United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Scotland)

United Kingdom general election, 2001

7 June 2001

All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Labour Liberal Democrat Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 Last election 56 Seats 10 Seats Seats before 56 10 Seats won 56 10 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 1,017,226 380,034 Percentage 43.9% 16.4% Swing 1.7% 3.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader John Swinney William Hague Party SNP Conservative Leader since 26 September 2000 19 June 1997 Last election 6 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 6 0 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 464,314 360,658 Percentage 20.1% 15.6% Swing 2.0% 1.9%

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

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 for the country of Scotland. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. There was only one Scottish seat which changed parties during the election; that of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale which gave the Conservative Party one Scottish seat in the House of Commons.

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Scotland.^[1]

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	56	0	1,017,226	43.9	-1.7
	SNP	5	-1	464,314	20.1	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	380,034	16.4	+3.4
	Conservative	1	+1	360,658	15.6	-1.9
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	72,518	3.1
	Scottish Green	0	0	4,551	0.2	+0.1
	UKIP	0	0	3,236	0.1	0.0
	Socialist Labour	0	0	3,184	0.1	0.0
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	2,728	0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0	955	0.0
	ProLife Alliance	0	0	786	0.0	-0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	405	0.0
	Liberal	0	0	383	0.0	0.0
	Countryside Party	0	0	265	0.0
	Scottish Freedom Referendum Party	0	0	250	0.0
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	0	0	211	0.0
	Communist	0	0	174	0.0
	Independent	0	0	3,825	0.2
Turnout:				2,315,703	58.2	-13.1

Votes summary

Popular Vote
Labour			43.92%
SNP			20.05%
Liberal Democrats			16.41%
Conservative			15.57%
Socialist			3.13%
Other			0.92%

Parliament seats
Labour			77.78%
Liberal Democrats			13.89%
SNP			6.94%
Conservative			1.39%

References

1. "Election 2001 | Results | Scotland". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 2011-11-03.