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Politics
| Constituency
Name: |
Elmet
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| Member of Parliment: |
Colin Burgon (Labour) |
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June 2001 General
Election
|
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes
|
Percentage of votes
|
Majority
|
| Colin Burgon |
Labour Party |
22038
|
48.0%
|
4171
|
| Andrew Millard |
Conservative Party |
17867
|
38.9%
|
|
| Madeline Kirk |
Liberal Democrat Party |
5001
|
10.9%
|
|
| Andrew Spence |
UK Independence
Party |
1031
|
2.2%
|
|
| Labour hold seat
but 3.6% swing from Labour to Conservative |
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May 1997 General
Election
|
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes
|
Percentage of votes
|
Majority
|
| Colin Burgon |
Labour Party |
28348
|
52.4%
|
8779
|
| Spencer Batiste |
Conservative Party |
19569
|
36.2%
|
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| Brian Jennings |
Liberal Democrat Party |
4691
|
8.7%
|
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| C Zawadski |
The Referendum
Party |
1487
|
2.7%
|
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| Turnout: 76.8% |
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