunt, Richard | 16,540 | 30.9% | -12.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Cockings, Ron | 4,732 | 8.8% | -2.4% | |
Referendum | English, Roy | 1,533 | 2.9% | N/A | |
Local Independent | Bray, David | 390 | 0.7% | N/A | |
UKIP | Everitt, Peter | 238 | 0.4% | N/A | |
Majority | 13,540 | 25.3% | +22.5% | Turnout | 53,513 | 74.3% | -9.4% | Swing | +11.25% |