2001 United Kingdom general election in England

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

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
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 5 6 Popular vote 9,056,824 7,705,870 4,246,853 Percentage 41.4% 35.2% 19.4% Swing 2.1% 1.5% 1.3%

Main article: 2001 United Kingdom general election

Results table

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%

References

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