2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Wales)
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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 Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 3 August 2000 9 August 1999
Last election 34 seats, 54.7% 4 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 12.4%
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 Decrease6.2% Increase4.3% Increase1.5%
Main article: United Kingdom general election, 2001

These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained exactly the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two changes - Labour gained Ynys Môn from Plaid Cymru and Plaid gained Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour. The Conservatives once again won no seats; this was only the second election since 1918 to leave them with no representation in Wales.

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.[1]

style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="UKIP" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EE1C25;" data-sort-value="Socialist Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: red;" data-sort-value="Welsh Socialist Alliance" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #333333;" data-sort-value="ProLife Alliance" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F93822;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of Britain" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #2e3b74;" data-sort-value="British National Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Other parties" |
Party[2] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 34 1 1 Steady 85.0 666,956 48.6 Decrease6.2
Conservative 0 0 0 Steady — 288,623 21.0 Increase1.5
Plaid Cymru 4 1 1 Steady 10.0 195,893 14.3 Increase4.3
Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 Steady 5.0 189,254 13.8 Increase1.5
UKIP 0 0 0 Steady — 12,552 0.9 Increase0.9
Green 0 0 0 Steady — 3,753 0.3 Increase0.2
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 2,805 0.2 Decrease0.2
Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady — 2,258 0.2 N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 0 0 Steady — 1,609 0.1 Increase0.1
Communist 0 0 0 Steady — 384 0.0 Steady
BNP 0 0 0 Steady — 278 0.0 N/A
Other parties 0 0 0 Steady — 7,959 0.6 N/A

References

  1. ^ "Election 2001 | Wales". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  2. ^ http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP01-54
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