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United Kingdom UK Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
Labour
40.7 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
8
±0 compared to 1997
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Final Official Results of the UK Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. UK Parliamentary Election Results, 7 June 2001

Lab
40.7
Lib
18.3
SNP
1.8
UKIP
1.5
UUP
0.8
DUP
0.7
PC
0.7
SF
0.7
SDLP
0.6
Other
34.2
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 62.5% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the UK Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed the UK After the Election

Election Day 07/06/2001 Blair II 07/06/2001 – 06/05/2005

Blair II

 7 June 2001 – 6 May 2005 · 3 years 10 months
412 of 659 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Labour 40.7 % – 412 –
Liberal Liberal Party 18.3 % – 52 –
Regional Scottish National Party 1.8 % – 5 –
Right UKIP 1.5 % – 0 –
Centre-Right Ulster Unionist Party 0.8 % – 6 –
Centre-Right Democratic Unionist Party 0.7 % – 5 –
Regional Plaid Cymru 0.7 % – 4 –
Regional Sinn Féin 0.7 % – 4 –
Regional Social Democratic and Labour Party 0.6 % – 3 –
Unknown Other Parties 34.2 % – 168 –

United Kingdom Parliamentary Election: The Contesting Parties

Political Alignment
Conservative
Social
Market
Progressive
Labour Social Democratic Liberal Party Liberal Scottish National Party Social Democratic UKIP Right Populist Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Democratic Unionist Party Conservative Plaid Cymru Social Democratic Sinn Féin Left Show all parties
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United Kingdom Parliamentary Election: A Historical Comparison

2001
1997
1992
2001: Lab 40.7%, Lib 18.3%, SNP 1.8%, UKIP 1.5%, UUP 0.8%, DUP 0.7%. 1997: Lab 43.2%, Lib 16.8%, SNP 2.0%, UUP 0.8%, DUP 0.3%. 1992: Lab 34.9%, Lib 17.8%, SNP 1.9%, UUP 0.8%, DUP 0.3%
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