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.

## Results

It was called "the quiet landslide" by the media, 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

|style="background:red; width:62.7%;"|**413**|style="background:blue; width:25.2%;"|**166**|style="background:gold; width:7.9%;"|**52**|style="background:gray; width:4.2%;"|**28**|
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|<span style="color:red;">**Labour**</span>|<span style="color:blue;">**Conservative**</span>|<span style="color:gold;">**Liberal Democrat**</span>|<span style="color:gray;">**Other**</span>|||||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2001 United Kingdom general election
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1997 United Kingdom general election
- **previous year**: 1997
- **outgoing members**: List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election
- **next election**: 2005 United Kingdom general election
- **next year**: 2005
- **elected members**: List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election
- **seats for election**: All 659 seats to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons
- **majority seats**: 330
- **elected mps**: List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election, Members elected
- **election date**: 7 June 2001
- **turnout**: 59.4% (11.9%)
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2001
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Tony Blair
- **leader since1**: 1994 Labour Party leadership election, 21 July 1994
- **party1**: Labour Party (UK)
- **leaders seat1**: Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency), Sedgefield
- **last election1**: 418 seats, 43.2%
- **seats1**: **413**
- **seat change1**: 5
- **popular vote1**: **10,724,953**
- **percentage1**: **40.7%**
- **swing1**: 2.5%
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: William Hague
- **leader since2**: 1997 Conservative Party leadership election, 19 June 1997
- **party2**: Conservative Party (UK)
- **leaders seat2**: Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency), Richmond (Yorks)
- **last election2**: 165 seats, 30.7%
- **seats2**: 166
- **seat change2**: 1
- **popular vote2**: 8,357,615
- **percentage2**: 31.7%
- **swing2**: 1.0%
- **image3**:
- **leader3**: Charles Kennedy
- **leader since3**: 1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election, 9 August 1999
- **party3**: Liberal Democrats (UK)
- **leaders seat3**: Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency), Ross, Skye & Inverness West
- **last election3**: 46 seats, 16.8%
- **seats3**: 52
- **seat change3**: 6
- **popular vote3**: 4,814,321
- **percentage3**: 18.3%
- **swing3**: 1.5%
- **map image**: UK General Election, 2001.svg
- **map size**: 370px
- **map caption**: Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
- **map2 image**: File:House of Commons elected members, 2001.svg
- **map2 size**: 360px
- **map2 caption**: Composition of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons after the election
- **title**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister after election
- **before election**: Tony Blair
- **before party**: Labour Party (UK)
- **after election**: Tony Blair
- **after party**: Labour Party (UK)