United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Wales)
United Kingdom general election, 2001
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These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 for the country of Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two Welsh seats changing parties during the election; that of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (a Plaid Cymru gain from Labour) and Ynys Môn (a Labour Party gain from Plaid Cymru).
Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Wales.[1]
Party |
MPs |
+/- |
Votes |
% |
|
Labour Party |
34 |
0 |
666,956 |
48.6 |
|
Conservative Party |
0 |
0 |
288,623 |
21.0 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
4 |
0 |
195,893 |
14.3 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
2 |
0 |
189,254 |
13.8 |
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
12,552 |
0.9 |
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Green Party |
0 |
0 |
3,753 |
0.3 |
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Socialist Labour |
0 |
0 |
2,805 |
0.2 |
|
Socialist Alliance |
0 |
0 |
2,258 |
0.2 |
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ProLife Alliance |
0 |
0 |
1,609 |
0.1 |
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Communist |
0 |
0 |
384 |
0.0 |
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BNP |
0 |
0 |
278 |
0.0 |
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Others |
0 |
0 |
7,959 |
0.6 |
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