In 2010, Conservative John Whittingdale won a landslid victory.
The results were as follows -
John Whittingdale (Con) 28,661
Elfreda Tealby-Watson (Lib Dem) 9,254
Swatantra Nandanwar (Lab) 6,070
Jesse Pryke (UKIP) 2,446
Len Blaine (BNP) 1,464
Turnout 69.55%
Mr Whittingdale won with a majority of 19,407 – an increased majority of 6,834 on his 2005 result.
The Labour vote dropped from 11,159 votes in 2005 to just 6,070, which represented only about 13 per cent of the vote.
The Liberal Democrats moved into second, but this was more to do with Labour losses than Lib Dem gains as they actually lost 16 votes.
Jesse Pryke, of the United Kingdom Independence Party, saw his vote rise by about 25 per cent – from 1,930 in 2005 to 2,446.
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