General Election 2001 Statistical Results

Official results of the 2001 UK General Election

The last Parliamentary General Election was held on 7th June 2001 and Labour swept to another resounding victory with the loss of just 6 seats.

The following are the election results for 2001:

Labour	412 (+ Speaker)	(-6)
Conservative	166	(+1)
Liberal Democrat	52	(+6)
Ulster Unionist	6	(-4)
Democratic Unionist	5	(+3)
Scottish National Party	5	(-1)
Plaid Cymru	4	(n/c)
Sinn Fein	4	(+2)
Social Democratic Labout Party	3	(n/c)
Independent	1	(-1)

Table 1 : seats won by parties 2001

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The total electorate was 44,401,238 of whom 26,366,992 voted - a turnout of 59.38% The average electorate size was 67,377. In Conservative won seats the average was 72,117, Labour 65,746, LibDem 68,024, Plaid Cymru 47,494, and SNP 59,343.

The electorate total turnout was as follows:

Electorate Total Vote % Turnout

England 36,990,780 21,870,488 59.12%

Northern Ireland 1,191,009 810,381 68.04%

Scotland 3,983,306 2,313,581 58.08%

Wales 2,236,143 1,372,542 61.38%

Table 2 : electorate turnout 2001

Labour may have won 167 seats more than the other parties combined, but when the votes were counted, Labour didn't appeal to 16 million voters. If the UK Parliament seats were allocated by proportional representation out of the 659 seats Labour would only have 268, Conservatives 209, Liberal Democrats 120, Scottish National Party 12, UK Independence 10, and others 40. Is it a time for change? Discuss it.

Labour	10,724,953
Conservative	8,357,615
Liberal Democrat	4,814,321
Scottish National Party	464,314
UK Independence	390,563
Ulster Unionist	216,839
Plaid Cymru	195,893
Democratic Unionist	181,999
Sinn Fein	175,933
Social Democratic and Labour Party	169,865
Green	166,477
Independant	87,209
Scottish Socialist	72,516
Socialist Alliance	57,553
Socialist Labour	57,288
British National Party	47,129
Alliance Party NI	28,999
KHHC	28,487
Speaker	16,053
Liberal	13,685

Others	99,692

Table 3 : electoral votes cast 2001

Since the 2001 General Election there have been 6 parliamentary by-elections. Labour held onto 4, and Liberal Democrats gained 2 from Labour.

Constituency	Election Date	Result
Ipswich	22/11/2001	Labour Hold
Ogmore	14/02/2002	Labour Hold
Brent East	18/09/2003	Liberal Democrat Gain from Labour
Birmingham Hodge Hill	15/07/2004	Labour Hold
Leicester South	15/07/2004	Liberal Democrat Gain from Labour
Hartlepool	30/09/2004	Labour Hold

Table 4 : list of by-elections

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Election data supplied by the Electoral Commission

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