2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained exactly the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two changes - Labour gained Ynys Môn from Plaid Cymru and Plaid gained Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour. The Conservatives once again won no seats; this was only the second election since 1918 to leave them with no representation in Wales.

United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Wales)

7 June 2001
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Ieuan Wyn Jones Charles Kennedy Party Labour Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 3 August 2000 9 August 1999 Last election 34 seats, 54.7% 4 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 12.4% Seats won 34 4 2 Seat change Popular vote 666,956 195,893 189,254 Percentage 48.6% 14.3% 13.8% Swing 6.2% 4.3% 1.5%

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Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.[1]

Party[2]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	34	1	1		85.0	666,956	48.6	6.2
	Conservative	0	0	0		—	288,623	21.0	1.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	1		10.0	195,893	14.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		5.0	189,254	13.8	1.5
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	12,552	0.9	0.9
	Green	0	0	0		—	3,753	0.3	0.2
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	2,805	0.2	0.2
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		—	2,258	0.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	0	0	0		—	1,609	0.1	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		—	384	0.0
	BNP	0	0	0		—	278	0.0	N/A
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	7,959	0.6	N/A

References

1. "Election 2001 | Wales". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
2. http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP01-54