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London, 1997 vs 2001: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in London compared between the 1997 and 2001 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19972001MajorityCon–Lab swing
BarkingLabLab37.9%−5.1
BatterseaLabLab13.7%+1.2
BeckenhamConCon10.9%−0.9
Bethnal Green and BowLabLab26.2%+0.5
Bexleyheath and CrayfordLabLab3.7%−1.7
Brent EastLabLab45.0%0
Brent NorthLabLab30.1%+9.8
Brent SouthLabLab60.7%+1.8
Brentford and IsleworthLabLab23.2%−1.3
Bromley and ChislehurstConCon20.9%+0.1
Camberwell and PeckhamLabLab56.3%+0.4
Carshalton and WallingtonLDLD11.2%−2.9
Chingford and Woodford GreenConCon14.8%−1.0
Chipping BarnetConCon6.4%−2.1
Cities of London and WestminsterConCon13.2%−0.5
Croydon CentralLabLab8.7%+0.8
Croydon NorthLabLab40.3%+2.6
Croydon SouthConCon19.3%+1.4
DagenhamLabLab31.5%−7.8
Dulwich and West NorwoodLabLab32.2%−2.3
Ealing Acton and Shepherd'S BushLabLab29.0%−1.8
Ealing NorthLabLab26.3%+4.9
Ealing SouthallLabLab23.3%−5.0
East HamLabLab56.4%+3.9
EdmontonLabLab28.1%−1.0
ElthamLabLab20.7%−1.4
Enfield NorthLabLab6.0%−4.2
Enfield SouthgateLabLab13.2%+5.1
Erith and ThamesmeadLabLab33.5%−4.2
Feltham and HestonLabLab35.0%+1.1
Finchley and Golders GreenLabLab8.5%+1.1
Greenwich and WoolwichLabLab41.3%−1.8
Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabLab46.1%−1.1
Hackney South and ShoreditchLabLab49.6%+2.2
Hammersmith and FulhamLabLab4.5%−1.3
Hampstead and HighgateLabLab22.2%−4.0
Harrow EastLabLab23.1%+3.0
Harrow WestLabLab13.2%+5.4
Hayes and HarlingtonLabLab41.6%+3.4
HendonLabLab18.2%+2.9
Holborn and St PancrasLabLab35.9%−5.1
HornchurchLabLab4.2%−4.4
Hornsey and Wood GreenLabLab24.1%−2.8
Ilford NorthLabLab5.3%−0.7
Ilford SouthLabLab33.9%+2.8
Islington NorthLabLab42.9%−2.6
Islington South and FinsburyLabLab25.8%−4.6
Kensington and ChelseaConCon31.3%−2.8
Kingston and SurbitonLDLD31.9%−3.0
Lewisham DeptfordLabLab52.5%−1.8
Lewisham EastLabLab29.9%−1.2
Lewisham WestLabLab38.7%+0.3
Leyton and WansteadLabLab38.3%−0.2
Mitcham and MordenLabLab36.3%+3.8
North Southwark and BermondseyLDLD26.1%−5.1
Old Bexley and SidcupConCon7.9%−0.5
OrpingtonConCon0.5%−5.2
Poplar and Canning TownLabLab41.4%−3.4
PutneyLabLab8.1%+0.7
Regent'S Park and Kensington NorthLabLab27.7%−1.6
Richmond ParkLDLD10.1%+0.3
RomfordLabCon gain16.7%−9.1
Ruislip NorthwoodConCon20.3%−1.5
StreathamLabLab39.2%−0.8
Sutton and CheamLDLD10.8%−1.2
TootingLabLab27.7%−2.4
TottenhamLabLab53.5%0
TwickenhamLDLD15.3%+1.3
UpminsterLabCon gain3.7%−5.2
UxbridgeConCon6.3%−2.3
VauxhallLabLab39.0%−1.5
WalthamstowLabLab44.1%+0.6
West HamLabLab53.5%−2.2
WimbledonLabLab9.1%+1.5

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