UNITED KINGDOM HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS OF 7 JUNE 2001 ==================================================================== POLLING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== Showing ministerial positions as announced on 12 June 2001 R. ==================================================================== RAYLEIGH 70,073 enrolled, 42,773 (61.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Clark Labour 13,144 30.7 +01.8 Mark FRANCOIS + Conservative 21,434 50.1 +00.4 Colin Morgan 1,581 03.7 Geoff Williams Lib Dem 6,614 15.5 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,773 09.7 00.7 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Francois (b1966): MP for Rayleigh from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- READING EAST 74,637 enrolled, 43,618 (58.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Dobrashian Lib Dem 8,078 18.5 00.0 Jane GRIFFITHS * Labour 19,531 44.8 +02.1 Peter Hammerson 94 00.2 Miriam Kennett Green 1,053 02.4 Barry Tanswell Conservative 13,943 32.0 -03.2 Amy Thornton 525 01.2 Darren Williams 394 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,618 06.4 02.7 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Griffiths (b1954): MP for Reading East from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- READING WEST 71,688 enrolled, 41,986 (58.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Black 848 02.0 Polly Martin Lib Dem 5,387 12.8 +00.1 Stephen Reid Conservative 13,451 32.0 -06.9 Martin SALTER * Labour 22,300 53.1 +08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,986 10.5 07.4 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Salter (b1954): MP for Reading West from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REDCAR 66,179 enrolled, 38,198 (57.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 22.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vera BAIRD + Labour 23,026 60.3 -07.0 Chris Main Conservative 9,583 25.1 +02.0 John Taylor 772 02.0 Stan Wilson Lib Dem 4,817 12.6 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,198 17.6 04.5 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vera Baird (b1951): MP for Redcar from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REDDITCH 62,543 enrolled, 37,032 (59.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Armstrong Green 651 01.8 Michael Ashall Lib Dem 3,808 10.3 -00.7 George Flynn 1,259 03.4 Karen Lumley Conservative 14,415 38.9 +02.8 Jacqui SMITH * Labour 16,899 45.6 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,032 03.3 03.5 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqui Smith (b1962): MP for Redditch from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parl Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Employment 1999-2001 Minister of State, Department of Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- REGENTS PARK AND KENSINGTON NORTH 75,886 enrolled, 37,052 (48.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Boyle Lib Dem 4,669 12.6 -04.1 Karen BUCK * Labour 20,247 54.6 -05.3 Alan Crisp 354 01.0 China Mieville 459 01.2 Dr Paul Miller Green 1,268 03.4 Charlotte Regan 74 00.2 Peter Wilson Conservative 9,981 26.9 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,052 13.8 01.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen Buck (b1958): MP for Regents Park and Kensington North from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REIGATE 65,023 enrolled, 39,474 (60.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crispin BLUNT * Conservative 18,875 47.8 +04.0 Simon Charleton Labour 10,850 27.5 -00.3 Harold Green 357 00.9 Jane Kulka Lib Dem 8,330 21.1 +01.1 Stephen Smith 1,062 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,474 10.1 02.1 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crispin Blunt (b1960): MP for Reigate from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RENFREWSHIRE WEST 52,889 enrolled, 33,497 (63.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over SNP 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clare Hamblen Lib Dem 4,185 12.5 -05.2 Arlene Nunnery 925 02.8 Carol Puthucheary SNP 7,145 21.3 -05.2 David Sharpe Conservative 5,522 16.5 -02.1 James SHERIDAN + Labour 15,720 46.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,497 12.8 02.8 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Sheridan (b1952): MP for Renfrewshire West from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RHONDDA 56,059 enrolled, 34,002 (60.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over PC 30.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris BRYANT + Labour 23,230 68.3 -06.1 Gavin Cox Lib Dem 1,525 04.5 -01.1 Peter Hobbins Conservative 1,557 04.6 +00.8 Glyndwr Summers 507 01.5 Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru 7,183 21.1 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,002 23.6 06.9 > PC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Bryant (b1962): MP for Rhondda from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIBBLE SOUTH 73,794 enrolled, 46,130 (62.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Alcock Lib Dem 7,150 15.5 +04.9 David BORROW * Labour 21,386 46.4 -00.4 Adrian Owens Conservative 17,594 38.