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.[1]

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

Party Seats Aggregate votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
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 0.0 374,775 1.7 1.3
Green 0 0 0 0.0 158,173 0.7 0.5
Independent 0 0 1 1 0.0 79,559 0.4 0.1
Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.0 55,295 0.3 N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.0 51,299 0.2 0.1
BNP 0 0 0 0.0 46,851 0.2 0.1
Health Concern 1 1 0 1 0.2 28,487 0.1 New
Liberal 0 0 0 0.0 13,302 0.1 0.1
Others 0 0 0 1 0.0 53,474 0.2 N/A
Total 529 21,870,762 59.1 12.2
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

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 28 0 2 2 63.6 879,886 45.1 2.7
Conservative 15 1 0 1 34.1 727,386 37.3 2.4
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 1 2.3 300,831 15.4 1.8
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 21,764 1.1 0.8
Green 0 0 0 0.0 4,865 0.2 0.1
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 17,173 0.9 2.4
Total 44 1,951,905 60.9 12.3

East Anglia

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Conservative 14 1 1 63.6 434,774 41.7 3.0
Labour 7 0 1 1 31.8 373,397 35.8 2.5
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 1 4.5 198,244 19.0 1.1
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 22,493 2.2 2.0
Green 0 0 0 0.0 8,645 0.8 0.5
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 5,385 0.5 4.1
Total 22 1,042,938 63.7 10.7

London

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 55 0 2 2 74.3 1,306,869 47.3 2.2
Conservative 13 2 0 2 17.6 841,751 30.5 0.7
Liberal Democrats 6 0 0 8.1 482,888 17.5 2.9
Green 0 0 0 0.0 45,933 1.7 1.3
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 26,433 1.0 0.7
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 56,490 2.0 2.0
Total 74 2,760,364 55.2 12.4

North England

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 32 0 0 88.9 746,012 55.7 5.2
Conservative 3 0 0 8.3 329,965 24.6 2.4
Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 2.8 229,560 17.1 3.8
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 10,799 0.8 0.6
Green 0 0 0 0.0 3,583 0.3 0.2
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 19,635 1.5 1.8
Total 36 1,339,554 57.6 11.8

North West England

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 60 0 0 85.7 1,375,509 51.8 2.4
Conservative 7 1 1 10.0 752,483 28.3 1.2
Liberal Democrats 3 1 0 1 4.3 438,526 16.5 2.2
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 23,013 0.9 0.8
Green 0 0 0 0.0 11,410 0.4 0.3
  Others 0 0 1 1 0.0 56,001 2.1 2.1
Total 70 2,656,942 55.3 14.6

South East England

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Conservative 73 2 2 62.4 2,209,050 42.6 1.2
Labour 35 0 1 1 29.9 1,643,314 31.7 0.2
Liberal Democrats 9 2 1 1 7.7 1,121,385 21.6 0.2
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 126,431 2.4 1.7
Green 0 0 0 0.0 35,629 0.7 0.4
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 51,902 1.0 3.3
Total 117 5,187,711 61.3 12.4

South West England

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Conservative 20 1 3 2 39.2 946,629 38.5 1.8
Liberal Democrats 15 2 1 1 29.4 765,824 31.2 0.1
Labour 16 1 0 1 31.4 645,121 26.3 0.1
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 60,590 2.5 1.6
Green 0 0 0 0.0 19,770 0.8 0.4
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 18,415 0.7 3.6
Total 51 2,456,349 64.9 10.1

West Midlands

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 43 0 1 1 72.9 1,049,244 44.8 3.0
Conservative 13 0 1 1 22.0 818,749 35.0 1.3
Liberal Democrats 2 1 0 1 3.4 343,929 14.7 0.9
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 43,203 1.8 1.6
Health Concern 1 1 0 1 1.7 28,487 1.2 New
Green 0 0 0 0.0 9,732 0.4 0.2
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 47,037 2.0 1.0
Total 59 2,340,381 58.5 12.4

Yorkshire and the Humber

Party Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 47 0 0 83.9 1,037,114 48.6 3.3
Conservative 7 0 0 12.5 644,802 30.2 2.2
Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 3.6 365,662 17.1 1.1
UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 40,061 1.9 1.7
Green 0 0 0 0.0 18,616 0.9 0.6
  Others 0 0 0 0.0 27,730 1.2 2.3
Total 56 2,133,985 56.7 11.6

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "General election results 7 June 2001". 12 June 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


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