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POLITICAL PARTIES - Election Results/Government (10 June 2001)

CONTENTS:

Overall state of the parties
The new Cabinet
2001 Election Results
1997 Election Results

STATE OF THE PARTIES - 7 June 2001

PARTY	SEATS
Labour	413 (419)
Conservative	166 (161)
Lib Dem	52 (47)
Others	28 (32)

() = at dissolution(14/5/2001)

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THE NEW CABINET - 9 JUNE 2001

Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Deputy Prime Minister	John Prescott
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Gordon Brown
Foreign Secretary	Jack Straw
Lord Chancellor	Lord Irvine of Lairg
Home Secretary	David Blunkett
Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Stephen Byers
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Margaret Beckett
Secretary of State for Education and Skills	Estelle Morris
Secretary of State for Health	Alan Milburn
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Alistair Darling
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Andrew Smith
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women	Patricia Hewitt
Secretary of State for Defence	Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for International Development	Claire Short
Secretary of State for Wales	Paul Murphy
Secretary of State for Scotland	Helen Liddell
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	John Reid
Minister Without Portfolio and Labour Party Chairman	Charles Clarke
Leader of the House of Commons	Robin Cook
Leader of the House of Lords	Lord Williams of Mostyn
Chief Whip	Hilary Armstrong

Also attending Cabinet:

Minister for Work	Nick Brown
Chief Whip in the Lords	Lord carter
Minister for Transport	John Spellar

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 2001 Election Results

Bromley & Chislehurst

Eric Forth	Conservative	21,412	49.53%
Sue Polydorou	Labour	12,375	28.63%
Geoff Payne	Liberal Democrat	8,180	18.92%
Rob Bryant	UKIP	1264	2.92%

Conservative hold
Turnout 62.9%
Con majority 9,037
Swing from Con to Lab of 0.09%

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Jacqui Lait	Conservative	20,618	45.25%
Richard Watts	Labour	15,659	34.37%
Alex Feakes	Liberal Democrat	7,308	16.04%
Karen Moran	Green	961	2.11%
Christopher Pratt	UKIP	782	1.72%
Rif Winfield	Liberal	234	0.51%

Conservative hold
Turnout 63.07%
Con majority 4,959
Swing from Con to Lab of 0.09%

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Tessa Jowell	Labour	20,999	54.90%
Nick Vineall	Conservative	8,689	22.72%
Caroline Pidgeon	Liberal Democrat	5,806	15.18%
Jenny Jones	Green	1,914	5.00%
Brian Kelly	Socialist Alliance	839	2.19%

Labour hold
Turnout 54.3%
Lab majority 12,310
Swing from Lab to Con of 2.29%

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Jim Dowd	Labour	18,816	61.06%
Gary Johnson	Conservative	6,896	22.38%
Richard Thomas	Liberal Democrat	4,146	13.45%
Frederick Pearson	UKIP	485	1.57%
Nick Long	Independent	472	1.53%

Labour hold
Turnout 50.6%
Lab majority 11,920
Swing from Con to Lab of 0.25%

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Malcolm Wicks	Labour	26,610	63.54%
Simon Allison	Conservative	9,752	23.28%
Sandra Lawman	Liberal Democrat	4,375	10.45%
Alan Smith	UKIP	606	1.45%
Don Madgwick	Socialist Alliance	539	1.29%

Labour hold
Turnout 54.7%
Lab majority 16,858
Swing from Con to Lab of 2.63%

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Geraint Davies	Labour	21,643	47.19%
David Congdon	Conservative	17,659	38.15%
Paul Booth	Liberal Democrat	5,156	11.24%
James Feisenberger	UKIP	545	1.19%
Lynda Miller	BNP	449	0.98%
John Cartwright	Loony	408	0.89%

Labour hold
Turnout 59.1%
Lab majority 3,984
Swing from Con to Lab of 0.85%

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Keith Hill	Labour	21,041	56.87%
Roger O'Brien	Liberal Democrat	6,771	18.30%
Stephen Hocking	Conservative	6,639	17.94%
Mohammed Sajid	Green	1,641	4.44%
Greg Tucker	Socialist Alliance	906	2.45 %

Labour hold
Turnout 48.7%
Lab majority 14,270
Swing from Lab to LD of 5.33%

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1997 Election Results

Bromley & Chislehurst

E Forth	Con	24428	46.30%
R Yeldham	Lab	13310	25.20%
P Booth	LibD	12530	23.80%
R Bryant	UKIP	1176	2.20%
F Speed	Grn	640	1.20%
M Stoneman	NF	369	0.70%
G Aitman	Lib	285	0.50%

Conservative hold
Turnout 73.6%
Con majority 11118
Swing from Con to Lab of 11.80%

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Jacqui Lait	Conservative	13,162	41.2%
Robert Hughes	Labour	11,935	37.4%
Rosemary Vetterlein	Liberal Democrat	5,864	18.4%
Philip Rimmer	Liberal Party	330	1.0%
John McAuley	National Front	267	0.8%
Leonard Mead	Independent	237	0.7%
Terence Campion	Independent	69	0.2%
John Small	Natural Law	44	0.1%

Conservative hold (Byelection)
Turnout 68.7%
Con majority 1227
Swing from Con to Lab of (approx.) 15%

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T Jowell	Lab	27807	61.00%
R Gough	Con	11038	24.20%
S Kramer	LibD	4916	10.80%
B Coles	Ref	897	2.00%
A Goldie	Lib	587	1.30%
D Goodman	DRT	173	0.40%
E Pike	UKIP	159	0.30%
J Rizz	Ind	38	0.10%

Labour hold
Turnout 64.5%
Lab majority 16769
Swing from Con to Lab of 16.60%

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J Dowd	Lab	23273	62.00%
C Whelan	Con	8956	23.80%
K McGrath	LibD	3672	9.80%
A Leese	Ref	1098	2.90%
N Long	SLP	398	1.10%
E Oram	Lib	167	0.40%

Labour hold
Turnout 64.0%
Lab majority 14317
Swing from Con to Lab of 17.00%

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M Wicks	Lab	32672	62.20%
I Martin	Con	14274	27.20%
M Morris	LibD	4066	7.70%
R Billis	Ref	1155	2.20%
J Feisenberger	UKIP	396	0.80%

Labour gain
Turnout 68.2%
Lab majority 18398
Swing from Con to Lab of 17.60%

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G Davies	Lab	25432	45.60%
D Congdon	Con	21535	38.60%
G Schlich	LibD	6061	10.90%
C Cook	Ref	1886	3.40%
M Barnsley	Grn	595	1.10%
J Woollcott	UKIP	290	0.50%

Labour gain
Turnout 69.6%
Lab majority 3897
Swing from Con to Lab of 15.50%

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K Hill	Lab	28,181	62.80%
E Noad	Con	9,758	21.70%
R O'Brien	LibD	6,082	13.60%
J Wall	Ref	864	1.90%

Labour gain
Turnout 69(?)%
Lab majority 18,423
Swing from Con to Lab of 15%

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