South East, 1997 vs 2001: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency	1997	2001	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Aldershot	Con	Con	14.6%	+0.8
Arundel and South Downs	Con	Con	29.9%	+1.6
Ashford	Con	Con	15.4%	−2.8
Aylesbury	Con	Con	20.4%	−1.1
Banbury	Con	Con	10.1%	−1.0
Basingstoke	Con	Con	1.8%	+1.2
Beaconsfield	Con	Con	31.0%	−0.9
Bexhill and Battle	Con	Con	23.5%	+0.7
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con	Con	14.5%	+0.6
Bracknell	Con	Con	13.6%	+2.0
Brighton Kemptown	Lab	Lab	12.6%	+2.5
Brighton Pavilion	Lab	Lab	23.7%	−1.6
Buckingham	Con	Con	29.4%	−2.2
Canterbury	Con	Con	4.6%	+1.4
Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	Lab	10.9%	+2.6
Chesham and Amersham	Con	Con	26.2%	−0.5
Chichester	Con	Con	22.9%	+1.8
Crawley	Lab	Lab	17.1%	−3.0
Dartford	Lab	Lab	7.4%	−0.5
Dover	Lab	Lab	11.6%	−5.0
East Hampshire	Con	Con	17.7%	+1.5
East Surrey	Con	Con	28.1%	−2.2
East Worthing and Shoreham	Con	Con	14.3%	+1.1
Eastbourne	Con	Con	4.8%	−0.6
Eastleigh	LD	LD	6.4%	−2.7
Epsom and Ewell	Con	Con	21.6%	−0.2
Esher and Walton	Con	Con	25.3%	+0.9
Fareham	Con	Con	15.4%	+2.2
Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	Con	10.2%	−0.9
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	Con	12.9%	−5.3
Gillingham	Lab	Lab	5.4%	+0.7
Gosport	Con	Con	6.6%	+3.2
Gravesham	Lab	Lab	11.1%	+0.1
Guildford	Con	LD gain	1.1%	−1.3
Hastings and Rye	Lab	Lab	10.5%	+2.6
Havant	Con	Con	10.4%	−1.3
Henley	Con	Con	19.1%	−0.7
Horsham	Con	Con	26.9%	+0.4
Hove	Lab	Lab	7.6%	−0.3
Isle of Wight	LD	Con gain	4.5%	−1.8
Lewes	LD	LD	21.4%	+1.1
Maidenhead	Con	Con	7.6%	+0.9
Maidstone and the Weald	Con	Con	22.6%	−2.4
Medway	Lab	Lab	9.8%	−1.1
Mid Sussex	Con	Con	15.1%	−1.2
Milton Keynes South West	Lab	Lab	15.4%	−2.5
Mole Valley	Con	Con	21.6%	−0.3
New Forest East	Con	Con	9.1%	−1.3
New Forest West	Con	Con	29.9%	−2.4
Newbury	LD	LD	4.8%	−2.1
North East Hampshire	Con	Con	30.2%	+0.8
North East Milton Keynes	Lab	Lab	3.9%	+1.7
North Thanet	Con	Con	15.9%	−5.1
North West Hampshire	Con	Con	24.7%	−1.5
Oxford East	Lab	Lab	26.0%	−2.1
Oxford West and Abingdon	LD	LD	17.8%	0
Portsmouth North	Lab	Lab	13.9%	+2.2
Portsmouth South	LD	LD	15.5%	+0.3
Reading East	Lab	Lab	12.8%	+2.6
Reading West	Lab	Lab	21.1%	+7.4
Reigate	Con	Con	20.3%	−2.1
Romsey	Con	LD gain	4.9%	−3.2
Runnymede and Weybridge	Con	Con	19.7%	−0.3
Sevenoaks	Con	Con	23.8%	−1.5
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	Lab	9.3%	+2.5
Slough	Lab	Lab	32.1%	+2.3
South Thanet	Lab	Lab	4.5%	−0.9
South West Surrey	Con	Con	1.7%	−0.7
Southampton Itchen	Lab	Lab	27.1%	+0.3
Southampton Test	Lab	Lab	27.0%	+0.4
Spelthorne	Con	Con	7.8%	−0.6
Surrey Heath	Con	Con	24.0%	+1.1
Tonbridge and Malling	Con	Con	19.4%	+0.7
Tunbridge Wells	Con	Con	24.2%	−0.4
Wantage	Con	Con	11.4%	−0.3
Wealden	Con	Con	26.1%	+1.5
Winchester	LD	LD	16.3%	−0.4
Windsor	Con	Con	21.1%	+3.4
Witney	Con	Con	16.2%	−1.9
Woking	Con	Con	15.8%	−4.2
Wokingham	Con	Con	13.7%	+2.3
Worthing West	Con	Con	20.9%	+2.0
Wycombe	Con	Con	7.0%	−1.3

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