2001 United Kingdom general election in England

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2001 United Kingdom general election in England
Flag of England.svg
  1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005  

All 529 English seats to the House of Commons
265 seats needed for English majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Tony Blair in 2002.jpg William Hague Foreign Secretary (2010).jpg Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg
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 election328 seats, 43.5%165 seats, 33.7%34 seats, 17.9%
Seats won32316540
Seat changeDecrease2.svg5Steady2.svg0Increase2.svg6
Popular vote9,056,8247,705,8704,246,853
Percentage41.4%35.2%19.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg1.5%Increase2.svg1.3%

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]

Contents

Much like the results in the rest of the United Kingdom, the results in England largely mirrored the results of the 1997 election. Labour lost only five seats in England and the Conservatives remained unchanged (losing eight seats but gaining eight). However, three of the few new MPs elected were future Conservative Prime Ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson and future Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. The party also gained back Tatton which it lost in 1997 to independent Martin Bell. Bell, however, did not contest the seat, and unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate in Brentwood and Ongar.

The Liberal Democrats gained six seats overall, all of which were in England. The party gained five from Labour and one from the Conservatives.

Richard Taylor of Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (also known simply as "Health Concern") secured his first election win, taking Wyre Forest from government MP, David Lock.


Results table

PartySeatsAggregate votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 32316Decrease2.svg561.19,056,82441.4Decrease2.svg2.1
Conservative 16588Steady2.svg31.27,705,87035.2Increase2.svg1.5
Liberal Democrats 4082Increase2.svg68.14,246,85319.4Increase2.svg1.5
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.0374,7751.7Increase2.svg1.3
Green 000Steady2.svg0.0158,1730.7Increase2.svg0.5
Independent 001Decrease2.svg10.079,5590.4Increase2.svg0.1
Socialist Alliance000Steady2.svg0.055,2950.3N/A
Socialist Labour 000Steady2.svg0.051,2990.2Increase2.svg0.1
BNP 000Steady2.svg0.046,8510.2Increase2.svg0.1
Health Concern 110Increase2.svg10.228,4870.1New
Liberal 000Steady2.svg0.013,3020.1Decrease2.svg0.1
Others000Decrease2.svg10.053,4740.2N/A
Total52921,870,76259.1Decrease2.svg12.2
Popular vote
Labour
41.4%
Conservative
35.2%
Liberal Democrats
19.4%
UKIP
1.7%
Green
0.7%
Other
1.5%
Parliament seats
Labour
61.1%
Conservative
31.2%
Liberal Democrats
7.6%
Other
0.2%

Regional results

Note: the below regional vote shares, seats and changes are sourced from the BBC. [1] The regions referenced do not exactly match the statistical regions of England used in subsequent elections.

East Midlands

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 2802Decrease2.svg263.6879,88645.1Decrease2.svg2.7
Conservative 1510Increase2.svg134.1727,38637.3Increase2.svg2.4
Liberal Democrats 110Increase2.svg12.3300,83115.4Increase2.svg1.8
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.021,7641.1Increase2.svg0.8
Green 000Steady2.svg0.04,8650.2Increase2.svg0.1
 Others000Steady2.svg0.017,1730.9Decrease2.svg2.4
Total441,951,90560.9Decrease2.svg12.3

East Anglia

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Conservative 1411Steady2.svg63.6434,77441.7Increase2.svg3.0
Labour 701Decrease2.svg131.8373,39735.8Decrease2.svg2.5
Liberal Democrats 110Increase2.svg14.5198,24419.0Increase2.svg1.1
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.022,4932.2Increase2.svg2.0
Green 000Steady2.svg0.08,6450.8Increase2.svg0.5
 Others000Steady2.svg0.05,3850.5Decrease2.svg4.1
Total221,042,93863.7Decrease2.svg10.7

London

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 5502Decrease2.svg274.31,306,86947.3Decrease2.svg2.2
Conservative 1320Increase2.svg217.6841,75130.5Decrease2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats 600Steady2.svg8.1482,88817.5Increase2.svg2.9
Green 000Steady2.svg0.045,9331.7Increase2.svg1.3
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.026,4331.0Increase2.svg0.7
 Others000Steady2.svg0.056,4902.0Decrease2.svg2.0
Total742,760,36455.2Decrease2.svg12.4

North England

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 3200Steady2.svg88.9746,01255.7Decrease2.svg5.2
Conservative 300Steady2.svg8.3329,96524.6Increase2.svg2.4
Liberal Democrats 100Steady2.svg2.8229,56017.1Increase2.svg3.8
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.010,7990.8Increase2.svg0.6
Green 000Steady2.svg0.03,5830.3Increase2.svg0.2
 Others000Steady2.svg0.019,6351.5Decrease2.svg1.8
Total361,339,55457.6Decrease2.svg11.8

North West England

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 6000Steady2.svg85.71,375,50951.8Decrease2.svg2.4
Conservative 711Steady2.svg10.0752,48328.3Increase2.svg1.2
Liberal Democrats 310Increase2.svg14.3438,52616.5Increase2.svg2.2
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.023,0130.9Increase2.svg0.8
Green 000Steady2.svg0.011,4100.4Increase2.svg0.3
 Others001Decrease2.svg10.056,0012.1Decrease2.svg2.1
Total702,656,94255.3Decrease2.svg14.6

South East England

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Conservative 7322Steady2.svg62.42,209,05042.6Increase2.svg1.2
Labour 3501Decrease2.svg129.91,643,31431.7Decrease2.svg0.2
Liberal Democrats 921Increase2.svg17.71,121,38521.6Increase2.svg0.2
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.0126,4312.4Increase2.svg1.7
Green 000Steady2.svg0.035,6290.7Increase2.svg0.4
 Others000Steady2.svg0.051,9021.0Decrease2.svg3.3
Total1175,187,71161.3Decrease2.svg12.4

South West England

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Conservative 2013Decrease2.svg239.2946,62938.5Increase2.svg1.8
Liberal Democrats 1521Increase2.svg129.4765,82431.2Decrease2.svg0.1
Labour 1610Increase2.svg131.4645,12126.3Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.060,5902.5Increase2.svg1.6
Green 000Steady2.svg0.019,7700.8Increase2.svg0.4
 Others000Steady2.svg0.018,4150.7Decrease2.svg3.6
Total512,456,34964.9Decrease2.svg10.1

West Midlands

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 4301Decrease2.svg172.91,049,24444.8Decrease2.svg3.0
Conservative 1301Decrease2.svg122.0818,74935.0Increase2.svg1.3
Liberal Democrats 210Increase2.svg13.4343,92914.7Increase2.svg0.9
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.043,2031.8Increase2.svg1.6
Health Concern 110Increase2.svg11.728,4871.2New
Green 000Steady2.svg0.09,7320.4Increase2.svg0.2
 Others000Steady2.svg0.047,0372.0Decrease2.svg1.0
Total592,340,38158.5Decrease2.svg12.4

Yorkshire and the Humber

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 4700Steady2.svg83.91,037,11448.6Decrease2.svg3.3
Conservative 700Steady2.svg12.5644,80230.2Increase2.svg2.2
Liberal Democrats 200Steady2.svg3.6365,66217.1Increase2.svg1.1
UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.040,0611.9Increase2.svg1.7
Green 000Steady2.svg0.018,6160.9Increase2.svg0.6
 Others000Steady2.svg0.027,7301.2Decrease2.svg2.3
Total562,133,98556.7Decrease2.svg11.6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "General election results 7 June 2001". 12 June 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2018.