2001 United Kingdom general election results in Wales

United Kingdom general election, 2001

← 1997

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)

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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Tony Blair	Ieuan Wyn Jones	Charles Kennedy
Party	Labour	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	21 July 1994	2000	9 August 1999
Last election	34 Seats	4 Seats	2 Seats
Seats before	34	4	2
Seats won	34	4	2
Seat change	0	0	0
Popular vote	666,956	195,893	189,254
Percentage	48.6%	14.3%	13.8%
Swing	6.1%	4.4%	1.5

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 for the country of Wales. The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The overall result remained the same as in the previous election in 1997, with only two Welsh seats changing parties during the election; that of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (a Plaid Cymru gain from Labour) and Ynys Môn (a Labour Party gain from Plaid Cymru).

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Wales.

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