412Labour seats
40.7%Largest party’s vote share
59.4%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day7 June 2001
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won412
03Vote share40.7%
04Turnout59.4%
Government outcome
Labour government · majority 166.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative166
Labour412
Liberal Democrats52
SNP / Plaid Cymru9
Other parties20
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.