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2001 United Kingdom general election in England

Summary

The 2001 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 7 June 2001 for 529 English seats to the House of Commons. The Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats for the second election in a row.[1]

2001 United Kingdom general election in England
← 1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005 →
All 529 English seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 19 June 1997 9 August 1999
Leader's seat Sedgefield Richmond (Yorks) Ross, Skye & Inverness West
Last election 328 seats, 43.5% 165 seats, 33.7% 34 seats, 17.9%
Seats won 323 165 40
Seat change Decrease5 Steady0 Increase6
Popular vote 9,056,824 7,705,870 4,246,853
Percentage 41.4% 35.2% 19.4%
Swing Decrease2.1% Increase1.5% Increase1.3%

Results table edit

Party[1] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 323 1 6  5 61.1 9,056,824 41.4  2.1
Conservative 165 8 8   31.2 7,705,870 35.2  1.5
Liberal Democrats 40 8 2  6 8.1 4,246,853 19.4  1.5
UKIP 0 0 0   — 374,775 1.7  1.3
Green 0 0 0   — 158,173 0.7  0.5
Independent 0 0 1  1 — 79,559 0.4  0.1
Socialist Alliance 0 0 0   — 55,295 0.3 N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 0   — 51,299 0.2  0.1
BNP 0 0 0   — 46,851 0.2  0.1
Health Concern 1 1 0  1 0.2 28,487 0.1 N/A
Liberal 0 0 0   — 13,302 0.1  0.1
Other parties 0 0 0  1 — 53,474 0.2 N/A
21,870,762 59.1  12.2
Popular vote
Labour
 
 41.4%
Conservative
 
 35.2%
Liberal Democrats
 
 19.4%
UKIP
 
 1.7%
Other
 
 1.5%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 61.1%
Conservative
 
 31.2%
Liberal Democrats
 
 7.6%
Other
 
 0.2%

Regional results edit

East Midlands edit

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Labour 28 0 2 -2 879,886 45.1 -2.7
Conservative 15 1 0 +1 727,386 37.3 +2.4
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 300,831 15.4 +1.8
  Others — — — — 43,802 2.2 —
Total 44 Turnout 1,951,905 60.9 -12.3

South East edit

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Conservative 73 2 2 0 2,209,050 42.6 +1.2
Labour 35 0 1 -1 1,643,314 31.7 -0.2
Liberal Democrats 9 2 1 +1 1,121,385 21.6 +0.2
  Others 0 0 0 0 213,962 4.1 -1.2
Total 117 Turnout 5,187,711 61.3 -12.4

South West edit

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Conservative 20 1 3 -2 946,629 38.5 +1.8
Liberal Democrats 15 2 1 +1 765,824 31.2 -0.1
Labour 16 1 0 +1 645,121 26.3 -0.1
  Others 0 0 0 0 98,775 4.0 -1.6
Total 51 Turnout 2,456,349 64.9 -10.1

West Midlands edit

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Labour 43 0 1 -1 1,049,244 44.8 -3.0
Conservative 13 0 1 -1 818,749 35.0 +1.3
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 343,929 14.7 +0.9
  Others 1 1 0 +1 128,459 5.5 +0.8
Total 59 Turnout 2,340,381 58.5 -12.4

Yorkshire and the Humber edit

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Labour 47 0 0 0 1,037,114 48.6 -3.3
Conservative 7 0 0 0 644,802 30.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 365,662 17.1 +1.1
  Others 1 1 0 +1 86,407 4.1 0.0
Total 56 Turnout 2,133,985 56.7 -11.6

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "General election results 7 June 2001". 12 June 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2018.