Tatton was held by Martin Bell who took it from the Hamiltons. Neither Labour nor the Lib Dems stood against him, so the Tories got 100% of the major party vote in 97 though Bell got 60.2% of the votes cast. He stood down the next year, so the seat returned to Tory control with a 20% majority.
Two of the other weird ones are speakers, since it's traditional not to stand against them.
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Date: 2005-05-03 11:17 pm (UTC)Two of the other weird ones are speakers, since it's traditional not to stand against them.