UK General Election 2001

Conservative marginals after the 2001 election

Listed in order of percentage majority

§ Indicates the sitting MP is not standing for re-election
^u Indicates that a university or a significant part of one (e.g. a college campus) is situated in the constituency

Constituency		Majority	Majority as % of Total Vote	Majority as % of Electorate	2nd	Turnout	Swing
1	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	74	0.21	0.14	SNP	67.44	6.8% to Con from SNP
2	Taunton	235	0.43	0.29	LibDem	67.64	2.2% to Con from LibDem
3	Orpington	269	0.53	0.34	LibDem	64.57	2.2% to LibDem from Con
4	Boston & Skegness	515	1.28	0.74	Labour	58.29	0.1% to Lab from Con
5	Beverley & Holderness §	781	1.68	1.04	Labour	62.05	0.3% to Lab from Con
6	Surrey South West §	861	1.74	1.22	LibDem	70.27	1.5% to LibDem from Con
7	Bedfordshire South West	776	1.77	1.10	Labour	62.06	0.8% to Con from Lab
8	Basingstoke §	880	1.83	1.11	Labour	60.67	1.2% to Lab from Con
9	Castle Point	985	2.48	1.45	Labour	58.38	2.4% to Con from Lab
10	Dorset West	1414	2.85	1.98	LibDem	69.53	0.3% to LibDem from Con
11	Upminster	1241	3.67	2.18	Labour	59.57	5.2% to Con from Lab
12	Haltemprice & Howden	1903	4.33	2.85	LibDem	65.83	5.4% to LibDem from Con
13	Isle of Wight	2826	4.45	2.71	LibDem	60.79	6.6% to Con from LibDem
14	Canterbury ^u	2069	4.58	2.79	Labour	60.87	1.4% to Lab from Con
15	Eastbourne	2154	4.81	2.87	LibDem	59.56	0.5% to Con from LibDem
16	Bury St Edmunds	2503	4.98	3.29	Labour	66.00	2.2% to Con from Lab
17	Bosworth	2280	5.05	3.26	Labour	64.44	1.6% to Con from Lab
18	Wells	2796	5.45	3.77	LibDem	69.17	2.3% to Con from LibDem
19	Hexham	2529	5.96	4.23	Labour	70.91	2.7% to Con from Lab
20	Uxbridge ^u	2098	6.28	3.61	Labour	57.55	2.2% to Con from Lab
21	Chipping Barnet §	2701	6.36	3.85	Labour	60.45	2.1% to Con from Lab
22	Brentwood & Ongar	2821	6.48	4.36	Ind	67.31	1.0% to Con from Lab
23	Westmorland & Lonsdale	3147	6.57	4.46	LibDem	67.82	1.2% to LibDem from Con
24	Gosport	2621	6.59	3.76	Labour	57.15	3.2% to Lab from Con
25	Altrincham & Sale West	2941	6.75	4.07	Labour	60.27	1.9% to Con from Lab
26	Norfolk North West	3485	6.81	4.43	Labour	65.06	4.6% to Con from Lab
27	Wycombe	3168	7.04	4.26	Labour	60.53	1.3% to Con from Lab
28	Totnes	3597	7.30	4.96	LibDem	67.88	2.9% to Con from LibDem
29	Wiltshire North	3878	7.32	4.93	LibDem	67.34	0.7% to Con from LibDem
30	Suffolk Central & Ipswich North	3469	7.36	4.68	Labour	63.48	0.3% to Con from Lab
31	Maidenhead	3284	7.58	4.70	LibDem	62.03	8.0% to LibDem from Con
32	Hertfordshire North East	3444	7.71	5.01	Labour	64.97	0.9% to Con from Lab
33	Spelthorne	3262	7.80	4.75	Labour	60.81	0.6% to Con from Lab
34	Dorset North	3797	7.94	5.26	LibDem	66.29	1.4% to Con from LibDem
35	Old Bexley & Sidcup	3345	7.94	4.93	Labour	62.11	0.5% to Con from Lab
36	Meriden	3784	8.49	5.13	Labour	60.39	3.7% to Con from Lab
37	Suffolk Coastal	4326	8.58	5.63	Labour	65.61	1.4% to Con from Lab
38	Mid Norfolk	4562	8.68	5.91	Labour	68.10	3.2% to Con from Lab
