Richard Henry held St Nicholas with half the vote.

The Labour candidate beat second place Conservative Gillian Mould by over 500 votes.

The ward had the second lowest turn out in the town.

Result:

Henry, Richard Joseph - Labour: 860

Mould, Gillian Ann - Conservative: 352

Snell, Heather Mary - Lib Dem: 162

Turnout: 28.92 per cent.