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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>7 June 2001</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; 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general election, 2001">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">44,403,238</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">26,367,383<br />59.4% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>11.9 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E4003B;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Tony Blair in 2002.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg/120px-Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg/180px-Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg/240px-Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="615" 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decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>10,724,953</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8,357,615 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4,814,321 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>40.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.5% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_General_Election,_2001.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/200px-UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/300px-UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/400px-UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="690" data-file-height="982" /></a></span><div>Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Commons_elected_members,_2001.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/House_of_Commons_elected_members%2C_2001.svg/360px-House_of_Commons_elected_members%2C_2001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/House_of_Commons_elected_members%2C_2001.svg/540px-House_of_Commons_elected_members%2C_2001.svg.png 1.5x, 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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks hlist" style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1992 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2001 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2001 United Kingdom general election</b> was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">the previous election on 1 May 1997</a>, to elect <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2001 United Kingdom general election">659 members</a> to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. The governing <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> led by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> was re-elected to serve a second term in government with another <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a> with a 165-seat majority, returning 412 members of Parliament versus 418 from the previous election, a net loss of six seats, although with a significantly lower turnout than before—59.4%, compared to 71.6% at the previous election.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of votes Labour received fell by nearly three million. Blair went on to become the only Labour prime minister to serve two consecutive full terms in office. As Labour retained almost all of their seats won in the 1997 landslide victory, the media dubbed the 2001 election "the quiet landslide".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was little change outside <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, with 620 out of the 641 seats in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> electing candidates from the same party as they did in 1997. A strong economy contributed to the Labour victory. </p><p>The opposition <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> under <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>'s leadership was still deeply divided on the issue of <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">Europe</a> and the party's policy platform had drifted considerably to the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right</a>. The party put the issue of <a href="/wiki/European_monetary_union" class="mw-redirect" title="European monetary union">European monetary union</a>, in particular the prospect of the UK joining the <a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a>, at the centre of its campaign but failed to resonate with the electorate. The Conservatives briefly had a narrow lead in the polls during the 2000 fuel strikes but Labour successfully resolved them by year end. Furthermore, a series of publicity stunts that backfired also harmed Hague, and he immediately announced his resignation as party leader when the election result was clear, formally stepping down three months later, therefore becoming the first leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons since <a href="/wiki/Austen_Chamberlain" title="Austen Chamberlain">Austen Chamberlain</a> nearly eighty years prior not to serve as prime minister. </p><p>The election was largely a repeat of the 1997 general election, with Labour losing only six seats overall and the Conservatives making a net gain of one seat (gaining nine seats but losing eight). The Conservatives gained <a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)">a seat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, which ended the party's status as an "<a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>-only" party in the prior parliament, but failed again to win any seats in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Although they did not gain many seats, three of the few new MPs elected were future Conservative Prime Ministers <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> and future Conservative <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>; Osborne would serve in the same Cabinet as Cameron from 2010 to 2016. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a> made a net gain of six seats. </p><p>Change was seen in Northern Ireland, with the moderate <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">unionist</a> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> (UUP) losing four seats to the more hardline <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> (DUP). A similar transition appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">nationalist</a> community, with the moderate <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> (SDLP) losing votes to the more staunchly <a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">republican</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abstentionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstentionist">abstentionist</a> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>. </p><p>Exceptionally low voter turnout, which fell below 60% for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a>, also marked this election.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was broadcast live on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> and presented by <a href="/wiki/David_Dimbleby" title="David Dimbleby">David Dimbleby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Paxman" title="Jeremy Paxman">Jeremy Paxman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Marr" title="Andrew Marr">Andrew Marr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Snow" title="Peter Snow">Peter Snow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_King_(political_scientist)" title="Anthony King (political scientist)">Tony King</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2001 general election was notable for being the first in which pictures of the party logos appeared on the ballot paper. Prior to this, the ballot paper had only displayed the candidate's name, address, and party name.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable departing MPs included former Prime Ministers <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> (also <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_House_(United_Kingdom)" title="Father of the House (United Kingdom)">Father of the House</a>) and <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>, former Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Michael_Heseltine" title="Michael Heseltine">Michael Heseltine</a>, former Liberal Democrat leader <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Paddy Ashdown</a>, former Cabinet ministers <a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_King,_Baron_King_of_Bridgwater" title="Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater">Tom King</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Morris,_Baron_Morris_of_Aberavon" title="John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon">John Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mo_Mowlam" title="Mo Mowlam">Mo Mowlam</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market" title="John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market">John MacGregor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">Peter Brooke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Gorman" title="Teresa Gorman">Teresa Gorman</a>, and then <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election had been expected on 3 May, to coincide with <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local elections">local elections</a>, but on 2 April 2001, both were postponed to 7 June because of rural movement restrictions imposed in response to the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_foot-and-mouth_outbreak" title="2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak">foot-and-mouth outbreak</a> that had started in February. </p><p>The elections were marked by voter apathy, with turnout falling to 59.4%, the lowest (and first under 70%) since the <a href="/wiki/Coupon_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="Coupon Election">Coupon Election</a> of 1918. Throughout the election the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookmakers</a> paid out for a Labour majority before election day. However, the opinion polls the previous autumn had shown the first Tory lead (though only by a narrow margin) in the opinion polls for eight years as they benefited from the public anger towards the government over the <a href="/wiki/Fuel_protests_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fuel protests in the United Kingdom">fuel protests</a> which had led to a severe shortage of motor fuel. </p><p>By the end of 2000, however, the dispute had been resolved and Labour were firmly back in the lead of the opinion polls.