Speaking to insidethegames today, Blanchard claimed the anthem Jerusalem to represent English athletes competing at Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014 had a positive impact on the teams.

It was chosen following a month-long public vote in the build-up to Delhi 2010, fending off competition from Land of Hope and Glory, used by England at the Commonwealth Games before 2010, and God Save the Queen, the national anthem for the United Kingdom as a whole.

God Save the Queen is currently used for England during most sporting events, including football matches, but Chesterfield Member of Parliament Toby Perkins believes England needs its own anthem likes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

He presented his case in the House of Commons as a 10-minute rule motion, and with the English National Anthem Bill being adopted, the idea is due to be debated again at a second reading on March 4.

"I think we’re genuinely very, very English and represent England probably as well as it can be represented," said Blanchard of the CGE.

"That comes through - so when they [the athletes] are part of Team England, it is Team England that they’re representing.

"They’ll have some friends from the Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or the Isle of Man teams, but they want to win for England and they want to embrace that sort of English mind-set and that Englishness.

"There’s a number of elements to that; team spirit is one and how you set up is one, the brand is one, the kit is one.

"But actually that whole national identity and national anthem which represents England and not the rest of the UK is really a key part of that team spirit and was really embraced by the athletes."

England topped the medals table at Glasgow 2014 with 58 golds, 59 silvers and 57 bronzes, meaning Jerusalem was played regularly as the country finished ahead of Australia for the first time in 28 years.

"It proved to be popular with the English fans as well in Glasgow - they made a lot of noise," added Blanchard.

"And obviously we won a lot of gold medals so it was heard a lot of times.

"Obviously in Rio [at the 2016 Olympic Games] they will go with God Save the Queen because it’s a GB team, but when you’re representing one part of the Union then you want to know that.

"On the face of things it’s a relatively small thing but actually it means a lot to the athletes."

The English National Anthem Bill would bestow responsibility on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to hold a consultation across the UK.

There could even be an "X Factor style programme" to select a song, according to Perkins.

"It reflects a sense that we see Britain and England as synonymous," said Perkins of God Save the Queen.

"This not only denies us English an opportunity to celebrate the nation that is being represented but is also a cause for resentment amongst other countries within the British Isles who feel that England have requisitioned a British song."

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP for North East Somerset, opposed Perkins’ proposal for an English anthem, however.

"When the honourable gentleman for Chesterfield said that now English crowds take the St George's flag rather than the Union Jack, to me that's a matter of pity, of shame, that we have given up viewing ourselves as one United Kingdom, whether we are supporting England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland," he said.

"These expressions of the individual nationalism are a disuniting factor in our country, in a country that we ought to want to make more united."

Campaign group England In My Heart arranged for a van with loudspeakers to drive around Parliament playing Jerusalem ahead of the debate, showing their support for its adoption.

Anthem 4 England, another campaign group, said Jerusalem has come out as favourite in previous polls.

According to ConservativeHome website, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Jerusalem would be his choice for England's national anthem.

Jerusalem's lyrics were written by William Blake in 1804, and were added to music written by Hubert Parry in 1916.