39	Newark	4073	9.02	5.73	Labour	63.53	7.4% to Con from Lab
40	New Forest East	3829	9.08	5.74	LibDem	63.21	0.8% to LibDem from Con
41	Bournemouth East §	3434	9.59	5.58	LibDem	58.19	0.2% to LibDem from Con
42	Grantham & Stamford	4518	9.76	5.98	Labour	61.31	2.3% to Con from Lab
43	Aldridge-Brownhills	3768	9.97	6.04	Labour	60.63	2.3% to Con from Lab
44	Suffolk West	4295	10.12	6.12	Labour	60.52	3.2% to Con from Lab
45	Banbury	5219	10.13	6.19	Labour	61.06	1.0% to Con from Lab
46	Faversham & Mid Kent	4183	10.19	6.15	Labour	60.37	0.9% to Con from Lab
47	Eddisbury	4568	10.29	6.60	Labour	64.16	3.9% to Con from Lab
48	Havant	4207	10.40	5.99	Labour	57.56	1.4% to Con from Lab
49	Bridgwater	4987	10.42	6.71	LibDem	64.42	3.6% to Con from LibDem
50	Westbury	5294	10.46	6.96	LibDem	66.57	0.1% to LibDem from Con
51	Lichfield ^u	4426	10.62	7.00	Labour	65.91	5.1% to Con from Lab
52	Yorkshire East	4682	10.81	6.50	Labour	60.11	2.0% to Con from Lab
53	Beckenham	4959	10.88	6.81	Labour	62.61	0.9% to Con from Lab
54	Billericay	5013	10.99	6.38	Labour	58.07	4.2% to Con from Lab
55	Ryedale	4875	11.11	7.29	LibDem	65.67	0.4% to Con from LibDem
56	Suffolk South	5081	11.22	7.42	Labour	66.16	1.6% to Con from Lab
57	Tiverton & Honiton	6284	11.26	7.79	LibDem	69.17	4.2% to Con from LibDem
58	Harborough	5252	11.31	7.17	LibDem	63.34	0.5% to LibDem from Con
59	Wantage §	5600	11.40	7.36	Labour	64.53	0.2% to Con from Lab
60	Hertsmere	4902	11.81	7.12	Labour	60.28	2.9% to Con from Lab
61	Hertford & Stortford	5603	11.88	7.39	Labour	62.24	0.4% to Lab from Con
62	Worcestershire West	5374	11.99	8.05	LibDem	67.11	2.1% to Con from LibDem
63	Norfolk South	6893	12.32	8.33	LibDem	67.62	0.2% to Con from LibDem
64	Folkestone & Hythe	5907	12.88	8.25	LibDem	64.06	0.4% to Con from LibDem
65	Chelmsford West	6261	13.01	8.02	Labour	61.66	0.6% to Lab from Con
66	Blaby	6209	13.03	8.40	Labour	64.46	0.5% to Con from Lab
67	Stone	6036	13.22	8.77	Labour	66.29	3.0% to Con from Lab
68	Cities of London & Westminster ^u	4499	13.24	6.25	Labour	47.23	0.5% to Con from Lab
69	Cambridgeshire North East	6373	13.26	7.98	Labour	60.15	2.0% to Con from Lab
70	Shropshire North	6241	13.42	8.47	Labour	63.11	4.6% to Con from Lab
71	Rushcliffe	7357	13.51	8.99	Labour	66.52	2.7% to Con from Lab
72	Bracknell	6713	13.64	8.28	Labour	60.68	2.0% to Lab from Con
73	Wokingham	5994	13.67	8.76	LibDem	64.08	2.5% to LibDem from Con
74	Bournemouth West	4718	14.02	7.47	Labour	53.24	1.5% to Lab from Con
75	Worthing East & Shoreham	6139	14.25	8.51	Labour	59.73	1.2% to Lab from Con
76	Aldershot	6564	14.48	8.39	LibDem	57.91	1.2% to Con from LibDem
77	Bognor Regis & Littlehampton	5643	14.48	8.43	Labour	58.25	0.6% to Lab from Con
78	Derbyshire West	7370	14.57	9.87	Labour	67.77	3.0% to Con from Lab
79	Hitchin & Harpenden	6663	14.83	9.92	Labour	66.86	1.0% to Con from Lab
80	Chingford & Woodford Green	5487	14.84	8.67	Labour	58.47	1.0% to Con from Lab
81	Mid Sussex	6898	15.05	9.77	LibDem	64.88	1.1% to Con from LibDem
82	Devon South West	7144	15.23	10.07	Labour	66.13	0.6% to Con from Lab
