Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1913 Chesterfield by-election
Table title:
Result
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Barnet Kenyon </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7,725 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 55.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Unionist </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Edward Christie </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5,539 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 40.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Scurr </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 583 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 81.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,186 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Liberal gain from Labour </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How many votes separated each candidate?
Answer:
Barnet Kenyon topped the poll with a majority of 2,186 over the Unionist candidate Edward Christie, while John Scurr received only 583 votes.