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,130 04.1 00.5 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Borrow (b1952): MP for Ribble South from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIBBLE VALLEY 74,319 enrolled, 49,171 (66.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Carr Lib Dem 14,070 28.6 -06.5 Nigel EVANS * Conservative 25,308 51.5 +04.8 Marcus Johnstone Labour 9,793 19.9 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,171 11.4 05.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Evans (b1957): MP for Ribble Valley from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND 65,360 enrolled, 44,034 (67.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Forth Lib Dem 7,890 17.9 -00.5 Rt Hon William HAGUE * Conservative 25,951 58.9 +10.0 Melodie Staniforth 561 01.3 Fay Tinnion Labour 9,632 21.9 -05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,034 18.5 08.0 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hague (b1961): MP for Richmond from 1989by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1993-94 Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disabled People) 1994-95 Secretary of State for Wales 1995-97 Leader of the Conservative Party 1997-2001 Leader of the Opposition 1997-2001 (acting in both positions pending the election of a successor) -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND PARK 72,663 enrolled, 49,151 (67.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Harris Conservative 18,480 37.6 -01.9 Barry Langford Labour 5,541 11.3 -01.3 James Page Green 1,223 02.5 Raymond Perrin 115 00.2 Peter St John Howe 348 00.7 Dr Jenny TONGE * Lib Dem 23,444 47.7 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,151 05.0 02.4 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Jenny Tonge (b1941): MP for Richmond Park from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCHDALE 69,506 enrolled, 39,412 (56.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over LD 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaina Cohen Conservative 5,274 13.4 -04.6 Lorna FITZSIMONS * Labour 19,406 49.2 -00.2 Nick Harvey Green 728 01.8 Paul Rowen Lib Dem 13,751 34.9 -05.1 Mohammed Salim 253 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,412 07.1 02.4 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorna Fitzsimons (b1967): MP for Rochdale from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCHFORD AND SOUTHEND EAST 69,991 enrolled, 37,452 (53.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dandridge Labour 13,024 34.8 -04.8 Adrian Hedges Green 990 02.6 Brian Lynch 600 01.6 Stephen Newton Lib Dem 2,780 07.4 -02.0 Sir Teddy TAYLOR * Conservative 20,058 53.6 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,452 09.4 04.9 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Edward Taylor (b1937): MP for Glasgow Cathcart 1964-79, for Southend East 1980by-97, for Rochford and Southend East from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1970-71 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROMFORD 59,893 enrolled, 35,701 (59.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eileen Gordon * Labour 12,954 36.3 -06.9 Frank McAllister 414 01.2 Nigel Meyer Lib Dem 2,869 08.0 +00.1 Andrew ROSINDELL Conservative 18,931 53.0 +11.4 Stephen Ward 5,339 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,701 08.3 09.1 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eileen Gordon (b1946): MP for Romford 1997-2000 > Andrew Rosindell (b1966): MP for Romford from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROMSEY 70,584 enrolled, 48,459 (68.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandra GIDLEY * Lib Dem 22,756 47.0 +17.6 Derrick Large 601 01.2 Anthony McCabe 730 01.5 Paul Raynes + Conservative 20,386 42.1 -03.9 Stephen Roberts Labour 3,986 08.2 -10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,459 02.4 10.7 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandra Gidley (b1957): MP for Romsey from 2000by -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Conservatives won this seat in 1997 but it was won the Liberal Democrats at a by-election in 2000. The Conservatives are shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSS, SKYE AND INVERNESS WEST 56,522 enrolled, 34,812 (61.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Lab 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Anderson 456 01.3 James Crawford 265 00.8 Donald Crichton Labour 5,880 16.9 -11.8 Rt Hon Charles KENNEDY * Lib Dem 18,832 54.1 +15.4 Angus Laing Conservative 3,096 08.9 -02.0 Dr Eleanor Scott Green 699 02.0 +01.2 Stuart Topp 683 02.0 Jean Urquhart SNP 4,901 14.1 -05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,812 18.6 13.6 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Kennedy (b1959): MP for Ross, Cromarty and Skye 1983-97, for Ross, Skye and Inverness West from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSSENDALE AND DARWEN 70,280 enrolled, 41,358 (58.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet ANDERSON * Labour 20,251 49.0 -04.6 Brian Dunning Lib Dem 6,079 14.7 +04.1 George Lee Conservative 15,028 36.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,358 06.3 04.