Sykes contested
Sheffield Hillsborough at the
1987 general election, being beaten into third place. He was the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Scarborough from
1992 to 1997. Following boundary changes at the
1997 general election, Sykes contested the redrawn seat of
Scarborough and Whitby, but lost to the
Labour candidate,
Lawrie Quinn, by 5,124 votes. He re-fought the seat in
2001, but was again beaten by Quinn. ==References==