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There is no agreed

MPs felt that England should have its own distinct anthem with the result that there have been discussions on the subject in the UK Parliament.[1]

There are a number of songs which may fulfil this role. Several candidate songs have been discussed, including "There'll Always Be an England", "Jerusalem", "Rose of England", "I Vow to Thee, My Country" and "Land of Hope and Glory".[2] Alternatives to "God Save the King" have been used for England teams at sporting events.[1]

Anthems currently used at sporting events

At present, the following anthems are used:

Multi-sport events

  • At the
    Team England has used "Jerusalem" as the victory anthem since 2010. The Commonwealth Games Council for England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "God Save the Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". "Jerusalem" was the clear winner with 52% of the vote; "Land of Hope and Glory" received 32% and "God Save the Queen" 12%.[3]

Single sport events

Proposals for an English anthem

On 20 April 2007,

Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons, proposing that England have its own national anthem. The EDM called for all English sporting associations to "adopt an appropriate song that English sportsmen and women, and the English public, would favour when competing as England."[7] There has also been an EDM calling for "Jerusalem" to be given official status as the national anthem of England, proposed by Daniel Kawczynski, the Conservative Party MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham on 18 October 2006.[8]

In April 2008, Mulholland called for the England national rugby league team to replace God Save the Queen with an English national anthem at the Rugby League World Cup to be held in Australia in autumn 2008[9] and on 28 April he put forward another EDM in the House of Commons, noting that Scotland and Wales who were also taking part in the World Cup, would also have their own national anthems, and therefore calling on England to use a distinctive English anthem, with the proposal that English Rugby League fans should be given the chance to choose this.[10] However, '"God Save the Queen" was used.

On

God Save the Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" with the winning song being adopted as the official anthem for Team England. "Jerusalem" was declared the winner on 30 May 2010, securing 52% of the vote.[3]

In January 2016,

private member's bill to the House of Commons under the Ten Minute Rule calling for an anthem for England sporting fixtures; the bill passed its first reading.[11][12]
However, the bill did not receive a second reading and did not pass into law.

Also in January 2016,

God Save the Queen" by 27%, "Jerusalem" by 18%, and other options were selected by 11%. "Don't know" was selected by 16%.[13]

Anthems that have been put forward

"Jerusalem"

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The best-known version of

Last Night of the BBC Proms
as are "Land of Hope and Glory" and "God Save the King".

"Jerusalem" was used as a campaign slogan by the Labour Party in the 1945 general election when Clement Attlee said they would build "a new Jerusalem". The song is also the unofficial anthem of the Women's Institute, and historically was used by the National Union of Suffrage Societies. It has also been sung at conferences of the Conservative Party.

"Jerusalem" is frequently sung as an office or recessional hymn in English cathedrals, churches and chapels on

St George's Day.[citation needed]. However some clergy in the Church of England have refused to allow it in their churches on the grounds that it is too nationalistic and is not a prayer to God.[14]

There have been calls by some MPs to give "Jerusalem" official status.[8]

In 2000 a rendition of "Jerusalem" by novelty act Fat Les was adopted by the English Football Association as the England football team's official song for the UEFA Euro 2000 competition.[15] Jerusalem has been the ECB's official hymn since 2003,[6] being played before the start of play each day of home test matches, although "God Save the Queen" was the anthem sung by England players before games at ICC events and recent Ashes series. The song was sung ironically as background during the punishment of the runaway in the film, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962).[16]

"Land of Hope and Glory"

"

Last Night of the BBC Proms
.

At international rugby league matches, England often sang "Land of Hope and Glory" as their

God Save the Queen"). The song was also used once as the victory anthem of England at the Commonwealth Games until "Jerusalem" was adopted in 2010.[citation needed
]

Other patriotic songs

Other English patriotic songs which have been proposed[

English folk singer Maggie Holland,[citation needed][17] which won the Best Original Song award at the 2000 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b Perraudin, Frances (13 January 2016). "The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ Walsh, James (13 January 2016). "The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "England announce victory anthem for Delhi chosen by the public!". Commonwealth Games England. Self-published source. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  4. ^ "'Abide with Me' choir".
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  6. ^ a b "Sing Jerusalem for England!". BBC Sport. London: BBC. 6 September 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Early Day Motion EDM 1319, English National Anthem". www.parliament.uk. London: UK Parliament. 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Early Day Motion EDM 2791, English National Anthem". www.parliament.uk. London: UK Parliament. 18 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  9. ^ "World Cup Rugby League anthem plea by Leeds MP". Yorkshire Evening Post. Leeds: Yorkshire Post Newspapers. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  10. ^ "Early Day Motion EDM 1429, English National Anthem for the Rugby League World Cup". www.parliament.uk. London: UK Parliament. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  11. ^ "MPs back calls for English national anthem". BBC News. London: BBC. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ^ Perraudin, F. (13 January 2016). "God Save the Queen: MPs vote to introduce bill on new English anthem". The Guardian. London and Manchester: Guardian News and Media.
  13. ^ https://www.cityam.com/british-people-want-a-new-national-anthem-and-they-want-it-to-be-land-of-hope-and-glory-instead-of-god-save-the-queen/
  14. ^ Borland, S. (18 April 2008). "Cathedral bans popular hymn 'Jerusalem'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  15. ^ "Fat Les score for England". BBC News. London: BBC. 8 May 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  16. ^ 'Jerusalem' from 'The loneliness of the long distance runner, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 25 April 2020
  17. ^ Irwin, Colin In Search of Albion: From Cornwall to Cumbria – A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul (2005); pp. ix-x
  18. ^ "Previous winners". Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006. London: BBC. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
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