North West, 1997 vs 2001: seat-by-seat change
Every constituency in North West compared between the 1997 and 2001 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.
| Constituency | 1997 | 2001 | Majority | Con–Lab swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham and Sale West | Con | Con | 6.8% | −1.9 |
| Ashton under Lyne | Lab | Lab | 43.4% | −2.6 |
| Barrow and Furness | Lab | Lab | 25.3% | −2.4 |
| Birkenhead | Lab | Lab | 53.8% | −0.9 |
| Blackburn | Lab | Lab | 23.0% | −3.7 |
| Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | Lab | 13.4% | −1.6 |
| Blackpool South | Lab | Lab | 21.3% | −0.7 |
| Bolton North East | Lab | Lab | 21.6% | −2.1 |
| Bolton South East | Lab | Lab | 37.7% | −5.7 |
| Bolton West | Lab | Lab | 13.4% | −0.5 |
| Bootle | Lab | Lab | 69.0% | −2.4 |
| Burnley | Lab | Lab | 28.5% | −4.6 |
| Bury North | Lab | Lab | 14.6% | +0.1 |
| Bury South | Lab | Lab | 32.3% | +3.9 |
| Carlisle | Lab | Lab | 16.3% | −6.0 |
| Cheadle | Con | LD gain | 0.1% | −0.2 |
| Chester, City of | Lab | Lab | 15.4% | −1.7 |
| Chorley | Lab | Lab | 17.6% | +0.3 |
| Congleton | Con | Con | 15.8% | −1.1 |
| Copeland | Lab | Lab | 14.3% | −7.4 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | Lab | 23.8% | −3.7 |
| Crosby | Lab | Lab | 22.7% | +3.2 |
| Denton and Reddish | Lab | Lab | 45.6% | +0.8 |
| Eccles | Lab | Lab | 43.8% | −2.1 |
| Eddisbury | Con | Con | 10.3% | −4.0 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | Lab | 26.2% | −2.2 |
| Fylde | Con | Con | 21.5% | −2.1 |
| Halton | Lab | Lab | 50.6% | −1.3 |
| Hazel Grove | LD | LD | 21.9% | +2.4 |
| Heywood and Middleton | Lab | Lab | 30.1% | −2.3 |
| Hyndburn | Lab | Lab | 21.5% | −1.1 |
| Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab | Lab | 50.5% | −1.1 |
| Knowsley South | Lab | Lab | 58.3% | −2.5 |
| Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | Lab | 0.9% | −0.6 |
| Leigh | Lab | Lab | 46.4% | −3.5 |
| Liverpool Garston | Lab | Lab | 38.3% | +0.1 |
| Liverpool Riverside | Lab | Lab | 54.7% | +1.0 |
| Liverpool Walton | Lab | Lab | 63.2% | −0.1 |
| Liverpool Wavertree | Lab | Lab | 38.3% | −0.3 |
| Liverpool West Derby | Lab | Lab | 51.3% | −2.2 |
| Macclesfield | Con | Con | 15.8% | +0.1 |
| Makerfield | Lab | Lab | 50.9% | −3.6 |
| Manchester Blackley | Lab | Lab | 54.5% | −0.1 |
| Manchester Central | Lab | Lab | 53.0% | +0.3 |
| Manchester Gorton | Lab | Lab | 41.5% | −0.4 |
| Manchester Withington | Lab | Lab | 32.9% | −1.3 |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | Lab | 12.2% | +0.1 |
| Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | Lab | 6.0% | +0.3 |
| Oldham West and Royton | Lab | Lab | 32.5% | −1.0 |
| Pendle | Lab | Lab | 10.8% | −6.1 |
| Penrith and the Border | Con | Con | 33.2% | −5.2 |
| Preston | Lab | Lab | 34.0% | −2.4 |
| Ribble Valley | Con | Con | 22.9% | −0.3 |
| Rochdale | Lab | Lab | 14.4% | −2.4 |
| Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | Lab | 11.9% | −4.7 |
| Salford | Lab | Lab | 48.9% | −0.9 |
| South Ribble | Lab | Lab | 8.2% | −0.5 |
| Southport | LD | LD | 7.3% | +2.0 |
| St Helens North | Lab | Lab | 42.3% | −2.6 |
| St Helens South | Lab | Lab | 26.6% | −8.9 |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | Lab | 27.6% | −3.4 |
| Stockport | Lab | Lab | 32.7% | −3.9 |
| Stretford and Urmston | Lab | Lab | 34.0% | +3.0 |
| Tatton | Oth | Con gain | 20.9% | +8.3 |
| Wallasey | Lab | Lab | 32.9% | −3.9 |
| Warrington North | Lab | Lab | 39.0% | +0.4 |
| Warrington South | Lab | Lab | 16.3% | −1.7 |
| Weaver Vale | Lab | Lab | 24.5% | −1.7 |
| West Lancashire | Lab | Lab | 22.4% | −4.4 |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | Con | 6.6% | −7.2 |
| Wigan | Lab | Lab | 40.9% | −5.4 |
| Wirral South | Lab | Lab | 12.7% | −0.9 |
| Wirral West | Lab | Lab | 10.0% | +2.1 |
| Workington | Lab | Lab | 25.9% | −6.9 |
| Worsley | Lab | Lab | 33.3% | −2.3 |
| Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | Lab | 36.0% | +1.5 |
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