East of England, 1997 vs 2001: seat-by-seat change
Every constituency in East of England compared between the 1997 and 2001 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.
| Constituency | 1997 | 2001 | Majority | Con–Lab swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | Lab | Lab | 18.9% | −3.0 |
| Bedford | Lab | Lab | 15.2% | −0.9 |
| Billericay | Con | Con | 11.0% | −4.3 |
| Braintree | Lab | Lab | 0.7% | −1.0 |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Con | Con | 4.3% | −1.1 |
| Broxbourne | Con | Con | 23.8% | −4.8 |
| Bury St Edmunds | Con | Con | 5.0% | −2.2 |
| Cambridge | Lab | Lab | 20.0% | −2.7 |
| Castle Point | Lab | Con gain | 2.5% | −2.4 |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con | Con | 7.4% | −0.3 |
| Colchester | LD | LD | 12.7% | −2.1 |
| Epping Forest | Con | Con | 19.9% | −5.0 |
| Great Yarmouth | Lab | Lab | 11.3% | −3.2 |
| Harlow | Lab | Lab | 13.0% | −4.5 |
| Harwich | Lab | Lab | 5.4% | +1.6 |
| Hemel Hempstead | Lab | Lab | 8.2% | +0.8 |
| Hertford and Stortford | Con | Con | 11.9% | +0.4 |
| Hertsmere | Con | Con | 11.8% | −2.9 |
| Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | Con | 14.8% | −1.1 |
| Huntingdon | Con | Con | 26.1% | +2.4 |
| Ipswich | Lab | Lab | 20.8% | −0.4 |
| Luton North | Lab | Lab | 25.5% | +2.6 |
| Luton South | Lab | Lab | 25.8% | +1.1 |
| Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | Con | 19.2% | +0.4 |
| Mid Bedfordshire | Con | Con | 17.3% | −1.9 |
| Mid Norfolk | Con | Con | 8.7% | −3.2 |
| North East Bedfordshire | Con | Con | 19.0% | −3.6 |
| North East Cambridgeshire | Con | Con | 13.3% | −2.0 |
| North East Hertfordshire | Con | Con | 7.7% | −0.9 |
| North Essex | Con | Con | 16.0% | −2.7 |
| North Norfolk | Con | LD gain | 0.9% | −8.5 |
| North West Cambridgeshire | Con | Con | 18.4% | −1.3 |
| North West Norfolk | Lab | Con gain | 6.8% | −4.6 |
| Norwich North | Lab | Lab | 12.9% | −2.2 |
| Norwich South | Lab | Lab | 20.7% | −3.7 |
| Peterborough | Lab | Lab | 7.2% | −4.0 |
| Rayleigh | Con | Con | 19.4% | +0.7 |
| Rochford and Southend East | Con | Con | 18.8% | −4.9 |
| Saffron Walden | Con | Con | 24.0% | −1.3 |
| South Cambridgeshire | Con | Con | 17.4% | −1.5 |
| South East Cambridgeshire | Con | Con | 17.3% | −0.6 |
| South Norfolk | Con | Con | 12.3% | −1.8 |
| South Suffolk | Con | Con | 11.2% | −1.6 |
| South West Bedfordshire | Con | Con | 1.8% | −0.8 |
| South West Hertfordshire | Con | Con | 17.3% | +0.4 |
| South West Norfolk | Con | Con | 17.7% | −6.8 |
| Southend West | Con | Con | 21.3% | −2.6 |
| St Albans | Lab | Lab | 10.2% | +0.7 |
| Stevenage | Lab | Lab | 20.2% | −1.2 |
| Suffolk Coastal | Con | Con | 8.6% | −1.4 |
| Thurrock | Lab | Lab | 26.8% | −4.9 |
| Watford | Lab | Lab | 12.0% | +0.8 |
| Waveney | Lab | Lab | 18.1% | −1.7 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | Lab | 2.8% | −3.9 |
| West Chelmsford | Con | Con | 13.0% | +0.6 |
| West Suffolk | Con | Con | 10.1% | −3.2 |
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