2001 United Kingdom general election in England
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2001 United Kingdom general election in England|
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| 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% | |
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[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 |
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