83	Ashford	7359	15.35	9.59	Labour	62.50	2.8% to Con from Lab
84	Fareham	7009	15.42	9.80	Labour	63.54	2.2% to Lab from Con
85	Woking	6759	15.75	9.49	LibDem	60.22	2.3% to Con from LibDem
86	Macclesfield	7200	15.79	9.85	Labour	62.34	0.1% to Lab from Con
87	Congleton	7134	15.82	9.92	Labour	62.67	1.1% to Con from Lab
88	Thanet North	6650	15.88	9.36	Labour	58.96	5.1% to Con from Lab
89	Essex North ^u	7186	15.99	10.04	Labour	62.77	2.6% to Con from Lab
90	Charnwood	7739	16.03	10.33	Labour	64.44	2.8% to Con from Lab
91	Witney	7973	16.20	10.69	Labour	65.95	1.9% to Con from Lab
92	Staffordshire South	6881	16.31	9.84	Labour	60.29	0.5% to Con from Lab
93	Salisbury	8703	16.54	10.81	LibDem	65.32	2.9% to Con from libDem
94	Romford	5977	16.74	9.98	Labour	59.61	9.2% to Con from Lab
95	Louth & Horncastle	7554	16.99	10.56	Labour	62.13	1.6% to Con from Lab
96	Daventry	9649	17.02	11.15	Labour	65.52	2.6% to Con from Lab
97	Devon East	8195	17.13	11.78	LibDem	68.79	1.4% to Con from LibDem
98	Mid Bedfordshire §^u	8066	17.29	11.39	Labour	65.88	1.9% to Con from Lab
99	Hertfordshire South West §	8181	17.31	11.17	Labour	64.53	0.4% to Lab from Con
100	Cambridgeshire South East	8990	17.33	11.01	LibDem	63.54	0.2% to LibDem from Con
101	Cambridgeshire South	8403	17.38	11.66	LibDem	67.05	0.6% to Con from LibDem
102	Hampshire East	8890	17.68	11.36	LibDem	64.28	1.1% to LibDem from Con
103	Norfolk South West §	9366	17.69	11.16	Labour	63.11	6.7% to Con from Lab
104	Sleaford & North Hykeham	8622	17.70	11.49	Labour	64.91	4.0% to Con from Lab
105	Bromsgrove	8138	17.81	11.95	Labour	67.10	4.3% to Con from Lab
106	Woodspring	8798	18.04	12.39	Labour	68.66	2.8% to Lab from Con
107	Poole ^u	7166	18.27	11.09	Labour	60.69	1.1% to Lab from Con
108	Rutland & Melton	8612	18.30	11.75	Labour	64.23	0.8% to Con from Lab
109	Cambridgeshire North West §	8101	18.43	11.37	Labour	61.70	1.3% to Con from Lab
110	Rochford & Southend East §	7034	18.78	9.91	Labour	52.75	4.9% to Con from Lab
111	Bedfordshire North East	8577	18.96	12.27	Labour	64.75	3.6% to Con from Lab
112	Henley	8458	19.05	12.24	LibDem	64.27	1.3% to LibDem from Con
113	Gainsborough	8071	19.07	12.25	Labour	64.25	2.4% to Con from Lab
114	Tewkesbury	8663	19.17	12.21	Labour	63.72	0.2% to Lab from Con
115	Maldon & Chelmsford East	8462	19.19	12.05	Labour	62.77	0.4% to Lab from Con
116	Croydon South	8697	19.30	11.85	Labour	61.41	1.3% to Lab from Con
117	Rayleigh	8290	19.38	11.73	Labour	60.54	0.7% to Lab from Con
118	Tonbridge & Malling	8250	19.44	12.50	Labour	64.32	0.7% to Lab from Con
119	Solihull	9407	19.49	12.33	LibDem	63.27	0.1% to Con from LibDem
120	Runnymede & Weybridge ^u	8360	19.70	11.06	Labour	56.14	0.3% to Con from Lab
121	Epping Forest	8426	19.87	11.61	Labour	58.43	5.0% to Con from Lab
122	Ruislip Northwood §	7537	20.29	12.40	Labour	61.10	1.5% to Con from Lab
123	Reigate	8025	20.33	12.23	Labour	60.16	2.2% to Con from Lab
124	Aylesbury	10009	20.39	12.51	LibDem	61.36	2.9% to Con from Lab
125	Tatton	8611	20.86	13.26	Labour	63.55	-
