United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Wales)

United Kingdom general election, 2001
Wales
7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)

All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair Ieuan Wyn Jones Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrat
Leader since 21 July 1994 3 August 2000 9 August 1999
Last election 34 Seats 4 Seats 2 Seats
Seats won 34 4 2
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 666,956 195,893 189,254
Percentage 48.6% 14.3% 13.8%
Swing Decrease6.1% Increase4.4% Increase1.5%

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 for the country of Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two Welsh seats changing parties during the election; that of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (a Plaid Cymru gain from Labour) and Ynys Môn (a Labour Party gain from Plaid Cymru).

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Wales.[1]

Party MPs +/- Votes %
Labour Party 34 0 666,956 48.6
Conservative Party 0 0 288,623 21.0
Plaid Cymru 4 0 195,893 14.3
Liberal Democrats 2 0 189,254 13.8
UKIP 0 0 12,552 0.9
Green Party 0 0 3,753 0.3
Socialist Labour 0 0 2,805 0.2
Socialist Alliance 0 0 2,258 0.2
ProLife Alliance 0 0 1,609 0.1
Communist 0 0 384 0.0
BNP 0 0 278 0.0
Others 0 0 7,959 0.6

References

  1. "Election 2001 | Results | Wales". BBC News. 2001-08-14. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
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