# Broadheath (Trafford ward)

Broadheath is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, covering the Broadheath area of Altrincham, part of Timperley, and a small part of Sale.

## Councillors

As of 2022, the councillors are Amy Whyte (Labour), Serena Carr (Labour), and Denise Western (Labour).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1973 | F. Metcalf (Con) | D. Stroud (Con) | O. Wilson (Con) |
| 1975 | F. Metcalf (Con) | D. Stroud (Con) | C. Harrison (Con) |
| 1976 | F. Metcalf (Con) | Richard Finch (Con) | C. Harrison (Con) |
| Mar 1977 | M. Currie (Con) | Richard Finch (Con) | C. Harrison (Con) |
| 1978 | M. Currie (Con) | Richard Finch (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1979 | M. Currie (Con) | Richard Finch (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1980 | M. Currie (Con) | Paul Dolan (Lab) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1982 | M. Currie (Con) | Paul Dolan (Lab) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1983 | M. Currie (Con) | Paul Dolan (Lab) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1984 | M. Currie (Con) | H. Lawton (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1986 | John Hyland (Lab) | Michael Barltrop (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1987 | John Hyland (Lab) | Michael Barltrop (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1988 | John Hyland (Lab) | Michael Barltrop (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1990 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Michael Barltrop (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1991 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Michael Barltrop (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1992 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1994 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Lydia Burton (Con) |
| 1995 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 1996 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 1998 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 1999 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Kathy Bullock (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 2000 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Ken Weston (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 2002 | Jane Baugh (Lab) | Ken Weston (Con) | Julia Chapman-Barker (Lab) |
| 2003 | Jane Baugh (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | Brenda Houghraghan (Con) |
| 2004 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | James Pearson (Con) |
| 2006 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | James Pearson (Con) |
| 2007 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | James Pearson (Con) |
| 2008 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | James Pearson (Con) |
| 2010 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | Jacki Wilkinson (Con) |
| 2011 | Brenda Houraghan (Con) | Ken Weston (Con) | Jacki Wilkinson (Con) |
| 2012 | Denise Western (Lab) | Ken Weston (Con) | Jacki Wilkinson (Con) |
| Jan 2014 | Denise Western (Lab) | Helen Boyle (Lab) | Jacki Wilkinson (Con) |
| May 2014 | Denise Western (Lab) | Helen Boyle (Lab) | Louise Dagnall (Lab) |
| 2015 | Denise Western (Lab) | Stephen Anstee (Con) | Louise Dagnall (Lab) |
| 2016 | Denise Western (Lab) | Stephen Anstee (Con) | Louise Dagnall (Lab) |
| 2017 | Denise Western (Lab) | Stephen Anstee (Con) | Amy Whyte (Lab) |
| 2018 | Denise Western (Lab) | Stephen Anstee (Con) | Amy Whyte (Lab) |
| 2019 | Denise Western (Lab) | Serena Carr (Lab) | Amy Whyte (Lab) |
| 2021 | Denise Western (Lab) | Serena Carr (Lab) | Amy Whyte (Lab) |
| 2022 | Denise Western (Lab) | Serena Carr (Lab) | Amy Whyte (Lab) |
| 2023 | Denise Western (Lab) | Amy Whyte (Lab) | Kaushik Chakraborty (Con) |
| 2024 | Denise Western (Lab) | Amy Whyte (Lab) | Ulrich Savary (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates by-election.

## Elections in the 2020s
### May 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ulrich Savary | 1,716 | 41.1 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Kaushik Chakraborty* | 1,710 | 41.0 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Alexander Young | 271 | 6.5 | −3.1 |
| | Reform UK | Andrew Brougham-Holland | 219 | 5.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 179 | 4.3 | −2.5 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 56 | 1.3 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,168 | 47.4 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,787 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.4 | |

### May 2023

2023 (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denise Western* | 1,695 | 43.2% |
| | Labour | Amy Whyte* | 1,674 | 42.7% |
| | Conservative | Kaushik Chakraborty | 1,585 | 40.4% |
| | Labour | Ulrich Savary | 1,566 | 39.9% |
| | Conservative | Prakash Nathani | 1,294 | 33.0% |
| | Conservative | Russell Scharosch | 1,207 | 30.8% |
| | Green | Francesca Chandler | 375 | 9.6% |
| | Green | Marian Dodds | 272 | 6.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 268 | 6.8% |
| | Green | Alexander Young | 268 | 6.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Bird | 252 | 6.4% |
| | Independent | John Farndon | 192 | 4.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Miller | 162 | 4.1% |
| | Britain First | Donald Southworth | 153 | 3.9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 33 | 0.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,921 | 44.7% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,771 | |

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Amy Whyte* | 1,894 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative | Kaushik Chakraborty | 1,649 | 39.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 265 | 6.3 |
| | Green | Alexander Young | 263 | 6.2 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 140 | 3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,073 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4220 | 41.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Western* | 2,260 | 48.6 | 1.6 |
| | Conservative | Kaushik Chakraborty | 1,708 | 36.8 | 4.2 |
| | Green | Alexander Young | 319 | 6.9 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 216 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 120 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | 11.9 | 6.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 22 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,149 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,646 | 45.8 | 4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |

