UK Election 2001 - Marginal constituencies
Target Consituencies
Published: May 23 2001 13:59GMT | Last Updated: May 23 2001 15:09GMT

Conservative targets   Labour targets   Liberal Democrat targets   Plaid Cymru targets   SNP targets  

 
The Battleground
 
 
Conservative Targets
 
Target No
 
Constituency
 
Held by
 
Votes
margin
Percentage
margin
Region
 

C1 Winchester Liberal Democrat 2 0.0% South East
C2 Torbay Liberal Democrat 12 0.0% South West
C3 Kingston and Surbiton Liberal Democrat 56 0.1% London
C4 Somerton and Frome Liberal Democrat 130 0.2% South West
C5 Kettering Labour 189 0.3% East Midlands
C6 Wellingborough Labour 187 0.3% East Midlands
C7 Milton Keynes North East Labour 240 0.5% South East
C8 Rugby and Kenilworth Labour 495 0.8% East Midlands
C9 Northampton South Labour 744 1.3% West Midlands
C10 Eastleigh Liberal Democrats 754 1.4% South East
C11 Romford Labour 649 1.5% London
C12 Lancaster and Wyre Labour 1,295 2.2% North West
C13 Harwich Labour 1,216 2.3% E Anglia & Essex
C14 Norfolk North West Labour 1,339 2.3% E Anglia & Essex
C15 Castle Point Labour 1,143 2.4% E Anglia & Essex
C16 Harrow West Labour 1,240 2.4% London
C17 Bristol West Labour 1,493 2.4% South West
C18 Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrats 1,274 2.4% South West
C19 Braintree Labour 1,451 2.6% E Anglia & Essex
C20 Lewes Liberal Democrats 1,300 2.6% South East

 
Labour Targets
 
Target No
 
Constituency
 
Held by
 
Votes
margin
Percentage
margin
Region
 

L1 Dorset South Conservative 77 0.2% South West
L2 Bedfordshire Conservative 132 0.2% South East
L3 Hexham Conservative 222 0.5% North East
L4 Lichfield Conservative 238 0.5% West Midlands
L5 Bury St Edmunds Conservative 368 0.7% E Anglia & Essex
L6 Meriden Conservative 582 1.1% West Midlands
L7 Boston and Skegness Conservative 647 1.4% East Midlands
L8 Uxbridge Conservative 724 1.7% London
L9 Bosworth Conservative 1,027 2.0% East Midlands
L10 Chipping Barnet Conservative 1,035 2.1% London
L12 Norfolk Mid Conservative 1,336 2.3% E Anglia & Essex
L14 Billericay Conservative 1,356 2.5% E Anglia & Essex
* Witney Conservative 7,028 12.5% South East

* Witney has technically been held by Labour since the defection of MP Shaun Woodward in late 1999.

 
Liberal Democrat Targets
 
Target No
 
Constituency
 
Held by
 
Votes
margin
Percentage
margin
Region
 

  Teignbridge Conservative 281 0.4% South West
  Wells Conservative 528 0.9% South West
  Dorset Mid and Poole North Conservative 681 1.3% South West
  Totnes Conservative 877 1.6% South West
  Norfolk North Conservative 1,293 2.2% E Anglia & Essex
  Conwy Labour 1,596 3.8% Wales
  Tiverton and Honiton Conservative 1,653 2.8% South West
  Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour 3,389 6.3% North West
  Hastings and Rye Labour 3,150 6.4% South East
  Bristol West Labour 4,517 7.2% South West
  Aberdeen South Labour 3,365 7.6% Scotland
  Falmouth and Camborne Labour 4,639 8.6% South West
  Rochdale Labour 4,545 9.5% North West
  Chesterfield Labour 5,775 11.2% East Midlands
  Shrewsbury and Atcham Labour 6,646 12.0% West Midlands
  Birmingham Yardley Labour 5,315 14.1% West Midlands
  Leeds North West Labour 8,005 16.2% Yorkshire
  Inverness East Labour 7,823 16.4% Scotland
** Romsey Conservative 8,585 16.6% South East
  Colne Valley Labour 10,530 18.7% Yorkshire
  Cardiff Central Labour 7,923 18.8% Wales

**Romsey was held by the Conservatives in 1997 but gained by the Liberal Democrats in a subsequent by-election.

 
Plaid Cymru Targets
 
Target No
 
Constituency
 
Held by
 
Votes
margin
Percentage
margin
Region
 

  Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Labour 3,450 8.3% Wales
  Clwyd West Labour 9,497 23.6% Wales

 
SNP Targets
 
Target No
 
Constituency
 
Held by
 
Votes
margin
Percentage
margin
Region
 

  Inverness East Labour 2,339 4.9% Scotland
  Glasgow Govan Labour 2,914 9.0% Scotland
  Ochil Labour 4,652 10.6% Scotland
  Kilmarnock & Loudoun Labour 7,256 15.3% Scotland