| Votes at this election | ||||
| By-election candidate | Party | Number | % | |
| Holden N.P | Labour | 543 | 34.6% | |
| Smalley V | Socialist Labour | 101 | 6.4% | |
| Taylor R.K.I | Conservative | 113 | 7.2% | |
| Tessier A | Liberal Democrat | 742 | 47.3% | |
| Yates K.S | British National Party | 66 | 4.2% | |
| Total | 1,565 | 100.0% | ||
| Majority of winning candidate | 199 | 12.7% | ||
| Total poll | 1,570 | |||
| Electorate | 6,236 | |||
| Turnout | 25.18% | |||
| The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: | |||
| A | want of an official mark | 0 | |
| B | voting for more than one candidate | 2 | |
| C | writing or mark which could not be identified | 0 | |
| D | being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty | 3 | |
| E | rejected in part | 0 | |
| Total Rejected | 5 | ||