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2001 United Kingdom general election in England
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%
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]
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%
Regional results [ ]
East Midlands [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Party
Seats
Votes
Total
Gained
Lost
Net
Total
%
Change (%)
Conservative
73
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
References [ ]
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