## Elections in the 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Serena Carr | 1,904 | 47.3 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | Shengke Zhi | 1,219 | 30.3 | 10.4 |
| | Green | Daniel Gresty | 346 | 8.6 | 4.8 |
| | UKIP | Norine Napier | 255 | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 219 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 87 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 16.9 | 8.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,960 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,030 | 40.64 | 2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Amy Whyte* | 2,077 | 49.3 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Kate Burke | 1,716 | 40.7 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Marriott | 170 | 4.0 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Daniel Gresty | 160 | 3.8 | +2.0 |
| | UKIP | Mike Bayley-Sanderson | 56 | 1.3 | −0.8 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 33 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 8.6 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,212 | 42.6 | −1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2017 (by-election)

By-election 4 May 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Amy Marie Whyte | 2,086 | 46.0 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Dave Morgan | 1,778 | 40.9 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Alexander Latham | 271 | 6.2 | +1.1 |
| | UKIP | Mike Bayley-Sanderson | 91 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Joe Ryan | 80 | 1.8 | −2.0 |
| | Independent | Stephen John Farndon | 36 | 0.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 7.1 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4342 | 44.3 | +2.5 |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Western* | 1,877 | 47.0 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil Ferguson | 1,641 | 41.0 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 204 | 5.1 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Owain Sutton | 152 | 3.8 | 0 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farndon | 105 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 5.9 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,995 | 41.8 | −27.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Anstee | 3,274 | 49.0 | +11.6 |
| | Labour | Aidan Williams | 2,659 | 39.8 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 489 | 7.3 | +3.3 |
| | Green | David Eatock | 254 | 3.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 615 | 8.2 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,676 | 69.0 | +23.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Louise Dagnall | 1,660 | 43.4 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacki Wilkinson* | 1,431 | 37.4 | −1.5 |
| | UKIP | Ron George | 413 | 10.8 | +4.6 |
| | Green | Sara Ahsan | 191 | 4.9 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Jones | 129 | 3.3 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 5.9 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,824 | 41.4 | +2.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### January 2014 (by-election)

By-election 16 January 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Boyle | 1,377 | 44.5 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Brenda Houraghan | 1,258 | 40.6 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Ron George | 234 | 7.5 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Jones | 150 | 4.8 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Joe Ryan | 67 | 2.2 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 3.8 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,097 | 30.3 | −8.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Western | 1,662 | 46.3 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Brenda Houraghan* | 1,397 | 38.9 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | John Walsh | 221 | 6.2 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Sara Ahsan | 156 | 4.3 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 152 | 4.2 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 7.4 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,588 | 38.8 | −7.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ken Weston* | 1,879 | 43.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Leask | 1,757 | 40.4 | +11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Taylor | 307 | 7.1 | −17.7 |
| | UKIP | John Walsh | 205 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Green | Sara Ahsan | 202 | 4.6 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 2.8 | −9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,350 | 45.9 | −20.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacki Wilkinson | 2,569 | 41.9 | −12.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Western | 1,799 | 29.3 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Wilson | 1,519 | 24.8 | +14.0 |
| | Green | Christine McLaughlin | 247 | 4.0 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 770 | 12.6 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,134 | 66.2 | +30.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 2000s
### May 2008

2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Houraghan* | 1,681 | 54.1 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Andrew Western | 836 | 26.9 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Armaan Chohan | 334 | 10.8 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Martin Bate | 255 | 8.2 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 845 | 27.2 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,106 | 35.5 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2007

2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ken Weston* | 1,530 | 51.2 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Baugh | 834 | 27.9 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 397 | 13.3 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Martin Bate | 226 | 7.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 696 | 23.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,987 | 36.4 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2006

2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Pearson* | 1,392 | 49.6 | −8.8 |
| | Labour | Ian Golding | 725 | 25.8 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 428 | 15.2 | +8.5 |
| | Green | Martin Bate | 263 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 667 | 23.8 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,808 | 35.8 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2004

2004 (after boundary changes) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Houraghan* | 1,905 | 20.5 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Weston* | 1,833 | 19.7 | |
| | Conservative | James Pearson | 1,686 | 18.2 | |
| | Labour | Ian Golding | 1,193 | 12.8 | |
| | Labour | Helen Walsh | 1,081 | 11.6 | |
| | Labour | Martin Williams | 968 | 10.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryn Mallion | 621 | 6.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,287 | 45.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### May 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Houraghan | 2,271 | 51.5 | +9.6 |
| | Labour | Ian Golding | 2,137 | 48.5 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,408 | 51.9 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Baugh* | 2,454 | 49.9 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Williams | 2,060 | 41.9 | −6.7 |
| | Independent | Guy Morgan | 404 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,918 | 57.3 | +19.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Weston | 1,588 | 48.6 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Joanne Bennett | 1,435 | 43.9 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Brookes | 243 | 7.4 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,266 | 37.5 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1990s

