UK General Election 2001

Seats where Labour came second in 2001

Listed in order of percentage majority

Constituency		Majority	Majority as % of Total Vote	Majority as % of Electorate	Winner	Turnout	Swing
1	Boston & Skegness	515	1.28	0.74	Conservative	58.29	0.1% to Lab from Con
2	Beverley & Holderness	781	1.68	1.04	Conservative	62.05	0.3% to Lab from Con
3	Bedfordshire South West	776	1.77	1.10	Conservative	62.06	0.8% to Con from Lab
4	Basingstoke	880	1.83	1.11	Conservative	60.67	1.2% to Lab from Con
5	Castle Point	985	2.48	1.45	Conservative	58.38	2.4% to Con from Lab
6	Upminster	1241	3.67	2.18	Conservative	59.57	5.2% to Con from Lab
7	Canterbury	2069	4.58	2.79	Conservative	60.87	1.4% to Lab from Con
8	Bury St Edmunds	2503	4.98	3.29	Conservative	66.00	2.2% to Con from Lab
9	Bosworth	2280	5.05	3.26	Conservative	64.44	1.6% to Con from Lab
10	Moray	1744	5.25	3.01	SNP	57.38	8.3% to Lab from SNP
11	Argyll & Bute	1653	5.34	3.36	LibDem	62.95	9.6% to Lab from LibDem
12	Chesterfield	2586	5.82	3.53	LibDem	60.70	8.5% to LibDem from Lab
13	Hexham	2529	5.96	4.23	Conservative	70.91	2.7% to Con from Lab
14	Uxbridge	2098	6.28	3.61	Conservative	57.55	2.2% to Con from Lab
15	Chipping Barnet	2701	6.36	3.85	Conservative	60.45	2.1% to Con from Lab
16	Gosport	2621	6.59	3.76	Conservative	57.15	3.2% to Lab from Con
17	Altrincham & Sale West	2941	6.75	4.07	Conservative	60.27	1.9% to Con from Lab
18	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	2590	6.81	4.79	Plaid Cymru	70.42	7.6% to PC from Lab
19	Norfolk North West	3485	6.81	4.43	Conservative	65.06	4.6% to Con from Lab
20	Wycombe	3168	7.04	4.26	Conservative	60.53	1.3% to Con from Lab
21	Suffolk Central & Ipswich North	3469	7.36	4.68	Conservative	63.48	0.3% to Con from Lab
22	Hertfordshire North East	3444	7.71	5.01	Conservative	64.97	0.9% to Con from Lab
23	Spelthorne	3262	7.80	4.75	Conservative	60.81	0.6% to Con from Lab
24	Old Bexley & Sidcup	3345	7.94	4.93	Conservative	62.11	0.5% to Con from Lab
25	Meriden	3784	8.49	5.13	Conservative	60.39	3.7% to Con from Lab
26	Suffolk Coastal	4326	8.58	5.63	Conservative	65.61	1.4% to Con from Lab
27	Mid Norfolk	4562	8.68	5.91	Conservative	68.10	3.2% to Con from Lab
28	Newark	4073	9.02	5.73	Conservative	63.53	7.4% to Con from Lab
29	Grantham & Stamford	4518	9.76	5.98	Conservative	61.31	2.3% to Con from Lab
30	Aldridge-Brownhills	3768	9.97	6.04	Conservative	60.63	2.3% to Con from Lab
31	Suffolk West	4295	10.12	6.12	Conservative	60.52	3.2% to Con from Lab
32	Banbury	5219	10.13	6.19	Conservative	61.06	1.0% to Con from Lab
33	Faversham & Mid Kent	4183	10.19	6.15	Conservative	60.37	0.9% to Con from Lab
34	Eddisbury	4568	10.29	6.60	Conservative	64.16	3.9% to Con from Lab
35	Havant	4207	10.40	5.99	Conservative	57.56	1.4% to Con from Lab
36	Lichfield	4426	10.62	7.00	Conservative	65.91	5.1% to Con from Lab
37	Yorkshire East	4682	10.81	6.50	Conservative	60.11	2.0% to Con from Lab
38	Beckenham	4959	10.88	6.81	Conservative	62.61	0.9% to Con from Lab
39	Billericay	5013	10.99	6.38	Conservative	58.07	4.2% to Con from Lab