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet Anderson (b1949): MP for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROTHER VALLEY 69,174 enrolled, 36,803 (53.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin BARRON * Labour 22,851 62.1 -05.5 James Duddridge Conservative 7,969 21.6 +04.9 David Cutts 1,380 03.7 Win Knight Lib Dem 4,603 12.5 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,803 20.2 05.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Barron (b1946): MP for Rother Valley from 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROTHERHAM 57,931 enrolled, 29,354 (50.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Bartholomew 137 00.5 Peter Griffith 730 02.5 Charles Hall Lib Dem 3,117 10.6 +00.2 Dr Denis MacSHANE * Labour 18,759 63.9 -07.4 Dick Penycate Green 577 02.0 Richard Powell Conservative 5,682 19.4 +05.1 Freda Smith 352 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,354 22.2 06.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Denis MacShane (b1948): MP for Rotherham from 1994by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROXBURGH AND BERWICKSHIRE 47,059 enrolled, 28,797 (61.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: LD over Con 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roderick Campbell SNP 2,806 09.7 -01.6 Archy KIRKWOOD * Lib Dem 14,044 48.8 +02.3 Catherine Maxwell-Stuart Labour 4,498 15.6 +00.6 Amanda Millar 463 01.6 Peter Neilson 453 01.6 George Turnbull Conservative 6,533 22.7 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,797 13.0 01.7 > LD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archy Kirkwood (b1946): MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire from 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUGBY AND KENILWORTH 79,764 enrolled, 53,796 (67.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Lab over Con 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gwen Fairweather Lib Dem 7,444 13.8 -00.5 Paul Garratt 787 01.5 Andy KING * Labour 24,221 45.0 +01.9 David Martin Conservative 21,344 39.7 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,796 02.6 02.2 > Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy King (b1948): MP for Rugby and Kenilworth from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUISLIP-NORTHWOOD 60,788 enrolled, 37,141 (61.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Cox Lib Dem 7,177 19.3 +03.1 Ian Edward 547 01.5 Graham Lee Green 724 01.9 Gillian Travis Labour 10,578 28.5 -04.4 John WILKINSON * Conservative 18,115 48.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,141 10.1 01.5 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wilkinson (b1940): MP for Bradford West 1970-Feb74, for Ruislip-Northwood from 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUNNYMEDE AND WEYBRIDGE 75,569 enrolled, 42,426 (56.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Briginshaw Labour 12,286 29.0 -00.4 Christopher Browne 1,332 03.1 Chris Bushill Lib Dem 6,924 16.3 00.0 Charles Gilman Green 1,238 02.9 Philip HAMMOND * Conservative 20,646 48.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,426 09.8 00.2 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Hammond (b1955): MP for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSHCLIFFE 81,839 enrolled, 54,446 (66.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley Baxter Green 1,236 02.3 Ken Browne 1,434 02.6 Rt Hon Kenneth CLARKE * Conservative 25,869 47.5 +03.1 Paul Fallon Labour 18,512 34.0 -02.2 Jeremy Hargreaves Lib Dem 7,395 13.6 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,446 06.7 02.6 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Clarke (b1940): MP for Rushcliffe from 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport 1979-80 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport 1980-82 Minister for Health 1982-85 Paymaster-General and Employment Minister 1985-87 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Minister of Trade and Industry) 1987-88 Secretary of State for Health 1988-90 Secretary of State for Education and Science 1990-92 Secretary of State for the Home Department 1992-93 Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUTLAND AND MELTON 72,448 enrolled, 47,056 (64.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over Lab 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Baker 1,223 02.6 Christopher Davies Green 817 01.7 Alan DUNCAN * Conservative 22,621 48.1 +02.3 Kim Lee Lib Dem 8,386 17.8 -01.4 Matthew O'Callaghan Labour 14,009 29.8 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,056 09.1 00.7 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Duncan (b1957): MP for Rutland and Melton from 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RYEDALE 66,543 enrolled, 43,899 (66.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1997 majority: Con over LD 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Ellis Labour 6,470 14.7 -03.3 Stephen Feaster 882 02.0 John GREENWAY * Conservative 20,711 47.2 -03.4 Keith Orrell Lib Dem 15,836 36.1 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,899 05.5 00.3 > Con -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Greenway (b1946): MP for Ryedale from 1987 --------------------------------------------------------------------