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, a mere 29 parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001 Election.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2001 also saw the rare election of an independent. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(British_politician)" title="Richard Taylor (British politician)">Richard Taylor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern">Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern</a> (usually now known simply as "Health Concern") unseated a government MP, <a href="/wiki/David_Lock" title="David Lock">David Lock</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest</a>. There was also a high vote for <a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">British National Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Nick_Griffin" title="Nick Griffin">Nick Griffin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oldham_West_and_Royton" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldham West and Royton">Oldham West and Royton</a>, in the wake of recent <a href="/wiki/2001_Oldham_riots" title="2001 Oldham riots">race riots</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, the election was far more dramatic and marked a move by <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">unionists</a> away from support for the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a>, with the moderate unionist <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> (UUP) losing to the more hardline <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> (DUP). This polarisation was also seen in the nationalist community, with the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> (SDLP) vote losing out to more left-wing and republican <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>. It also saw a tightening of the parties as the small <a href="/wiki/UK_Unionist_Party" title="UK Unionist Party">UK Unionist Party</a> lost its only seat. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For Labour, the last four years had run relatively smoothly.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party had successfully defended all their <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections" title="Lists of United Kingdom by-elections">by election</a> seats, and many suspected a Labour win was inevitable from the start. </p><p>Many in the party, however, were afraid of voter apathy, which was epitomised in a poster of "Hague with <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>'s hair", captioned "Get out and vote. Or they get in."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite recessions in mainland Europe and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, due to the bursting of global tech bubbles, Britain was notably unaffected and Labour however could rely on a strong economy as unemployment continued to decline toward election day, putting to rest any fears of a Labour government putting the economic situation at risk. </p><p>For <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>, however, the Conservative Party had still not fully recovered from the loss in 1997. The party was still divided over Europe, and talk of a referendum on <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_euro" title="United Kingdom and the euro">joining the Eurozone</a> was rife, and as a result "Save The Pound" was one of the key slogans deployed in the Conservatives' campaign. As Labour remained at the political centre, the Conservatives moved to the right. A policy gaffe by <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a> over public spending cuts left the party with an own goal that Labour soon exploited. </p><p>Thatcher gave a speech to the Conservative Election Rally in Plymouth on 22 May 2001, calling <a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a> "rootless, empty, and artificial." She also added to Hague's troubles when speaking out strongly against the Euro to applause. Hague himself, although a witty performer at <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a>, was dogged in the press and reminded of his speech, given at the age of 16, at the 1977 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Conference_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party Conference (UK)">Conservative Conference</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> newspaper only added to the Conservatives' woes by backing Labour for a second consecutive election, calling Hague a "<a href="/wiki/Dead_parrot" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead parrot">dead parrot</a>" during the Conservative Party's conference in October 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Conservatives campaigned on a strongly right-wing platform, emphasising the issues of Europe, immigration and tax, the fabled <a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">"Tebbit Trinity"</a>. They also released a poster showing a heavily pregnant <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>, stating "Four years of Labour and he still hasn't delivered".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Labour countered by asking where the proposed tax cuts were going to come from, and decried the Tory policy as "cut here, cut there, cut everywhere", in reference to the widespread belief that the Conservatives would make major cuts to public services in order to fund tax cuts. Labour also capitalised on the strong economic conditions of the time, and another major line of attack (primarily directed towards <a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a>, now Shadow Chancellor after returning to Parliament via a <a href="/wiki/1999_Kensington_and_Chelsea_by-election" title="1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-election">by-election</a>) was to warn of a return to "Tory Boom and Bust" under a Conservative administration. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a> contested his first election as leader of the Liberal Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the election Sharron Storer, a resident of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair in front of television cameras about conditions in the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a>. The widely televised incident happened on 16 May during a campaign visit by Blair to the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Birmingham" title="Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham">Queen Elizabeth Hospital</a> in Birmingham. Sharron Storer's <a href="/wiki/Domestic_partner" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic partner">partner</a>, Keith Sedgewick, a cancer patient with <a href="/wiki/Non-Hodgkin_lymphoma" title="Non-Hodgkin lymphoma">non-Hodgkin lymphoma</a> and therefore highly susceptible to infection, was being treated at the time in the <a href="/wiki/Bone_marrow" title="Bone marrow">bone marrow</a> unit, but no bed could be found for him and he was transferred to the casualty unit for his first 24 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the evening of the same day Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a> <a href="/wiki/Prescott_punch" title="Prescott punch">punched a protestor</a> after being hit by an egg on his way to an election rally in <a href="/wiki/Rhyl" title="Rhyl">Rhyl</a>, North Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Endorsements">Endorsements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Labour received endorsements from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="The Daily Express">The Daily Express</a></i> (The Express for the first time in its history),<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i>, <i>The <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chu_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chu-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-databacking_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-databacking-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> endorsed Labour and the Liberal Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-databacking_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-databacking-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Conservatives were endorsed by the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chu_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chu-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 election</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 1992 United Kingdom general election">Opinion polls</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 election</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 1997 United Kingdom general election">Opinion polls</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">2001 election</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2001 United Kingdom general election">Opinion polls</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2001_UK_general_election%2C_countries_and_regions.svg/600px-2001_UK_general_election%2C_countries_and_regions.