2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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All 40 Welsh seats to theHouse of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Labour Plaid Cymru Leader since 21 July 1994 3 August 2000 Last election 34 seats, 54.7% 4 seats, 10.0% Seats won 34 4 Seat change Popular vote 666,956 195,893 Percentage 48.6% 14.3% Swing 6.2% 4.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Charles Kennedy William Hague Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 9 August 1999 19 June 1997 Last election 2 seats, 12.4% 0 seats, 19.6% Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 189,254 288,623 Percentage 13.8% 21.0% Swing 1.5% 1.4%

These are the results of the2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats inWales were contested. The overall result remained exactly the same as inthe previous election in 1997, with only two changes - Labour gainedYnys Môn fromPlaid Cymru and Plaid gainedCarmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour. The Conservatives, despite taking the second largest number of votes in Wales, once again won no seats; this was only the second election since 1918 to leave them with no representation in Wales.

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.^[1]

Party[2]		Seats					Aggregate Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)	Difference
	Labour	34	1	1		85.0	666,956	48.6	6.2
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	288,623	21.0	1.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	1		10.0	195,893	14.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		5.0	189,254	13.8	1.5
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	12,552	0.9	0.9
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	3,753	0.3	0.2
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.0	2,805	0.2	0.2
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	2,258	0.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	1,609	0.1	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	384	0.0
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	278	0.0	N/A
	Others	0	0	0		0.0	7,959	0.6	N/A
Total		40					1,372,324	61.6	11.9

ABBC report of the election in Wales stated that "Despite a night of high tension the political map in Wales virtually looks the same as before".^[3]

The only seats to change hands wereCarmarthen East and Dinefwr whichAdam Price of Plaid Cymru gained from Labour andYnys Môn which Labour gained from Plaid Cymru. Plaid failed to gainRhondda whichChris Bryant held for Labour with a majority of over 16,000, a result the BBC said meant that Bryant had "confounded his critics".^[3] Bryant, a former curate who had once been a member of the Conservatives had been criticised as being an odd fit and "too exotic" for traditional Labour supporters in the constituency which he was contesting for the first time. This had ledPlaid Cymru to feel they had a chance of a victory, a feat they had surprisingly achieved in theequivalent constituency at the1999 National Assembly for Wales election. Plaid's candidateLeanne Wood had publicly claimed she would win 53% of the vote.^[4] Plaid's performance by the percentage points (14.3 per cent) would be its best result up until2024.

The Conservatives again failed to win any seat in Wales, with their best result being inMonmouth where they finished just 384 votes behind Labour.^[3] The Liberal Democrats failed to add to their two seats, withJenny Willott reducing Labour's majority inCardiff Central to just 659 votes.^[5]

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