The2001 United Kingdom general electionwas held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years afterthe previous election on 1 May 1997,to elect659 membersto theHouse of Commons.The governingLabour Partyled byPrime MinisterTony Blairwas re-elected to serve a second term in government with anotherlandslide victorywith a 165-seat majority, returning 412 members of Parliament versus 418 from the previous election, a net loss of six seats, although with a significantly lower turnout than before—59.4%, compared to 71.6% at the previous election.[1]
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| Registered | 44,403,238 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The number of votes Labour received fell by nearly three million. Blair went on to become the only Labour prime minister to serve two consecutive full terms in office. As Labour retained almost all of their seats won in the 1997 landslide victory, the media dubbed the 2001 election "the quiet landslide".[2]There was little change outsideNorthern Ireland,with 620 out of the 641 seats inGreat Britainelecting candidates from the same party as they did in 1997. A strong economy contributed to the Labour victory.
The oppositionConservative PartyunderWilliam Hague's leadership was still deeply divided on the issue ofEuropeand the party's policy platform had drifted considerably to theright.The party put the issue ofEuropean monetary union,in particular the prospect of the UK joining theEurozone,at the centre of its campaign but failed to resonate with the electorate. The Conservatives briefly had a narrow lead in the polls during the 2000 fuel strikes but Labour successfully resolved them by year end. Furthermore, a series of publicity stunts that backfired also harmed Hague, and he immediately announced his resignation as party leader when the election result was clear, formally stepping down three months later, therefore becoming the first leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons sinceAusten Chamberlainnearly eighty years prior not to serve as prime minister.
The election was largely a repeat of the 1997 general election, with Labour losing only six seats overall and the Conservatives making a net gain of one seat (gaining nine seats but losing eight). The Conservatives gaineda seatinScotland,which ended the party's status as an "England-only "party in the prior parliament, but failed again to win any seats inWales.Although they did not gain many seats, three of the few new MPs elected were future Conservative Prime MinistersDavid CameronandBoris Johnsonand future ConservativeChancellor of the ExchequerGeorge Osborne;Osborne would serve in the same Cabinet as Cameron from 2010 to 2016. TheLiberal Democratsled byCharles Kennedymade a net gain of six seats.
Change was seen in Northern Ireland, with the moderateunionistUlster Unionist Party(UUP) losing four seats to the more hardlineDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP). A similar transition appeared in thenationalistcommunity, with the moderateSocial Democratic and Labour Party(SDLP) losing votes to the more staunchlyrepublicanandabstentionistSinn Féin.
Exceptionally low voter turnout, which fell below 60% for the first time since1918,also marked this election.[3]The election was broadcast live onBBC Oneand presented byDavid Dimbleby,Jeremy Paxman,Andrew Marr,Peter Snow,andTony King.[4]The 2001 general election was notable for being the first in which pictures of the party logos appeared on the ballot paper. Prior to this, the ballot paper had only displayed the candidate's name, address, and party name.[5]
Notable departing MPs included former Prime MinistersEdward Heath(alsoFather of the House) andJohn Major,former Deputy Prime MinisterMichael Heseltine,former Liberal Democrat leaderPaddy Ashdown,former Cabinet ministersTony Benn,Tom King,John Morris,Mo Mowlam,John MacGregorandPeter Brooke,Teresa Gorman,and thenMayor of LondonKen Livingstone.
Background
editThe elections were marked by voter apathy, with turnout falling to 59.4%, the lowest (and first under 70%) since theCoupon Electionof 1918. Throughout the election theLabour Partyhad maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that somebookmakerspaid out for a Labour majority before election day. However, the opinion polls the previous autumn had shown the first Tory lead (though only by a narrow margin) in the opinion polls for eight years as they benefited from the public anger towards the government over thefuel protestswhich had led to a severe shortage of motor fuel.
By the end of 2000, however, the dispute had been resolved and Labour were firmly back in the lead of the opinion polls.[6]In total, a mere 29 parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001 Election.[7]
2001 also saw the rare election of an independent.Richard TaylorofIndependent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern(usually now known simply as "Health Concern" ) unseated a government MP,David Lock,inWyre Forest.There was also a high vote forBritish National PartyleaderNick GriffininOldham West and Royton,in the wake of recentrace riotsin the town ofOldham.
InNorthern Ireland,the election was far more dramatic and marked a move byunionistsaway from support for theGood Friday Agreement,with the moderate unionistUlster Unionist Party(UUP) losing to the more hardlineDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP). This polarisation was also seen in the nationalist community, with theSocial Democratic and Labour Party(SDLP) vote losing out to more left-wing and republicanSinn Féin.It also saw a tightening of the parties as the smallUK Unionist Partylost its only seat.
Campaign
editThe election had been expected on 3 May, to coincide withlocal elections,but on 2 April 2001, the local elections were postponed to 7 June because of rural movement restrictions imposed in response to thefoot-and-mouth outbreakthat had started in February.[8]
On 8 May, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that the general election would be held on the 7 June as expected, on the same day as the local elections.[9]Blair made the announcement in a speech atSt Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolinBermondsey, Londonrather than on the steps of Downing Street.[9]
For Labour, the last four years had run relatively smoothly.[10]The party had successfully defended all theirby electionseats, and many suspected a Labour win was inevitable from the start.
Many in the party, however, were afraid of voter apathy, which was epitomised in a poster of "Hague withMargaret Thatcher's hair ", captioned" Get out and vote. Or they get in. "[11]Despite recessions in mainland Europe and theUnited States,due to the bursting of global tech bubbles, Britain was notably unaffected and Labour however could rely on a strong economy as unemployment continued to decline toward election day, putting to rest any fears of a Labour government putting the economic situation at risk.
ForWilliam Hague,however, the Conservative Party had still not fully recovered from the loss in 1997. The party was still divided over Europe, and talk of a referendum onjoining the Eurozonewas rife, and as a result "Save The Pound" was one of the key slogans deployed in the Conservatives' campaign. As Labour remained at the political centre, the Conservatives moved to the right. A policy gaffe byOliver Letwinover public spending cuts left the party with an own goal that Labour soon exploited.
Thatcher gave a speech to the Conservative Election Rally in Plymouth on 22 May 2001, callingNew Labour"rootless, empty, and artificial." She also added to Hague's troubles when speaking out strongly against the Euro to applause. Hague himself, although a witty performer atPrime Minister's Questions,was dogged in the press and reminded of his speech, given at the age of 16, at the 1977Conservative Conference.The Sunnewspaper only added to the Conservatives' woes by backing Labour for a second consecutive election, calling Hague a "dead parrot"during the Conservative Party's conference in October 1998.[12][13][14]
The Conservatives campaigned on a strongly right-wing platform, emphasising the issues of Europe, immigration and tax, the fabled"Tebbit Trinity".They also released a poster showing a heavily pregnantTony Blair,stating "Four years of Labour and he still hasn't delivered".[15]However, Labour countered by asking where the proposed tax cuts were going to come from, and decried the Tory policy as "cut here, cut there, cut everywhere", in reference to the widespread belief that the Conservatives would make major cuts to public services in order to fund tax cuts. Labour also capitalised on the strong economic conditions of the time, and another major line of attack (primarily directed towardsMichael Portillo,now Shadow Chancellor after returning to Parliament via aby-election) was to warn of a return to "Tory Boom and Bust" under a Conservative administration.
Charles Kennedycontested his first election as leader of the Liberal Democrats.[16]
During the election Sharron Storer, a resident ofBirmingham,criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair in front of television cameras about conditions in theNational Health Service.The widely televised incident happened on 16 May during a campaign visit by Blair to theQueen Elizabeth Hospitalin Birmingham. Sharron Storer'spartner,Keith Sedgewick, a cancer patient withnon-Hodgkin lymphomaand therefore highly susceptible to infection, was being treated at the time in thebone marrowunit, but no bed could be found for him and he was transferred to the casualty unit for his first 24 hours.[17][18][19]On the evening of the same day Deputy Prime MinisterJohn Prescottpunched a protestorafter being hit by an egg on his way to an election rally inRhyl,North Wales.[20]
Endorsements
edit- Labour received endorsements fromThe Sun,The Times,andThe Daily Express(The Express for the first time in its history),[21]TheDaily Mirror,TheFinancial Times,The Economist,andThe Guardian.[22][23]
- The Independentendorsed Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[23]
- The Conservatives were endorsed by theDaily MailandThe Daily Telegraph.[22]
Opinion polling
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Results
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The election result was effectively a repeat of 1997, as the Labour Party retained an overwhelming majority, with the BBC announcing the victory at 02:58 on the early morning of 8 June. Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the United Kingdom had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament. Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60%, 12 percentage points down on 1997. All three of the main parties saw their total votes fall, with Labour's total vote dropping by 2.8 million on 1997, the Conservatives 1.3 million, and the Liberal Democrats 428,000. Some suggested this dramatic fall was a sign of the general acceptance of the status quo and the likelihood of Labour's majority remaining unassailable.[24]
For the Conservatives, the huge loss they had sustained in 1997 was repeated. Despite gaining nine seats, they lost seven to the Liberal Democrats, and one even to Labour (South Dorset).William Haguewas quick to announce his resignation, doing so at 07:44 outside the Conservative Party headquarters. Some believed that Hague had been unlucky; although most considered him to be a talented orator and an intelligent statesman, he had come up against the charismaticTony Blairin the peak of his political career, and it was no surprise that little progress was made in reducing Labour's majority after a relatively smooth parliament.
Staying at what they considered rock bottom, however, showed that the Conservatives had failed to improve their negative public image, had remained somewhat disunited over Europe, and had not regained the trust that they had lost in the 1990s. Hague's focus on the "Save The Pound" campaign narrative had failed to gain any traction; Labour's successful countertactic was to be repeatedly vague over the issue of future monetary union – and said that the UK would only consider joining the Eurozone "when conditions were right". But inScotland,despite flipping one seat from theScottish National Party,their vote collapse continued. They failed to retake former strongholds in Scotland as the Nationalists consolidated their grip on the Northeastern portion of the country.[25]
The Liberal Democrats could point to steady progress under their new leader,Charles Kennedy,gaining more seats than the main two parties—albeit only six overall—and maintaining the performance of a pleasing 1997 election, where the party had doubled its number of seats from 20 to 46. While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in Parliament and representing more than a mere protest vote.[citation needed]
The SNP failed to gain any new seats and lost a seat to the Conservatives by just 79 votes. InWales,Plaid Cymruboth gaineda seatfrom Labour and lostoneto them.
InNorthern Irelandthe Ulster Unionists, despite gainingNorth Down,lost five other seats.
| Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||
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| Party | Leader | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |
| Labour | Tony Blair | 640 | 412 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 62.5 | 40.7 | 10,724,953 | −2.5 | |
| Conservative | William Hague | 643 | 166 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 25.2 | 31.6 | 8,357,615 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Kennedy | 639 | 52 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7.9 | 18.3 | 4,814,321 | +1.5 | |
| SNP | John Swinney | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 464,314 | −0.2 | |
| UKIP | Jeffrey Titford | 428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 390,563 | +1.2 | |
| UUP | David Trimble | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 216,839 | 0.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn Jones | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 195,893 | +0.2 | |
| DUP | Ian Paisley | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 181,999 | +0.4 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 175,933 | +0.3 | |
| SDLP | John Hume | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 169,865 | 0.0 | |
| Green | Margaret WrightandMike Woodin | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 166,477 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | N/A | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 98,917 | +0.3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 72,516 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | N/A | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 57,553 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 57,288 | 0.0 | |
| BNP | Nick Griffin | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 47,129 | +0.1 | |
| Alliance | Seán Neeson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 28,999 | −0.1 | |
| Health Concern | Richard Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 28,487 | N/A | |
| Speaker | N/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 16,053 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13,685 | 0.0 | |
| UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13,509 | +0.1 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Bruno Quintavalle | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9,453 | −0.1 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Alun Buffry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8,677 | N/A | |
| People's Justice | Shaukat Ali Khan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7,443 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud HopeandCatmando | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6,655 | 0.0 | |
| PUP | Hugh Smyth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,781 | 0.0 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3,199 | 0.0 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliamsandPearl Sagar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,968 | 0.0 | |
| Scottish Unionist | Danny Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,728 | N/A | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Chris Driver | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,634 | N/A | |
| National Front | Tom Holmes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,484 | 0.0 | |
| Workers' Party | Seán Garland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,352 | 0.0 | |
| Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers | Paul Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,960 | N/A | |
| NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,794 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alternative | Peter Taaffe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,454 | 0.0 | |
| Reform 2000 | Erol Basarik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,418 | N/A | |
| Isle of Wight | Philip Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,164 | N/A | |
| Muslim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,150 | N/A | ||
| Communist | Robert Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,003 | 0.0 | |
| New Britain | Dennis Delderfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 888 | 0.0 | |
| Free Party | Bob Dobbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 832 | N/A | |
| Leeds Left Alliance | Mike Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 770 | N/A | |
| New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 727 | N/A | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Sheila Torrance | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 607 | 0.0 | |
| Tatton | Paul Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 505 | N/A | |
| Government's new majority | 165 |
| Total votes cast | 26,367,383 |
| Turnout | 59.4% |
All parties with more than 500 votes shown.
The seat gains reflect changes on the1997 general electionresult. Two seats had changed hands in by-elections in the intervening period. These were as follows:
- RomseyfromConservativetoLiberal Democrats.The Liberal Democrats held this seat in 2001.
- South AntrimfromUlster UnioniststoDemocratic Unionists.The Ulster Unionists won this seat back in 2001.
The results of the election give aGallagher index of dis-proportionalityof 17.74.
Results by constituent country
edit| LAB | CON | LD | SNP | PC | NI parties | Others | Total | |
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| England | 323 | 165 | 40 | – | – | – | 1 | 533 |
| Wales | 34 | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | – | 40 |
| Scotland | 56 | 1 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | 72 |
| Northern Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 18 |
| Total | 413 | 166 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 659 |
Seats changing hands
editMPs who lost their seats
editVoter Demographics
editMORI interviewed 18,657 adults in Great Britain after the election which suggested the following demographic breakdown...[27]
| The 2001 UK general election vote in Great Britain (in per cent) | ||||||
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| Social Group | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | Others | Lead | Turnout |
| Total | 42 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 59 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 42 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 61 |
| Women | 42 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 58 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–24 | 41 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 25–34 | 51 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 46 |
| 35–44 | 45 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 59 |
| 45–54 | 41 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 65 |
| 55–64 | 37 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 69 |
| 65+ | 39 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 70 |
| Social class | ||||||
| AB | 30 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 68 |
| C1 | 38 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 60 |
| C2 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 56 |
| DE | 55 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 53 |
| Work status | ||||||
| Full time | 43 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 57 |
| Part time | 43 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
| Not working | 41 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 63 |
| Unemployed | 54 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 44 |
| Self-employed | 32 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 60 |
| Housing tenure | ||||||
| Owner | 32 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 68 |
| Mortgage | 42 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 59 |
| Council/HA | 60 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 52 |
| Private rent | 40 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 46 |
| Men by age | ||||||
| 18–24 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
| 25–34 | 52 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 47 |
| 35–54 | 43 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 64 |
| 55+ | 39 | 39 | 16 | 6 | Tie | 73 |
| Men by social class | ||||||
| AB | 31 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 68 |
| C1 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 62 |
| C2 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 56 |
| DE | 55 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 56 |
| Women by age | ||||||
| 18–24 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 25–34 | 49 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 46 |
| 35–54 | 43 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 60 |
| 55+ | 38 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 67 |
| Women by social class | ||||||
| AB | 28 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 68 |
| C1 | 37 | 37 | 20 | 6 | Tie | 59 |
| C2 | 48 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 56 |
| DE | 56 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 50 |
| Readership | ||||||
| Daily Express | 33 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 63 |
| Daily Mail | 24 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 65 |
| The Mirror | 71 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 58 | 62 |
| Daily Record | 59 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 57 |
| Daily Telegraph | 16 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 71 |
| Financial Times | 30 | 48 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 64 |
| The Guardian | 52 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 68 |
| The Independent | 38 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 69 |
| Daily Star | 56 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 35 | 48 |
| The Sun | 52 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 50 |
| The Times | 28 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 66 |
| No daily paper | 45 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 56 |
| Evening Standard | 42 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 51 |
| Sunday Readership | ||||||
| News of World | 55 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| Sunday Express | 29 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 67 |
| Sunday Mail | 53 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 59 |
| Sunday Mirror | 72 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 62 |
| Sunday Post | 43 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 64 |
| Sunday Telegraph | 17 | 63 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 71 |
| Mail on Sunday | 25 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 65 |
| The Observer | 53 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 71 |
| Sunday People | 65 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 46 | 60 |
| Sunday Times | 29 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 67 |
| Independent on Sunday | 47 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 70 |
| No Sunday paper | 42 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 55 |
See also
edit- List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election
- Results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election
- List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2001–2005)
- List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2001–2005)
- 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
- 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
- 2001 United Kingdom general election in England
- 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
- 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales
- 2001 United Kingdom local elections
Notes
edit- ^Does not include the Speaker,Michael Martin,who was included in the Labour totals by some media outlets
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Bibliography
edit- Butler, David and Dennis Kavanagh.The British General Election of 2001(2002), the standard scholarly study
- Morgan, Bryn (18 June 2001)."General Election Results, 7 June 2001 [Revised Edition]"(PDF).Research Paper 01/54.House of Commons Library.
External links
edit- BBC News: Vote 2001– in depth coverage.
- Catalogue of 2001 general election ephemeraat theArchives Divisionof theLondon School of Economics.