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2001_UK_general_election%2C_countries_and_regions.svg/800px-2001_UK_general_election%2C_countries_and_regions.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Result by countries and English regions</figcaption></figure> <p>The election result was effectively a repeat of 1997, as the Labour Party retained an overwhelming majority, with the BBC announcing the victory at 02:58 on the early morning of 8 June. Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the United Kingdom had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament. Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60%, 12 percentage points down on 1997. All three of the main parties saw their total votes fall, with Labour's total vote dropping by 2.8 million on 1997, the Conservatives 1.3 million, and the Liberal Democrats 428,000. Some suggested this dramatic fall was a sign of the general acceptance of the status quo and the likelihood of Labour's majority remaining unassailable.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Conservatives, the huge loss they had sustained in 1997 was repeated. Despite gaining nine seats, they lost seven to the Liberal Democrats, and <a href="/wiki/South_Dorset_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)">one even to Labour</a>. <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> was quick to announce his resignation, doing so at 07:44 outside the Conservative Party headquarters. Some believed that Hague had been unlucky; although most considered him to be a talented orator and an intelligent statesman, he had come up against the charismatic <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> in the peak of his political career, and it was no surprise that little progress was made in reducing Labour's majority after a relatively smooth parliament. </p><p>Staying at what they considered rock bottom, however, showed that the Conservatives had failed to improve their negative public image, had remained somewhat disunited over Europe, and had not regained the trust that they had lost in the 1990s. Hague's focus on the "Save The Pound" campaign narrative had failed to gain any traction; Labour's successful countertactic was to be repeatedly vague over the issue of future monetary union – and said that the UK would only consider joining the Eurozone "when conditions were right". But in <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">Scotland</a>, despite flipping one seat from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>, their vote collapse continued. They failed to retake former strongholds in Scotland as the Nationalists consolidated their grip on the Northeastern portion of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Liberal Democrats could point to steady progress under their new leader, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a>, gaining more seats than the main two parties—albeit only six overall—and maintaining the performance of a pleasing 1997 election, where the party had doubled its number of seats from 20 to 46. While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in Parliament and representing more than a mere protest vote.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The SNP failed to gain any new seats and lost a seat to the Conservatives by just 79 votes. In <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> both gained <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">a seat</a> from Labour and lost <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">one</a> to them. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_results_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 United Kingdom general election results in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> the Ulster Unionists, despite gaining <a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a>, lost five other seats. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2001_UK_parliament.svg" 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style="width:30px">Candidates </th> <th colspan="3" style="width:30px">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Stood </th> <th>Elected </th> <th>Gained </th> <th>Unseated </th> <th style="width:45px">Net </th> <th>% of total </th> <th>% </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Net % </th></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#E4003B; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">640 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">412 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">−6 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">62.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">40.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">10,724,953 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#0087DC; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">643 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">166 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">31.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,357,615 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">639 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">52 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,814,321 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FDF38E; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">464,314 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#6D3177; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Titford" title="Jeffrey Titford">Jeffrey Titford</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">428 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">390,563 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#48A5EE; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Trimble" title="David Trimble">David Trimble</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">216,839 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#005B54; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">195,893 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#D46A4C; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">181,999 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#326760; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">175,933 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#2AA82C; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hume" title="John Hume">John Hume</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">169,865 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#02A95B; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wright_(British_politician)" title="Margaret Wright (British politician)">Margaret Wright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Woodin" title="Mike Woodin">Mike Woodin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">145 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">166,477 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DCDCDC; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">137 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Tatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">98,917 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#ff0000; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sheridan" title="Tommy Sheridan">Tommy Sheridan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">72,516 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:red; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Socialist_Alliance_(England)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Socialist Alliance (England) (page does not exist)">Socialist Alliance</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">98 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">57,553 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#EE1C25; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Labour Party (UK)">Socialist Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Scargill" title="Arthur Scargill">Arthur Scargill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">114 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">57,288 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#2e3b74; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Griffin" title="Nick Griffin">Nick Griffin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47,129 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#F6CB2F; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Neeson" title="Seán Neeson">Seán Neeson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,999 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:hotpink; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern">Health Concern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(British_politician)" title="Richard Taylor (British politician)">Richard Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,487 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:black; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Springburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Springburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Springburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,053 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB7A43; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Meadowcroft" title="Michael Meadowcroft">Michael Meadowcroft</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,685 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#660066; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Unionist_Party" title="UK Unionist Party">UK Unionist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_McCartney_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert McCartney (Northern Irish politician)">Robert McCartney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,509 