2001 United Kingdom general election in England

2001 United Kingdom general election in England

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 529 English seats to the House of Commons 265 seats needed for English majority
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 0 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

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.

Results table

Party		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	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

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

• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales