| Votes at this election | ||||
| By-election candidate | Party | Number | % | |
| Bhoot J S | Liberal Democrat | 1089 | 30.4% | |
| Fairbairn B A | Labour | 605 | 16.9% | |
| Follet M A | Green | 247 | 6.9% | |
| Grant R I | Conservative | 1646 Elected | 45.9% | |
| Total | 3,587 | 100.0% | ||
| Majority of winning candidate | 557 | 15.5% | ||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 3,596 | |||
| Electorate | 12,719 | |||
| Turnout | 28.27% | |||
| The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: | |||
| A | want of an official mark | 0 | |
| B | voting for more than one candidate | 0 | |
| C | writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 | |
| D | being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty | 9 | |
| E | rejected in part | 0 | |
| Total Rejected | 9 | ||