UK General Election 2001

Liberal Democrat 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	Cheadle	33	0.08	0.05	Conservative	63.20	3.0% to LibDem from Con
2	Weston-Super-Mare	338	0.72	0.45	Conservative	62.81	0.8% to Con from LibDem
3	North Norfolk	483	0.86	0.60	Conservative	70.22	1.5% to LibDem from Con
4	Mid Dorset & Poole North	384	0.88	0.58	Conservative	65.57	1.1% to LibDem from Con
5	Guildford ^u	538	1.12	0.71	Conservative	62.70	4.8% to LibDem from Con
6	Somerton & Frome	668	1.27	0.88	Conservative	69.34	0.5% to LibDem from Con
7	Brecon & Radnorshire	751	2.00	1.41	Conservative	70.46	4.9% to Con from Lab
8	Devon West and Torridge §	1194	2.14	1.51	Conservative	70.51	0.6% to Con from LibDem
9	Hereford	968	2.17	1.41	Conservative	65.17	5.2% to Con from LibDem
10	Ludlow	1630	3.78	2.57	Conservative	67.90	8.2% to LibDem from Con
11	Newbury	2415	4.75	3.20	Conservative	67.31	5.2% to Con from LibDem
12	Romsey	2370	4.89	3.29	Conservative	67.18	10.7% to LibDem from Con
13	Teignbridge	3011	5.08	3.52	Conservative	69.34	2.7% to LibDem from Con
14	Argyll & Bute	1653	5.34	3.36	Labour	62.95	9.6% to Lab from LibDem
15	Chesterfield	2586	5.82	3.53	Labour	60.70	8.5% to LibDem from Lab
16	Devon North	2984	6.06	4.14	Conservative	68.31	2.6% to Con from LibDem
17	Eastleigh §	3058	6.43	4.10	Conservative	63.77	2.5% to LibDem from Con
18	Southport	3007	7.31	4.28	Conservative	58.62	2.4% to Con from LibDem
19	Yeovil	3928	8.16	5.24	Conservative	64.18	6.4% to Con from LibDem
20	Richmond Park §	4964	10.10	6.87	Conservative	68.03	2.4% to LibDem from Con
21	Cornwall South East	5375	10.39	6.80	Conservative	65.44	0.5% to Con from LibDem
22	Sutton & Cheam	4304	10.84	6.76	Conservative	62.41	3.2% to LibDem from Con
23	Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross	2744	11.03	6.81	Labour	61.68	1.6% to LibDem from Lab
24	Carshalton & Wallington	4547	11.20	6.75	Conservative	60.31	3.3% to LibDem from Con
25	Cheltenham § ^u	5255	12.56	7.78	Conservative	61.92	0.4% to Con from LibDem
26	Colchester	5553	12.70	7.12	Conservative	56.10	4.8% to LibDem from Con
27	Aberdeenshire W & Kincardine	4821	12.72	7.85	Conservative	61.76	3.3% to LibDem from Con
28	Torbay	6708	14.10	8.82	Conservative	62.53	7.0% to LibDem from Con
29	Twickenham	7655	15.33	10.18	Conservative	66.38	4.0% to LibDem from Con
30	Tweeddale Ettrick & Lauderdale	5157	15.53	9.84	Labour	63.35	5.9% to LibDem from Lab
31	Portsmouth South ^u	6094	15.54	7.90	Conservative	50.87	3.6% to LibDem from Con
32	Truro & St Austell	8065	16.04	10.18	Conservative	63.49	3.0% to Con from LibDem
33	Winchester	9634	16.29	11.78	Conservative	72.32	8.1% to LibDem from Con
34	Northavon	9877	17.71	12.53	Conservative	70.72	7.2% to LibDem from Con
35	Oxford West & Abingdon ^u	9185	17.81	11.49	Conservative	64.53	3.8% to LibDem from Con
36	Cornwall North §	9832	18.21	11.61	Conservative	63.76	2.7% to Con from LibDem
37	Edinburgh West	7589	19.22	12.14	Labour	63.16	2.6% to Lab from LibDem
38	St Ives	10053	20.41	13.54	Conservative	66.35	3.6% to LibDem from Con
39	Orkney & Shetland	3475	20.77	10.89	Labour	52.44	6.5% to Lab from LibDem
40	Harrogate & Knaresborough	8845	20.97	13.56	Conservative	64.65	4.0% to LibDem from Con
41	Bath ^u	9894	21.37	13.86	Conservative	64.87	2.0% to LibDem from Con
42	Lewes	9710	21.37	14.64	Conservative	68.49	9.4% to LibDem from Con
43	Montgomeryshire	6234	21.51	14.09	Conservative	65.51	0.9% to LibDem from Con
44	Hazel Grove	8435	21.92	12.96	Conservative	59.10	1.0% to Con from LibDem
45	Gordon	7879	22.51	13.12	Conservative	58.28	3.0% to LibDem from Con
46	Berwick-upon-Tweed	8458	23.30	14.86	Conservative	63.79	0.9% to LibDem from Con
47	Sheffield Hallam § ^u	9347	24.44	15.85	Conservative	64.84	3.1% to LibDem from Con
48	Roxburgh & Berwickshire §	7511	26.08	15.81	Conservative	60.61	1.7% to LibDem from Con
49	Southwark North & Bermondsey ^u	9632	26.13	13.10	Labour	50.13	8.9% to LibDem from Lab
50	Fife North East ^u	9736	28.06	15.73	Conservative	56.05	1.7% to LibDem from Con
51	Kingston & Surbiton ^u	15676	31.93	21.57	Conservative	67.54	15.9% to LibDem from Con
52	Ross Skye & Inverness West	12952	37.21	23.16	Labour	62.26	13.6% to LibDem from Lab

British General Election 2005: Liberal Democrat marginals