1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chapman-Barker* | 1,575 | 48.7 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Cohen | 1,409 | 43.5 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brookes | 252 | 7.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 5.2 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,236 | 37.1 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Baugh* | 1,704 | 51.3 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | D. C. Simm | 1,383 | 41.6 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Jones | 238 | 7.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 9.7 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,325 | 38.3 | −5.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Bullock* | 1,767 | 47.2 | +9.5 |
| | Labour | H. K. Western | 1,660 | 44.4 | −9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. A. Stubbs | 314 | 8.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 2.9 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,741 | 43.7 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. D. Chapman-Barker | 2,064 | 53.6 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 1,451 | 37.7 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. A. Stubbs | 333 | 8.7 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 15.9 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,848 | 44.8 | −2.2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
1994 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Baugh* | 2,068 | 49.1 | +17.2 |
| | Conservative | L. Leggett | 1,522 | 36.1 | −18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. C. Lynch | 623 | 14.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | 13.0 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,213 | 47.0 | +6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1992 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Bullock | 1,963 | 54.8 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | E. R. Holden | 1,141 | 31.9 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. C. Lynch | 478 | 13.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 822 | 22.9 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,582 | 41.0 | 0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 1,923 | 47.5 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | E. R. Holden | 1,581 | 39.1 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. B. Weightman | 542 | 13.4 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 8.5 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,046 | 41.0 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1990 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Baugh | 1,908 | 44.7 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | A. Rhodes | 1,754 | 41.1 | −10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. J. Chapman | 391 | 9.2 | −2.2 |
| | Green | M. Fielding | 212 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 3.6 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,265 | 48.0 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1980s

1988 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. J. Barltrop* | 2,084 | 51.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | J. E. Baugh | 1,472 | 36.7 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | F. A. Cameron | 459 | 11.4 | −10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 612 | 15.2 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,015 | 46.3 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1987 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 2,203 | 49.2 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | J. B. Morton | 1,286 | 28.7 | −8.9 |
| | SDP | N. Royle | 986 | 22.0 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 917 | 20.5 | +20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,475 | 51.8 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1986 (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. J. Hyland | 1,387 | 19.4 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | M. J. Barltrop | 1,334 | 18.7 | −8.8 |
| | Conservative | M. G. Currie* | 1,308 | 18.3 | −9.6 |
| | Labour | J. B. Morton | 1,300 | 18.2 | −0.3 |
| | SDP | D. E. Armstrong | 948 | 13.3 | +9.5 |
| | SDP | R. C. Tweed | 858 | 12.0 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 0.4 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,135 | 45.9 | +4.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1984 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. G. Lawton | 1,579 | 46.2 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | G. Woodburn | 1,252 | 36.7 | +5.1 |
| | SDP | G. E. Evans | 585 | 17.1 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 327 | 9.6 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,416 | 41.5 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 1,833 | 48.8 | +4.1 |
| | Labour | R. J. Short | 1,187 | 31.6 | +4.0 |
| | Alliance | D. E. Armstrong | 736 | 19.6 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 17.2 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,756 | 46.5 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1982 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. G. Currie* | 1,633 | 44.7 | +3.8 |
| | SDP | M. J. Roberts | 1,012 | 27.7 | +27.7 |
| | Labour | N. P. Cooper | 1,009 | 27.6 | −16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 621 | 17.0 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,654 | 45.8 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1980 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. B. Dolan | 1,470 | 44.1 | +13.8 |
| | Conservative | A. K. Davies | 1,363 | 40.9 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal | B. Gaylard | 499 | 15.0 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 3.2 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,332 | 42.0 | −35.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1970s

1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 2,336 | 45.6 | −10.0 |
| | Labour | E. Smith | 1,555 | 30.3 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | B. Gaylard | 1,236 | 24.1 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 781 | 15.2 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,127 | 77.3 | +41.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1978 (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. G. Currie* | 1,264 | 28.7 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton | 1,187 | 26.9 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | E. Smith | 587 | 13.3 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | G. R. Gould | 542 | 12.3 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 488 | 11.1 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal | B. Gaylard | 341 | 7.7 | −8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 600 | 13.6 | −16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,409 | 35.5 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
By-Election 24 March 1977 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. G. Currie | 1,183 | 56.7 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 579 | 27.7 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | P. B. Ayo | 325 | 15.6 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | 28.9 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,087 | 31.7 | −13.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1976 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. R. Finch | 1,610 | 54.3 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 719 | 24.3 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | A. J. Hadley | 635 | 21.4 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 891 | 30.1 | +9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,964 | 45.0 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C. Harrison | 1,387 | 47.9 |
| | Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 803 | 27.7 |
| | Labour | B. E. Jones | 704 | 24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 | 20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,894 | 44.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
1973 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. R. Metcalf | 1,093 | 16.4 | |
| | Conservative | D. W. Stroud | 1,070 | 33.3 | |
| | Conservative | O. Wilson | 1,054 | | |
| | Labour | B. Jones | 1,040 | 31.7 | |
| | Liberal | E. Faulkner | 1,020 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour | J. Webb | 974 | | |
| | Liberal | B. Lynch | 966 | | |
| | Labour | M. Oliver | 952 | | |
| | Liberal | R. Allen | 833 | | |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 129 | 3.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,282 | 45.7 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |