2001 United Kingdom general election in England

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]

2001 United Kingdom general election in England

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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

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

• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
• 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales