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2001 United Kingdom general election ← List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election
List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election →
All 659 seats to the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majorityOpinion polls Turnout 59.4% ( 11.9%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tony Blair
William Hague
Charles Kennedy
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Leader since
21 July 1994
19 June 1997
9 August 1999
Leader's seat
Sedgefield
Richmond (Yorks)
Ross, Skye & Inverness West
Last election
418 seats, 43.2%
165 seats, 30.7%
46 seats, 16.8%
Seats won
413
166
52
Seat change
5
1
6
Popular vote
10,724,953
8,357,615
4,814,321
Percentage
40.7%
31.7%
18.3%
Swing
2.5%
1.0%
1.5%
Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons .
It was called "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 5 seats, with lower turnout of 59.4%, compared to 71.3% in the previous election. Tony Blair went on to become the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a second full term in as Prime Minister .
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413
166
52
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Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Other