2001 United Kingdom general election
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons.
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All 659 seats to the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 59.4% (11.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Composition of the House of Commons after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
It was called "the quiet landslide" by the media,[1] 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.
Results chart
413 | 166 | 52 | 28 |
Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Other |
2001 United Kingdom General Election Media
The disproportionality of the house of parliament in the 2001 election was 18.03 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
References
- ↑ "The rise and fall of New Labour" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2010-08-03. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-10518842. Retrieved 2021-07-13.