United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Wales)

United Kingdom general election, 2001

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 2000 9 August 1999 Last election 34 Seats 4 Seats 2 Seats Seats before 34 4 2 Seats won 34 4 2 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 666,956 195,893 189,254 Percentage 48.6% 14.3% 13.8% Swing 6.1% 4.4% 1.5
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.

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