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#333333; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/ProLife_Alliance" title="ProLife Alliance">ProLife Alliance</a> </td> <td>Bruno Quintavalle </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,453 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#669966; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Legalise_Cannabis_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Legalise Cannabis Alliance">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td>Alun Buffry </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,677 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#7fffd4; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Justice_Party_(UK)" title="People's Justice Party (UK)">People's Justice</a> </td> <td>Shaukat Ali Khan </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,443 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFF000; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party" title="Official Monster Raving Loony Party">Monster Raving Loony</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howling_Laud_Hope" title="Howling Laud Hope">Howling Laud Hope</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catmando" title="Catmando">Catmando</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,655 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#2B45A2; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">PUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Smyth" title="Hugh Smyth">Hugh Smyth</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,781 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#d5c229; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cole_(politician)" title="Dick Cole (politician)">Dick Cole</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,199 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:aqua; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Women%27s_Coalition" title="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition">NI Women's Coalition</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monica_McWilliams" title="Monica McWilliams">Monica McWilliams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Sagar" title="Pearl Sagar">Pearl Sagar</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,968 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#5555FF; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Unionist_Party_(1986)" title="Scottish Unionist Party (1986)">Scottish Unionist</a> </td> <td>Danny Houston </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,728 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#c71585; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Loony_Party" title="Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party">Rock 'n' Roll Loony</a> </td> <td>Chris Driver </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,634 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:MidnightBlue; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Holmes_(British_politician)" title="Tom Holmes (British politician)">Tom Holmes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,484 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#930C1A; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Garland" title="Seán Garland">Seán Garland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,352 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neath_Port_Talbot_Ratepayers_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association (page does not exist)">Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers</a> </td> <td>Paul Evans </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Aberavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,960 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:darkorange; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Unionist_Party" title="Northern Ireland Unionist Party">NI Unionist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Wilson" title="Cedric Wilson">Cedric Wilson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,794 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#ED1941; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales)" title="Socialist Party (England and Wales)">Socialist Alternative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Taaffe" title="Peter Taaffe">Peter Taaffe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,454 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_2000_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reform 2000 Party (page does not exist)">Reform 2000</a> </td> <td>Erol Basarik </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,418 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isle_of_Wight_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isle of Wight Party (page does not exist)">Isle of Wight</a> </td> <td>Philip Murray </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,164 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muslim_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muslim Party (page does not exist)">Muslim</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#F93822; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffiths_(politician)" title="Robert Griffiths (politician)">Robert Griffiths</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,003 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#999999; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/New_Britain_Party" title="New Britain Party">New Britain</a> </td> <td>Dennis Delderfield </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_and_Bow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">888 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Free_Party_(UK)" title="Free Party (UK)">Free Party</a> </td> <td>Bob Dobbs </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">832 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#00A86B; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_Left_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leeds Left Alliance (page does not exist)">Leeds Left Alliance</a> </td> <td>Mike Davies </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">770 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Millennium_Bean_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Millennium Bean Party">New Millennium Bean Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_Beany" title="Captain Beany">Captain Beany</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Aberavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">727 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#AA0000; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Revolutionary_Party_(UK)" title="Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)">Workers Revolutionary</a> </td> <td>Sheila Torrance </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">607 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatton_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatton Group (page does not exist)">Tatton</a> </td> <td>Paul Williams </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Tatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">505 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:630px"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Government's new majority</b> </td> <td><b>165</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total votes cast </td> <td>26,367,383 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnout </td> <td>59.4% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>All parties with more than 500 votes shown.</i> </p><p><i>The seat gains reflect changes on the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> result. Two seats had changed hands in by-elections in the intervening period. These were as follows:</i> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Romsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Romsey</a> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> to <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>. The Liberal Democrats held this seat in 2001.</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionists" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Unionists">Ulster Unionists</a> to <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionists</a>. The Ulster Unionists won this seat back in 2001.</i></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Results_of_the_UK_General_Election,_2001.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in party colours" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/200px-Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/300px-Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg/400px-Results_of_the_UK_General_Election%2C_2001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).</figcaption></figure> <p>The results of the election give a <a href="/wiki/Gallagher_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallagher Index">Gallagher index of dis-proportionality</a> of 17.74. </p> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Labour</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:40.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">40.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:31.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">31.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal Democrat</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FAA61A; width:18.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">18.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Scottish National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; width:1.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">UK Independence</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#6D3177; width:1.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:6.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.1%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliamentary seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Labour</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:62.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">62.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:25.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">25.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal Democrat</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FAA61A; width:7.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Ulster Unionist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#48A5EE; width:0.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Scottish National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; width:0.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democratic Unionist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#D46A4C; width:0.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:1.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.8%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_by_constituent_country">Results by constituent country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Results by constituent country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>LAB </th> <th>CON </th> <th>LD </th> <th>SNP </th> <th>PC </th> <th>NI parties </th> <th>Others </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>England </td> <td>323 </td> <td>165 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1 </td> <td>533 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wales </td> <td>34 </td> <td>– </td> <td>2 </td> <td>– </td> <td>4 </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Scotland </td> <td>56 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Ireland </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>18 </td> <td>– </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>413 </td> <td>166 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>659 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_changing_hands">Seats changing hands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Seat </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 election</a> </th> <th colspan="6">Constituency result 2001 by party </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">2001 election </th></tr> <tr> <th>Con </th> <th>Lab </th> <th>Lib </th> <th>PC </th> <th>SNP </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>4,912 </td> <td>13,540 </td> <td>2,815 </td> <td><b>16,130</b> </td> <td> </td> <td>656 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Castle_Point_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)">Castle Point</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><b>17,738</b> </td> <td>16,753 </td> <td>3,116 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1273 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheadle</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>18,444 </td> <td>6,086 </td> <td><b>18,477</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>599 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Chesterfield</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>3,613 </td> <td>18,663 </td> <td><b>21,249</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>437 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Mid_and_Poole_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorset Mid and Poole North">Dorset Mid and Poole North</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>17,974 </td> <td>6,765 </td> <td><b>18,358</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>621 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dorset_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorset South">Dorset South</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>18,874 </td> <td><b>19,027</b> </td> <td>6,531 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>913 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Galloway and Upper Nithsdale</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td><b>12,222</b> </td> <td>7,258 </td> <td>3,698 </td> <td> </td> <td>12,148 </td> <td>588 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)">Guildford</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>19,820 </td> <td>6,558 </td> <td><b>20,358</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>736 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)">Isle of Wight</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><b>25,223</b> </td> <td>9,676 </td> <td>22,397 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2,106 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Londonderry_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Londonderry East (UK Parliament constituency)">Londonderry East</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ludlow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)">Ludlow</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>16,990 </td> <td>5,785 </td> <td><b>18,620</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>871 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Newark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newark (UK Parliament constituency)">Newark</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><b>20,983</b> </td> <td>16,910 </td> <td>5,970 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk North (UK Parliament constituency)">Norfolk North</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>23,495 </td> <td>7,490 </td> <td><b>23,978</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>649 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk North West">Norfolk North West</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><b>24,846</b> </td> <td>21,361 </td> <td>4,292 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>704 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Unionist_Party" title="UK Unionist Party">UK Unionist</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><b>18,931</b> </td> <td>12,954 </td> <td>2,869 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Romsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Romsey</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>20,386 </td> <td>3,986 </td> <td><b>22,756</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)">Strangford</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Tatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)">Tatton</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><b>19,860</b> </td> <td>11,249 </td> <td>7,685 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Taunton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)">Taunton</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><b>23,033</b> </td> <td>8,254 </td> <td>22,798 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1,140 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Teignbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Teignbridge</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>23,332 </td> <td>7,366 </td> <td><b>26,343</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Tyrone_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrone West (UK Parliament constituency)">Tyrone West</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Upminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Upminster</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><b>15,410</b> </td> <td>14,169 </td> <td>3,183 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1,089 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>9,350 </td> <td>10,857 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>28,487</b> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ynys_Mon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ynys Mon (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Mon</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td>7,653 </td> <td><b>11,906</b> </td> <td>2,772 </td> <td>11,106 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_who_lost_their_seats">MPs who lost their seats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: MPs who lost their seats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Office held whilst in power </th> <th>Year elected </th> <th>Defeated by </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="7" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Williams_(Carmarthen_MP)" title="Alan Williams (Carmarthen MP)">Alan Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #005B54"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christine_Butler" title="Christine Butler">Christine Butler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Castle_Point_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)">Castle Point</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Spink" title="Bob Spink">Dr. Bob Spink</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Jones" title="Fiona Jones">Fiona Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newark (UK Parliament constituency)">Newark</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel</a></small><br /> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mercer" title="Patrick Mercer">Patrick Mercer</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Turner_(British_politician)" title="George Turner (British politician)">George Turner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk North West">Norfolk North West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bellingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Bellingham">Henry Bellingham</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Gordon" title="Eileen Gordon">Eileen Gordon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Darvill" title="Keith Darvill">Keith Darvill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Upminster</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angela_Watkinson" title="Angela