UNITED KINGDOM HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS OF 7 JUNE 2001 ==================================================================== POLLING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== Showing ministerial positions as announced on 12 June 2001 N. ==================================================================== NEATH 56,107 enrolled, 35,020 (62.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 32.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerardo Brienza 202 00.6 David Davies Lib Dem 3,335 09.5 +03.2 David Devine Conservative 3,310 09.4 +00.7 Peter HAIN * Labour 21,253 60.7 -12.8 Alun Llywelyn Plaid Cymru 6,437 18.4 +10.3 Huw Pudner 483 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,020 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Hain (b1950): MP for Neath from 1991by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1997-1999 Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2001 Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister for Europe), from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW FOREST EAST 66,767 enrolled, 42,178 (63.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Dash Lib Dem 14,073 33.4 -04.3 Alan Goodfellow Labour 9,141 21.7 +09.4 William Howe 1,062 02.5 Dr Julian LEWIS * Conservative 17,902 42.4 -07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,178 04.5 01.7 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Julian Lewis (b1951): MP for new Forest East from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW FOREST WEST 67,806 enrolled, 44,087 (65.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Bignell Lib Dem 11,384 25.8 -02.0 Michael Clark 1,647 03.7 Crada Onuegbu Labour 6,481 14.7 +00.4 Desmond SWAYNE * Conservative 24,575 55.7 +05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,087 14.9 03.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Swayne (b1956): MP for New Forest West from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWARK 71,089 enrolled, 45,147 (63.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Harding-Price Lib Dem 5,970 13.2 +01.7 Donald Haxby 822 01.8 Fiona Jones * Labour 16,910 37.5 -07.7 Patrick MERCER Conservative 20,983 46.5 +07.1 Ian Thomson 462 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,147 04.5 07.4 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fiona Jones (b1957): MP for Newark 1997-2001 > Patrick Mercer (b1957): MP for Newark from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWBURY 75,490 enrolled, 50,807 (67.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Benyon Conservative 22,092 43.5 +05.7 Steve Billcliffe Labour 3,523 06.9 +01.4 Delphine Gray-Fisk 685 01.3 David RENDEL * Lib Dem 24,507 48.2 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,807 02.3 05.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Rendel (b1949): MP for Newbury from 1993by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME 65,739 enrolled, 38,674 (58.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul FARRELLY + Labour 20,650 53.4 -03.1 Mike Flynn Conservative 10,664 27.6 +06.2 Robert Fyson 773 02.0 Paul Godfrey 594 01.5 Jerry Roodhouse Lib Dem 5,993 15.5 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,674 12.9 04.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Farrelly (b1962): MP for Newcastle-under-Lyne from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CENTRAL 67,970 enrolled, 34,870 (51.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim COUSINS * Labour 19,169 55.0 -04.2 Gordon Potts 723 02.1 Stephen Psallidas Lib Dem 7,564 21.7 +06.7 Aidan Ruff Conservative 7,414 21.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,870 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cousins (b1944): MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE EAST AND WALLSEND 61,494 enrolled, 32,694 (53.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Nick BROWN * Labour 20,642 63.1 -08.1 Blanch Carpenter 420 01.3 Andrew Gray Green 651 02.0 Martin Levy 126 00.4 Dr Harash Narang 563 01.7 David Ord Lib Dem 6,419 19.6 +09.0 Tim Troman Conservative 3,873 11.8 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,694 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Brown (b1950): MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne East 1983-97, for Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip) 1997-1998 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1998-2001 Minister for Work, Department for Work and Pensions from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NORTH 63,208 enrolled, 36,368 (57.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug HENDERSON * Labour 21,874 60.1 -02.1 Phillip Smith Conservative 7,424 20.4 +01.0 Graham Soult Lib Dem 7,070 19.4 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,368 19.8 01.