United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Cornwall)

United Kingdom general election, 2001

All 5 Cornish seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party   Leader Charles Kennedy Tony Blair Party Liberal Democrat Labour Leader since 9 August 1999 21 July 1994 Last election 4 Seats 1 Seat Seats before 4 1 Seats won 4 1 Popular vote 113,000 41,140 Percentage 44.9% 17.2%

Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party

Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

The following are the 2001 United Kingdom general election results in Cornwall.

Overall results

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%
	Liberal Democrats	4		113,000	44.9
	Conservative Party	0		82,227	32.7
	Labour Party	1		43,374	17.2
	UKIP	0		9,290	3.7
	Mebyon Kernow	0		3,199	1.3
	Liberal	0		649	0.3
	Others	0		78	0.0

Seat by seat

Constituency		Party	MP	Majority	Result
	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Candy Atherton	4,527	Lab hold
	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	9,832	LibDem hold
	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Colin Breed	5,375	LibDem hold
	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Andrew George	10,053	LibDem hold
	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Taylor	7,403	LibDem hold

See also

• 1997 results in Cornwall
• 2005 results in Cornwall
• Constituencies in Cornwall

References