126	Bromley & Chislehurst	9037	20.90	13.45	Labour	64.35	0.1% to Lab from Con
127	Worthing West	9037	20.91	12.48	LibDem	59.67	3.0% to Con from LibDem
128	Windsor §	8889	21.11	12.04	LibDem	57.02	0.8% to Con from LibDem
129	Southend West	7941	21.25	12.32	Labour	57.98	2.6% to Con from Lab
130	Fylde	9610	21.48	13.08	Labour	60.90	2.1% to Con from Lab
131	Stratford-on-Avon	11802	21.49	14.01	LibDem	65.20	0.7% to LibDem from Con
132	Mole Valley	10153	21.57	14.86	LibDem	68.90	1.4% to Con from LibDem
133	Epsom & Ewell	10080	21.61	13.57	Labour	62.81	0.2% to Con from Lab
134	Leominster	10367	22.19	15.40	LibDem	69.42	2.4% to Con from LibDem
135	Devizes	11896	22.34	14.35	Labour	64.21	1.9% to Con from Lab
136	Maidstone and the Weald	10318	22.64	13.94	Labour	61.59	2.4% to Con from Lab
137	Ribble Valley	11238	22.85	15.12	LibDem	66.16	5.6% to Con from LibDem
138	Chichester	11355	22.90	14.61	LibDem	63.81	2.8% to Con from LibDem
139	Sutton Coldfield	10104	23.25	14.06	Labour	60.47	2.5% to Lab from Con
140	Bexhill & Battle	10503	23.45	15.22	LibDem	64.89	0.4% to Con from LibDem
141	Mid Worcestershire	10627	23.67	14.75	Labour	62.31	2.6% to Con from Lab
142	Broxbourne §	8993	23.76	13.23	Labour	55.67	4.8% to Con from Lab
143	Sevenoaks	10154	23.83	15.24	Labour	63.94	1.5% to Con from Lab
144	Saffron Walden	12004	23.99	15.65	LibDem	65.22	2.7% to Con from LibDem
145	Surrey Heath §	10819	23.99	14.26	LibDem	59.46	2.9% to LibDem from Con
146	South Holland & The Deepings	11099	24.02	14.92	Labour	62.11	4.0% to Con from Lab
147	Tunbridge Wells §	9730	24.20	15.08	LibDem	62.29	4.4% to Con from LibDem
148	Hampshire North West	12009	24.69	15.39	Labour	62.31	1.5% to Con from Lab
149	Esher & Walton	11538	25.34	15.69	Labour	61.91	0.8% to Lab from Con
150	Vale of York	12517	25.81	17.07	Labour	66.12	3.8% to Con from Lab
151	Cotswold	11983	26.06	17.59	LibDem	67.48	1.3% to Con from LibDem
152	Huntingdon	12792	26.06	15.92	LibDem	61.11	7.3% to LibDem from Con
153	Wealden	13772	26.11	16.58	LibDem	63.51	1.0% to Con from LibDem
154	Chesham & Amersham	11882	26.24	16.97	LibDem	64.67	0.2% to LibDem from Con
155	Skipton & Ripon	12930	26.32	17.40	LibDem	66.10	2.5% to Con from LibDem
156	Horsham	13666	26.92	17.17	LibDem	63.78	0.5% to Con from LibDem
157	Christchurch	13544	27.32	18.44	LibDem	67.49	11.8% to Con from LibDem
158	Surrey East	13203	28.06	17.76	LibDem	63.29	0.2% to Con from LibDem
159	Buckingham ^u	13325	29.43	20.42	Labour	69.36	2.2% to Con from Lab
160	Arundel	13704	29.86	19.31	LibDem	64.67	1.3% to Con from LibDem
161	New Forest West	13191	29.92	19.48	LibDem	65.10	3.6% to Con from LibDem
162	Hampshire North East	13257	30.17	18.59	LibDem	61.63	1.0% to Con from LibDem
163	Beaconsfield	13065	31.00	18.84	Labour	60.78	0.9% to Lab from Con
164	Kensington & Chelsea §	8771	31.28	13.55	Labour	43.33	2.8% to Con from Lab
165	Penrith & The Border	14677	33.17	21.39	LibDem	64.50	6.1% to Con from LibDem
166	Richmond (Yorks)	16319	37.06	24.97	Labour	67.37	8.0% to Con from Lab

British General Election 2005: Conservative marginals