Election share of vote
| Political Party | Votes | % of vote |
 Conservative | 39581 | 31.6 |
 Labour | 34876 | 27.9 |
 Liberal Democrat | 23282 | 18.6 |
 UK Independence Party | 14591 | 11.7 |
| Independent | 7013 | 5.6 |
 Green | 2798 | 2.2 |
 British Nationalist Party | 1737 | 1.4 |
| No party specified | 808 | 0.6 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 256 | 0.2 |
| Trade Unionist Socialist Coalition | 226 | 0.2 |
| Total Votes | 125168 | |