Watkinson">Angela Watkinson</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Lock" title="David Lock">David Lock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dr._Richard_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Richard Taylor">Dr. Richard Taylor</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: hotpink"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern">Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Day_(British_politician)" title="Stephen Day (British politician)">Stephen Day</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheadle</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Calton" title="Patsy Calton">Patsy Calton</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Fraser" title="Christopher Fraser">Christopher Fraser</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Dorset_and_North_Poole" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Dorset and North Poole">Mid Dorset and North Poole</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annette_Brooke" title="Annette Brooke">Annette Brooke</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Bruce_(politician)" title="Ian Bruce (politician)">Ian Bruce</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorset_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorset South">Dorset South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Knight" title="Jim Knight">Jim Knight</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_St_Aubyn" title="Nick St Aubyn">Nick St Aubyn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)">Guildford</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sue_Doughty" title="Sue Doughty">Sue Doughty</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/The_Hon." class="mw-redirect" title="The Hon.">The Hon.</a></small><br /> <a href="/wiki/David_Prior,_Baron_Prior_of_Brampton" title="David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton">David Prior</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk North (UK Parliament constituency)">Norfolk North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lamb" title="Norman Lamb">Norman Lamb</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Nicholls" title="Patrick Nicholls">Patrick Nicholls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teignbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Teignbridge</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Younger-Ross" title="Richard Younger-Ross">Richard Younger-Ross</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Brand_(British_politician)" title="Peter Brand (British politician)">Dr. Peter Brand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)">Isle of Wight</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Turner_(politician)" title="Andrew Turner (politician)">Andrew Turner</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Ballard" title="Jackie Ballard">Jackie Ballard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taunton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)">Taunton</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Flook" title="Adrian Flook">Adrian Flook</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ross_(Unionist_politician)" title="William Ross (Unionist politician)">Willie Ross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Londonderry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)">East Londonderry</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Campbell_(politician)" title="Gregory Campbell (politician)">Gregory Campbell</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Walker" title="Cecil Walker">Cecil Walker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)">North Belfast</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Dodds" title="Nigel Dodds">Nigel Dodds</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Thompson_(Ulster_Unionist_politician)" title="William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician)">William Thompson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)">West Tyrone</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Doherty_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Pat Doherty (Northern Ireland politician)">Pat Doherty</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #326760"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_McCrea,_Baron_McCrea_of_Magherafelt_and_Cookstown" title="William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown">William McCrea</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Antrim South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Burnside" title="David Burnside">David Burnside</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #660066"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Unionist_Party" title="UK Unionist Party">UK Unionist Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_McCartney_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert McCartney (Northern Irish politician)">Robert McCartney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lady_Hermon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Hermon">Lady Hermon</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bell" title="Martin Bell">Martin Bell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)">Tatton</a> contesting <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_and_Ongar" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood and Ongar">Brentwood and Ongar</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a> </td> <th rowspan="1" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_Demographics">Voter Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Voter Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MORI interviewed 18,657 adults in Great Britain after the election which suggested the following demographic breakdown...<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">The 2001 UK general election vote in Great Britain (in per cent) </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Social Group </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;">Lab </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;">Con </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;">Lib Dem </th> <th rowspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">Lead </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#E4003B;"> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#0087DC;"> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="background:#FAA61A;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>33 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">9 </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Gender </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">10 </td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>33 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">9 </td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Age </th></tr> <tr> <td>18–24 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>41</b> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">14 </td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25–34 </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>51</b> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">27 </td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35–44 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>45</b> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">17 </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45–54 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>41</b> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">9 </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55–64 </td> <td>37 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>39</b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">2 </td> <td>69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65+ </td> <td>39 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>40</b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">1 </td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Social class </th></tr> <tr> <td>AB </td> <td>30 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>39</b> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">9 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C1 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>38</b> </td> <td>36 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">2 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C2 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>49</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">20 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>DE </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>55</b> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">31 </td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Work status </th></tr> <tr> <td>Full time </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">13 </td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part time </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">14 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Not working </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>41</b> </td> <td>36 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">5 </td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unemployed </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>54</b> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>12 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">31 </td> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Self-employed </td> <td>32 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>39</b> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>11 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">7 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Housing tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td>Owner </td> <td>32 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">11 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mortgage </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">11 </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Council/HA </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>60</b> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">42 </td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Private rent </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>40</b> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">12 </td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Men by age </th></tr> <tr> <td>18–24 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>38</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">9 </td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25–34 </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>52</b> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">28 </td> <td>47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35–54 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">14 </td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55+ </td> <td><b>39</b> </td> <td><b>39</b> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>Tie</b> </td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Men by social class </th></tr> <tr> <td>AB </td> <td>31 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>38</b> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">7 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C1 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>39</b> </td> <td>36 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>11 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">3 </td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C2 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>49</b> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">21 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>DE </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>55</b> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">32 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Women by age </th></tr> <tr> <td>18–24 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>45</b> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">21 </td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25–34 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>49</b> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">24 </td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35–54 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">12 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55+ </td> <td>38 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>40</b> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">2 </td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Women by social class </th></tr> <tr> <td>AB </td> <td>28 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>41</b> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">13 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C1 </td> <td><b>37</b> </td> <td><b>37</b> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>Tie</b> </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C2 </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>48</b> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">18 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>DE </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>56</b> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">31 </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Readership </th></tr> <tr> <td>Daily Express </td> <td>33 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">10 </td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Daily Mail </td> <td>24 </td> <td style="background:#66C2FF;color:black"><b>55</b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">31 </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Mirror </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>71</b> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">58 </td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Daily Record </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>59</b> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">36 </td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Daily Telegraph </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background:#66C2FF;color:black"><b>65</b> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">49 </td> <td>71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Financial Times </td> <td>30 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>48</b> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">18 </td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Guardian </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>52</b> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">18 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Independent </td> <td>38 </td> <td>12 </td> <td style="background:#FEECCD;color:black"><b>44</b> </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#FAA61A;">6 </td> <td>69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Daily Star </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>56</b> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">35 </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Sun </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>52</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">23 </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Times </td> <td>28 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>40</b> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">12 </td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>No daily paper </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>45</b> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">18 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Evening Standard </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">13 </td> <td>51 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Sunday Readership </th></tr> <tr> <td>News of World </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>55</b> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">28 </td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Express </td> <td>29 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>47</b> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">18 </td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Mail </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>53</b> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">33 </td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Mirror </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>72</b> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">56 </td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Post </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>43</b> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">21 </td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Telegraph </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background:#66C2FF;color:black"><b>63</b> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">46 </td> <td>71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mail on Sunday </td> <td>25 </td> <td style="background:#66C2FF;color:black"><b>53</b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">28 </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Observer </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>53</b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">19 </td> <td>71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday People </td> <td style="background:#FF668C;color:black"><b>65</b> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">46 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday Times </td> <td>29 </td> <td style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black"><b>40</b> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background:#0087DC;color:#FFFFFF;">11 </td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Independent on Sunday </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>47</b> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">10 </td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>No Sunday paper </td> <td style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"><b>42</b> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="background:#E4003B;color:#FFFFFF;">12 </td> <td>55 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png/220px-2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png/330px-2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png/440px-2001_UK_General_Election_Gallagher_Index.png 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="295" /></a><figcaption>The disproportionality of the house of parliament in the 2001 election was 18.03 according to the <a href="/wiki/Gallagher_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallagher Index">Gallagher Index</a>, mainly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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(2001–2005)">List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2001–2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_foot-and-mouth_outbreak" title="2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak">2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_England" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in England">2001 United Kingdom general election in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales</a></li> <li><a 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Salmond">Alex Salmond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Hume" title="John Hume">John Hume</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern">Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(British_politician)" title="Richard