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Henderson (b1949): MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne North from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of State (Europe), Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1997-98 Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, 1998-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWPORT EAST 56,118 enrolled, 31,282 (55.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Madoc Batcup Plaid Cymru 1,519 04.9 +03.0 Alistair Cameron Lib Dem 4,394 14.0 +03.6 Robert Griffiths 173 00.5 Rt Hon Alan HOWARTH * Labour 17,120 54.7 -02.9 Ian Oakley Conservative 7,246 23.2 +01.8 Neal Reynolds 410 01.3 Liz Screen 420 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,282 15.7 02.4 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Howarth (b1944): MP for Stratford-on-Avon 1983-97 (as Conservative until 1995), for Newport East from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science 1989-92 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Employment 1997-98 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of culture, media and sport 1998-2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWPORT WEST 59,742 enrolled, 35,063 (58.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Cavill 278 00.8 Paul FLYNN * Labour 18,489 52.7 -07.8 Hugh Moelwyn-Hughes 506 01.4 Dr William Morgan Conservative 9,185 26.2 +01.8 Anthony Salkeld Plaid Cymru 2,510 07.2 +05.6 Veronica Watkins Lib Dem 4,095 11.7 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,063 13.2 04.8 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Flynn (b1935): MP for Newport West from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWRY AND ARMAGH 72,466 enrolled, 55,621 (76.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: SDLP over UUP 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Berry DUP 10,795 19.4 Sylvia McRoberts UUP 6,833 12.3 -21.5 Seamus MALLON * SDLP 20,784 37.4 -05.6 Conor Murphy Sinn Fein 17,209 30.9 +09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,621 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seamus Mallon (b1936): MP for Newry and Armagh from 1986by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORFOLK MID 74,911 enrolled, 52,548 (70.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Agnew 1,333 02.5 Vivienne Clifford-Jackson Lib Dem 7,621 14.5 -00.5 Peter Reeve Green 1,118 02.1 -00.7 Keith SIMPSON * Conservative 23,519 44.8 +05.2 Daniel Zeichner Labour 18,957 36.1 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,548 04.3 03.1 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Simpson (b1949): MP for Norfolk Mid from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORFOLK NORTH 80,061 enrolled, 56,220 (70.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Gates Labour 7,490 13.3 -11.8 Norman LAMB Lib Dem 23,978 42.6 +08.3 David Prior * Conservative 23,495 41.8 +05.3 Mike Sheridan Green 649 01.1 Paul Simison 608 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,220 00.4 01.5 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Prior (b1954): MP for Norfolk North 1997-2001 > Norman Lamb (b1958): MP for Norfolk North from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORFOLK NORTH-WEST 77,387 enrolled, 51,203 (66.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry BELLINGHAM Conservative 24,846 48.5 +07.0 Ian Durrant 704 01.4 Dr Ian Mack Lib Dem 4,292 08.4 -01.2 Dr George Turner * Labour 21,361 41.7 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,203 03.4 04.5 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr George Turner (b1940): MP for Norfolk North-West 1997-2001 > Henry Bellingham (b1955): MP for Norfolk North-West 1983-97, from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORFOLK SOUTH 82,710 enrolled, 55,929 (67.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard BACON + Conservative 23,589 42.2 +02.1 Dr Anne Lee Lib Dem 16,696 29.8 +01.5 Joseph Neal 856 01.5 Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht Green 1,069 01.9 +01.1 Mark Wells Labour 13,719 24.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,929 06.2 00.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Bacon (b1963): MP for Norfolk South from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORFOLK SOUTH-WEST 83,903 enrolled, 52,949 (63.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Dean Lib Dem 5,681 10.7 -03.2 Anne Hanson Labour 18,267 34.5 -03.3 Rt Hon Gillian SHEPHARD * Conservative 27,633 52.2 +10.2 Ian Smith 1,368 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,949 08.8 06.7 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gillian Shephard (b1940): MP for Norfolk South-West from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1989-90 Minister of State to the Treasury 1990-92 Secretary of State of Employment 1992-93 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1993-94 Secretary of State for Education 1994-95 Secretary of State for Education and Employment 1995-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORMANTON 65,392 enrolled, 34,155 (52.