United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Scotland)

United Kingdom general election, 2001
7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout 58.2%, Decrease13.1%

  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Liberal Democrat
Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999
Seats before 56 10
Seats won 56 10
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,017,226 380,034
Percentage 43.9% 16.4%
Swing Decrease1.7% Increase3.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader John Swinney William Hague
Party SNP Conservative
Leader since 26 September 2000 19 June 1997
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 464,314 360,658
Percentage 20.1% 15.6%
Swing Decrease2.0% Decrease1.9%
Results of the 2001 election in Scotland

These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. There was only one Scottish seat which changed parties during the election; that of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale which gave the Conservative Party one Scottish seat in the House of Commons.

Results

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

Party Seats Seats
change		 Votes % %
change
Labour 56 0 1,017,226 43.9 -1.7
SNP 5 -1 464,314 20.1 -2.0
Liberal Democrat 10 0 380,034 16.4 +3.4
Conservative 1 +1 360,658 15.6 -1.9
Scottish Socialist 0 0 72,518 3.1
Scottish Green 0 0 4,551 0.2 +0.1
UKIP 0 0 3,236 0.1 0.0
Socialist Labour 0 0 3,184 0.1 0.0
Scottish Unionist 0 0 2,728 0.1
Legalise Cannabis 0 0 955 0.0
ProLife Alliance 0 0 786 0.0 -0.2
Monster Raving Loony 0 0 405 0.0
Liberal 0 0 383 0.0 0.0
Countryside Party 0 0 265 0.0
Scottish Freedom Referendum Party 0 0 250 0.0
Rock 'n' Roll Loony 0 0 211 0.0
Communist 0 0 174 0.0
Independent 0 0 3,825 0.2
Turnout 2,315,703 58.2 -13.1

Votes summary

Popular vote
Labour
 
 43.92%
SNP
 
 20.05%
Liberal Democrats
 
 16.41%
Conservative
 
 15.57%
Socialist
 
 3.13%
Other
 
 0.92%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 77.78%
Liberal Democrats
 
 13.89%
SNP
 
 6.94%
Conservative
 
 1.39%

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2001 | Results | Scotland". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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