2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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.

2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

7 June 2001
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
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 Popular vote 666,956 195,893 189,254 Percentage 48.6% 14.3% 13.8% Swing 6.2% 4.3% 1.5%

Results

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

Party[2]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	34	1	1		85.0	666,956	48.6	6.2
	Conservative	0	0	0		—	288,623	21.0	1.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	1		10.0	195,893	14.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		5.0	189,254	13.8	1.5
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	12,552	0.9	0.9
	Green	0	0	0		—	3,753	0.3	0.2
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	2,805	0.2	0.2
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		—	2,258	0.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	0	0	0		—	1,609	0.1	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		—	384	0.0
	BNP	0	0	0		—	278	0.0	N/A
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	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