40	Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross	2744	11.03	6.81	LibDem	61.68	1.6% to LibDem from Lab
41	Suffolk South	5081	11.22	7.42	Conservative	66.16	1.6% to Con from Lab
42	Wantage	5600	11.40	7.36	Conservative	64.53	0.2% to Con from Lab
43	Hertsmere	4902	11.81	7.12	Conservative	60.28	2.9% to Con from Lab
44	Hertford & Stortford	5603	11.88	7.39	Conservative	62.24	0.4% to Lab from Con
45	Caernarfon	3511	12.08	7.49	Plaid Cymru	62.01	4.7% to Lab from PC
46	Chelmsford West	6261	13.01	8.02	Conservative	61.66	0.6% to Lab from Con
47	Blaby	6209	13.03	8.40	Conservative	64.46	0.5% to Con from Lab
48	Stone	6036	13.22	8.77	Conservative	66.29	3.0% to Con from Lab
49	Cities of London & Westminster	4499	13.24	6.25	Conservative	47.23	0.5% to Con from Lab
50	Cambridgeshire North East	6373	13.26	7.98	Conservative	60.15	2.0% to Con from Lab
51	Shropshire North	6241	13.42	8.47	Conservative	63.11	4.6% to Con from Lab
52	Rushcliffe	7357	13.51	8.99	Conservative	66.52	2.7% to Con from Lab
53	Bracknell	6713	13.64	8.28	Conservative	60.68	2.0% to Lab from Con
54	Bournemouth West	4718	14.02	7.47	Conservative	53.24	1.5% to Lab from Con
55	Worthing East & Shoreham	6139	14.25	8.51	Conservative	59.73	1.2% to Lab from Con
56	Bognor Regis & Littlehampton	5643	14.48	8.43	Conservative	58.25	0.6% to Lab from Con
57	Derbyshire West	7370	14.57	9.87	Conservative	67.77	3.0% to Con from Lab
58	Hitchin & Harpenden	6663	14.83	9.92	Conservative	66.86	1.0% to Con from Lab
59	Chingford & Woodford Green	5487	14.84	8.67	Conservative	58.47	1.0% to Con from Lab
60	Devon South West	7144	15.23	10.07	Conservative	66.13	0.6% to Con from Lab
61	Ashford	7359	15.35	9.59	Conservative	62.50	2.8% to Con from Lab
62	Fareham	7009	15.42	9.80	Conservative	63.54	2.2% to Lab from Con
63	Tweeddale Ettrick & Lauderdale	5157	15.53	9.84	LibDem	63.35	5.9% to LibDem from Lab
64	Macclesfield	7200	15.79	9.85	Conservative	62.34	0.1% to Lab from Con
65	Congleton	7134	15.82	9.92	Conservative	62.67	1.1% to Con from Lab
66	Thanet North	6650	15.88	9.36	Conservative	58.96	5.1% to Con from Lab
67	Essex North	7186	15.99	10.04	Conservative	62.77	2.6% to Con from Lab
68	Charnwood	7739	16.03	10.33	Conservative	64.44	2.8% to Con from Lab
69	Witney	7973	16.20	10.69	Conservative	65.95	1.9% to Con from Lab
70	Staffordshire South	6881	16.31	9.84	Conservative	60.29	0.5% to Con from Lab
71	Romford	5977	16.74	9.98	Conservative	59.61	9.2% to Con from Lab
72	Louth & Horncastle	7554	16.99	10.56	Conservative	62.13	1.6% to Con from Lab
73	Daventry	9649	17.02	11.15	Conservative	65.52	2.6% to Con from Lab
74	Mid Bedfordshire	8066	17.29	11.39	Conservative	65.88	1.9% to Con from Lab
75	Hertfordshire South West	8181	17.31	11.17	Conservative	64.53	0.4% to Lab from Con
76	Norfolk South West	9366	17.69	11.16	Conservative	63.11	6.7% to Con from Lab
77	Sleaford & North Hykeham	8622	17.70	11.49	Conservative	64.91	4.0% to Con from Lab
78	Bromsgrove	8138	17.81	11.95	Conservative	67.10	4.3% to Con from Lab
79	Woodspring	8798	18.04	12.39	Conservative	68.66	2.8% to Lab from Con
80	Poole	7166	18.27	11.09	Conservative	60.69	1.1% to Lab from Con
81	Rutland & Melton	8612	18.30	11.75	Conservative	64.23	0.8% to Con from Lab
82	Cambridgeshire North West	8101	18.43	11.37	Conservative	61.70	1.3% to Con from Lab
83	Rochford & Southend East	7034	18.78	9.91	Conservative	52.75	4.9% to Con from Lab
84	Bedfordshire North East	8577	18.96	12.27	Conservative	64.75	3.6% to Con from Lab
85	Gainsborough	8071	19.07	12.25	Conservative	64.25	2.4% to Con from Lab
86	Tewkesbury	8663	19.17	12.21	Conservative	63.72	0.2% to Lab from Con
87	Maldon & Chelmsford East	8462	19.19	12.05	Conservative	62.77	0.4% to Lab from Con
88	Edinburgh West	7589	19.22	12.14	LibDem	63.16	2.6% to Lab from LibDem
89	Croydon South	8697	19.30	11.85	Conservative	61.41	1.3% to Lab from Con
90	Rayleigh	8290	19.38	11.73	Conservative	60.54	0.7% to Lab from Con
91	Tonbridge & Malling	8250	19.44	12.50	Conservative	64.32	0.7% to Lab from Con
92	Runnymede & Weybridge	8360	19.70	11.06	Conservative	56.14	0.3% to Con from Lab
93	Epping Forest	8426	19.87	11.61	Conservative	58.43	5.0% to Con from Lab
94	Ruislip Northwood	7537	20.29	12.40	Conservative	61.10	1.5% to Con from Lab
95	Reigate	8025	20.33	12.23	Conservative	60.16	2.2% to Con from Lab
96	Orkney & Shetland	3475	20.77	10.89	LibDem	52.44	6.5% to Lab from LibDem
97	Tatton	8611	20.86	13.26	Conservative	63.55	0.0%
98	Bromley & Chislehurst	9037	20.90	13.45	Conservative	64.35	0.1% to Lab from Con
99	Southend West	7941	21.25	12.32	Conservative	57.98	2.6% to Con from Lab
100	Fylde	9610	21.48	13.08	Conservative	60.90	2.1% to Con from Lab
101	Epsom & Ewell	10080	21.61	13.57	Conservative	62.81	0.2% to Con from Lab
102	Devizes	11896	22.34	14.35	Conservative	64.21	1.9% to Con from Lab
103	Maidstone and the Weald	10318	22.64	13.94	Conservative	61.59	2.4% to Con from Lab
104	Sutton Coldfield	10104	23.25	14.06	Conservative	60.47	2.5% to Lab from Con
105	Mid Worcestershire	10627	23.67	14.75	Conservative	62.31	2.6% to Con from Lab
106	Broxbourne	8993	23.76	13.23	Conservative	55.67	4.8% to Con from Lab
107	Sevenoaks	10154	23.83	15.24	Conservative	63.94	1.5% to Con from Lab
108	South Holland & The Deepings	11099	24.02	14.92	Conservative	62.11	4.0% to Con from Lab
109	Hampshire North West	12009	24.69	15.39	Conservative	62.31	1.5% to Con from Lab
110	Esher & Walton	11538	25.34	15.69	Conservative	61.91	0.8% to Lab from Con
111	Vale of York	12517	25.81	17.07	Conservative	66.12	3.8% to Con from Lab
112	Southwark North & Bermondsey	9632	26.13	13.10	LibDem	50.13	8.9% to LibDem from Lab
113	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	5684	26.98	17.24	Plaid Cymru	63.90	0.4% to Lab from PC
114	Buckingham	13325	29.43	20.42	Conservative	69.36	2.2% to Con from Lab
115	Beaconsfield	13065	31.00	18.84	Conservative	60.78	0.9% to Lab from Con
116	Kensington & Chelsea	8771	31.28	13.55	Conservative	43.33	2.8% to Con from Lab
117	Wyre Forest	17630	35.93	24.43	Kidderminster Hosp	68.00	4.8% to Con from Lab
118	Richmond (Yorks)	16319	37.06	24.97	Conservative	67.37	8.0% to Con from Lab
119	Ross Skye & Inverness West	12952	37.21	23.16	LibDem	62.26	13.6% to LibDem from Lab

British General Election 2005: Labour in second place

Last Modified: 13 Feb 10