2001 United Kingdom general election

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The 2001 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote in which Tony Blair’s Labour Party won a second consecutive landslide victory, maintaining a large majority in the House of Commons.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election
parliamentary election
campaignContext occurring during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the UK
country United Kingdom
electionDate 2001-06-07
electionSloganOfWinningParty Ambitions for Britain
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
leaderOfConservativesAtElection William Hague
leaderOfLabourAtElection Tony Blair
leaderOfLiberalDemocratsAtElection Charles Kennedy
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
mainIssue crime and policing
education
healthcare (NHS)
public services
majoritySeatsThreshold 330
monarchAtTimeOfElection Elizabeth II
nextElection 2005 United Kingdom general election
notableFeature lowest voter turnout in a UK general election since 1918 at the time
second consecutive landslide victory for Labour Party
numberOfSeatsContested 659
overallMajorityOfWinningParty 167
parliamentConvenesAfterElection 2001-06-13
parliamentDissolutionDate 2001-05-14
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Labour Party (UK)
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Labour Party (UK)
popularVotePercentageOfConservatives 31.7
popularVotePercentageOfLabour 40.7
popularVotePercentageOfLiberalDemocrats 18.3
previousElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterBeforeElection Tony Blair
regionCovered England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
seatChangeForConservatives +1
seatChangeForLabour -6
seatChangeForLiberalDemocrats +6
seatsWonByConservatives 166
seatsWonByLabour 412
seatsWonByLiberalDemocrats 52
secondPlaceParty Conservative Party (UK)
termNumberOfParliament 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
thirdPlaceParty Liberal Democrats
surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)
totalVotesCast approximately 26,366,000
typeOfGovernmentFormed Labour majority government
voterTurnoutChangePercentagePoints -12.0
voterTurnoutPercentage 59.4
wonByParty Labour Party (UK)

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2005 United Kingdom general election previousElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
A Journey (memoir) aboutEvent 2001 United Kingdom general election
subject surface form: A Journey
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Westmorland and Lonsdale hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
North East Cambridgeshire hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 2001 UK general election
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) hasElectionResult 2001 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield
John David Pugh electedInElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Second Blair ministry formedAfter 2001 United Kingdom general election
1997 United Kingdom general election nextElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Batley and Spen hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
Oldham West and Royton hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 2001 UK general election
South West Surrey hasElection 2001 United Kingdom general election