| DAVIDBLUNKETT | Former Labour MP who was Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 (5,8) |
| AMBERRUDD | Conservative MP who was home secretary from 2016 to 2018 (5,4) |
| CLARKE | Charles _, former Labour MP who was Home Secretary 2004-06 (6) |
| RUDD | Amber, politician who was Home Secretary from 2016-18, succeeded by Sajid Javid (4) |
| BAKER | Kenneth ---, former UK Conservative MP who was home secretary 1990-92 (5) |
| ESTELLE | ___ Morris, Labour politician who was education secretary from 2001 to 2002 (7) |
| STRAW | Jack _, British politician who was Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 (5) |
| PHILHOPE | Former Labour MP who was Minister of State for Health from 2008 to 2010 |
| DALZIEL | Former Labour MP who was mayor of Christchurch from 2013 to 2022 (7) |
| DAVID | Labour peer who was Home Secretary 2001-04 (5,8) |
| BLUNKETT | Labour peer who was Home Secretary 2001-04 (5,8) |
| SHORT | Clare _, former Labour MP who was Secretary of State for International Development 1997-2003 (5) |
| FRANKDOBSON | Late former Labour MP who was Secretary of State for Health 1997-99 (5,6) |
| TAMDALYELL | Scottish Labour MP who was Father of the House of Commons from 2001 to 2005 (3,7) |
| GLENDAJACKSON | Labour MP who won Best Actress Oscars for Women in Love and A Touch of Class (6,7) |
| LIVINGSTONE | Ken - - -, former Labour MP who was Mayor of London 2000-2008 (11) |
| BYERS | Surname of Labour MP who was Transport Secretary from June 2001-May 2002 (5) |
| BEAUTIFULDAY | U2 song used as the theme tune to the ITV football highlights show The Premiership, broadcast from 2001 to 2004 |
| DOC | Billy Ray Cyrus series from 2001 to 2004 |
| CLUBREPS | ITV docusoap that ran from 2001 to 2004, set on Rhodes and later Gran Canaria |
