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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 Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats for the second election in a row. [1]
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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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