2001 United Kingdom general election in England
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All 529 English seats to the House of Commons 265 seats needed for English majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 7 June 2001 for 529 English seats to the House of Commons. The governing Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats for the second election in a row.[1]
Results table
Party[1] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Labour | 323 | 1 | 6 | ![]() | 61.1 | 9,056,824 | 41.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 165 | 8 | 8 | ![]() | 31.2 | 7,705,870 | 35.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 40 | 8 | 2 | ![]() | 8.1 | 4,246,853 | 19.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 374,775 | 1.7 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 158,173 | 0.7 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | — | 79,559 | 0.4 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 55,295 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 51,299 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 46,851 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
Health Concern | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 0.2 | 28,487 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 13,302 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 53,474 | 0.2 | N/A | |
21,870,762 | 59.1 | ![]() |
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Regional results
East Midlands
Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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
References
- ^ a b "General election results 7 June 2001". 12 June 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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