Taylor (British politician)">Richard Taylor</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Results by area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_England" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_foot-and-mouth_outbreak" title="2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak">2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Friends,_Voters,_Countrymen" title="Friends, Voters, Countrymen">Friends, Voters, Countrymen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prescott_punch" title="Prescott punch">Prescott punch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local elections">2001 United Kingdom local elections</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1934 United Kingdom local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1949 United Kingdom local elections">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1955 United Kingdom local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1964 United Kingdom local elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1965 United Kingdom local elections">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1969 United Kingdom local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1970 United Kingdom local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1971 United Kingdom local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1972 United Kingdom local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1973 United Kingdom local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1974 United Kingdom local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1975 United Kingdom local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1976 United Kingdom local elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1977 United Kingdom local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1978 United Kingdom local elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1979 United Kingdom local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1980 United Kingdom local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1981 United Kingdom local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1982 United Kingdom local elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1983 United Kingdom local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1984 United Kingdom local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1985 United Kingdom local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1986 United Kingdom local elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1987 United Kingdom local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1988 United Kingdom local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1989 United Kingdom local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1990 United Kingdom local elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1991 United Kingdom local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1992 United Kingdom local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1993 United Kingdom local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1994 United Kingdom local elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1995 United Kingdom local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1996 United Kingdom local elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1997 United Kingdom local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1998 United Kingdom local elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1999 United Kingdom local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2000 United Kingdom local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2002 United Kingdom local elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2003 United Kingdom local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2004 United Kingdom local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2005 United Kingdom local elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2006 United Kingdom local elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2007 United Kingdom local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2008 United Kingdom local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2009 United Kingdom local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2010 United Kingdom local elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2012 United Kingdom local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2013 United Kingdom local elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2014 United Kingdom local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2015 United Kingdom local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2016 United Kingdom local elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2017 United Kingdom local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2018 United Kingdom local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2019 United Kingdom local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2023 United Kingdom local elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2024 United Kingdom local elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2025 United Kingdom local elections">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="hlist"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd>Elections in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_England" title="Elections in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Blair" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tony_Blair" title="Template:Tony Blair"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tony_Blair" title="Template talk:Tony Blair"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tony_Blair" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tony Blair"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tony_Blair" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (1997–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Leader of the Labour Party</a> (1994–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Opposition (UK)">Leader of the Opposition</a> (1994–1997)</li> <li>MP for <a href="/wiki/Sedgefield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)">Sedgefield</a> (1983–2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Labour,_New_Life_for_Britain" title="New Labour, New Life for Britain">New Labour, New Life for Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Tony_Blair" title="Premiership of Tony Blair">Premiership</a></li> <li>Blair ministry <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Blair_ministry" title="First Blair ministry">First</a>, 1997–2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Blair_ministry" title="Second Blair ministry">Second</a>, 2001–2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Blair_ministry" title="Third Blair ministry">Third</a>, 2005–2007</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair%E2%80%93Brown_deal" title="Blair–Brown deal">Blair–Brown deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Tony_Blair" title="Electoral history of Tony Blair">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Tony_Blair" title="Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair">Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="1999 British cabinet reshuffle">1999 British cabinet reshuffle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush%E2%80%93Blair_2003_Iraq_memo" title="Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo">Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2006 British cabinet reshuffle">2006 cabinet reshuffle</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_in_2002_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Tony_Blair_in_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="1065" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ideology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blairism" title="Blairism">Blairism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Way" title="Third Way">Third Way</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Party election</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party leadership election">1994</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shadow Cabinet elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Labour_Party_(UK)_Shadow_Cabinet_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election">1993</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-premiership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Sedgefield_by-election" title="2007 Sedgefield by-election">2007 Sedgefield by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair_Institute_for_Global_Change" title="Tony Blair Institute for Global Change">Tony Blair Institute for Global Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East" title="Quartet on the Middle East">Quartet on the Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Progress_Panel" title="Africa Progress Panel">Africa Progress Panel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair_Faith_Foundation" title="Tony Blair Faith Foundation">Tony Blair Faith Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Africa" title="Commission for Africa">Commission for Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Journey" title="A Journey">A Journey</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Party election</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1997 Conservative Party leadership election">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1998 United Kingdom local elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1999 United Kingdom local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2000 United Kingdom local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local 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