National anthem of England

At present, the following anthems are used: Multi-sport events • At the Commonwealth Games, 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%. Single sport events • International football matches, England uses the national anthem of the United Kingdom, "God Save the King" as the national anthem. At the beginning of the FA Cup Final "Abide with Me" is also played prior to the match. • At international rugby union matches, England uses "God Save the King" as the national anthem whilst "Jerusalem" or "Land of Hope and Glory" is the anthem played prior to kick-off. • At international rugby league matches, England uses "God Save the King" as the national anthem. "Abide With Me" is also played prior to the Challenge Cup Final and "Jerusalem" is also played prior to the Grand Final. • At international Test cricket matches, England has, since 2003, used "Jerusalem" as its entrance anthem.{{cite web • At international lacrosse matches, the England Men's team uses "God Save the King" and the Women's team uses "Land of Hope and Glory" as the national anthems. • At international darts matches, England uses "Land of Hope and Glory" as the national anthem. ==Proposals for an English anthem==

On 20 April 2007, Greg Mulholland, the then Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West, introduced an 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." 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. 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 However, '"God Save the Queen" was used. On St George's Day, 23 April 2010, the Commonwealth Games Council for England launched a poll to allow the public to decide which anthem would be played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Voters could choose between "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. ==Anthems that have been put forward==

"Jerusalem" The best-known version of William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time" is the song "Jerusalem", with music by Hubert Parry, which was orchestrated by Edward Elgar in 1922 for a large orchestra at the Leeds Festival. Upon hearing the orchestral version for the first time, King George V said that he preferred that "Jerusalem" replace "God Save the King" as the national anthem. "Jerusalem" is also performed at the annual 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", and is sung at the end of Labour Party conferences alongside The Red Flag. 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.. 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. which won the Best Original Song award at the 2000 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. ==References==