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Appleyard 798 02.3 William O'BRIEN * Labour 19,152 56.1 -04.5 Stephen Pearson Lib Dem 4,990 14.6 +02.2 Graham Smith Conservative 9,215 27.0 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,155 14.5 04.0 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- William O'Brien (b1929): MP for Normanton from 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHAMPTON NORTH 74,124 enrolled, 41,494 (56.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Church Lib Dem 7,363 17.7 +05.0 Sally KEEBLE * Labour 20,507 49.4 -03.3 Dusan Torbica 596 01.4 John Whelan Conservative 12,614 30.4 -03.0 Gordon White 414 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,494 09.5 00.1 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sally Keeble (b1951): MP for Northampton North from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHAMPTON SOUTH 85,271 enrolled, 51,029 (59.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek Clark 1,237 02.4 Tony CLARKE * Labour 21,882 42.9 +00.5 Tina Harvey 362 00.7 Clare Johnson 196 00.4 Andrew Simpson Lib Dem 6,355 12.4 +01.3 Shailesh Vara Conservative 20,997 41.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,029 00.9 00.3 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Clarke (b1963): MP for Northampton South from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHAVON 78,841 enrolled, 55,758 (70.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carmen Carver 751 01.3 Robert Hall Labour 6,450 11.6 -04.0 Dr Carrie Ruxton Conservative 19,340 34.7 -04.3 Steve WEBB * Lib Dem 29,217 52.4 +10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,758 08.8 07.1 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Webb (b1965): MP for Northavon from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORWICH NORTH 74,911 enrolled, 45,614 (60.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Betts 211 00.5 Guy Cheyney 471 01.0 Dr Ian GIBSON * Labour 21,624 47.4 -02.3 Kay Mason Conservative 15,761 34.5 +02.0 Robert Tinch Green 797 01.7 Moira Toye Lib Dem 6,750 14.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,614 06.4 02.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Ian Gibson (b1938): MP for Norwich North from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORWICH SOUTH 65,792 enrolled, 42,592 (64.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne Lib Dem 9,640 22.6 +04.0 Alun Buffrey 620 01.5 Charles CLARKE * Labour 19,367 45.5 -06.2 Andrew French Conservative 10,551 24.8 +01.1 Adrian Holmes Green 1,434 03.4 +02.0 Edward Manningham 507 01.2 Tarquin Mills 473 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,592 10.3 03.7 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Clarke (b1950): MP for Norwich South from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without Portfolio (Labour Party chairman), with a seat in the Cabinet from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTTINGHAM EAST 65,339 enrolled, 29,731 (45.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Allan Conservative 7,210 24.2 +00.7 Tim Ball Lib Dem 3,874 13.0 +02.9 John HEPPELL * Labour 17,530 59.0 -03.3 Pete Radcliff 1,117 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,731 17.4 02.0 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Heppell (b1948): MP for Nottingham East from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTTINGHAM NORTH 64,281 enrolled, 30,042 (46.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham ALLEN * Labour 19,392 64.5 -01.2 Andrew Botham 321 01.1 Rob Lee Lib Dem 3,177 10.6 +02.6 Martin Wright Conservative 7,152 23.8 +03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,042 20.3 02.4 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Allen (b1953): MP for Nottingham North from 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTTINGHAM SOUTH 73,049 enrolled, 36,605 (50.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Bartrop 632 01.7 Wendy Manning Conservative 9,960 27.2 -00.5 Kevin Mulloy Lib Dem 6,064 16.6 +03.7 Alan SIMPSON * Labour 19,949 54.5 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,605 13.6 00.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Simpson (b1948): MP for Nottingham South from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NUNEATON 72,101 enrolled, 43,312 (60.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Ferguson Lib Dem 4,820 11.1 +02.3 Brian James 873 02.0 Mark Lancaster Conservative 15,042 34.7 +03.8 Bill OLNER * Labour 22,577 52.1 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,312 08.7 03.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Olner (b1942): MP for Nuneaton from 1992 --------------------------------------------------------------------