General Election 2001

This is the vote total for the 2001 General Election. This was the first General Election in which candidates who were not supported by any registered political party had to give their ballot paper description as "Independent". Candidates with this description have been grouped together even though they are not necessarily connected in any way. A list of registered political parties is given on the website of the Electoral Commission (see the links page). Some Labour candidates included in their descriptions the fact that they were supported by the Co-operative Party; all such candidates are shown as Labour.

Figures are based on the official results published by the Electoral Commission.

	GENERAL ELECTION 2001: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND	659 seats
1	Labour	10,724,946	412 seats
2	Conservative	8,358,452	166 seats
3	Liberal Democrat	4,814,321	52 seats
4	Scottish National Party	464,314	5 seats
5	UK Independence Party	390,563
6	Ulster Unionist Party	216,839	6 seats
7	Plaid Cymru	195,893	4 seats
8	Democratic Unionist Party	181,999	5 seats
9	Sinn Féin	175,933	4 seats
10	Social Democratic and Labour Party	169,865	3 seats
11	Green Party	166,477
12	Independent	97,070
13	Scottish Socialist Party	72,516
14	Socialist Alliance	57,553
15	Socialist Labour Party	57,288
16	British National Party	47,129
17	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	28,999
18	Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern	28,487	1 seat
19	Mr Speaker Seeking Re-election	16,053	1 seat
20	Liberal	13,685
21	UK Unionist Party	13,509
22	ProLife Alliance	9,453
23	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	8,677
24	People's Justice Party	7,443
25	Monster Raving Loony Party	6,655
26	Progressive Unionist Party	4,781
27	Mebyon Kernow	3,199
28	Northern Ireland Women's Coalition	2,968
29	Scottish Unionist Party	2,728
30	Rock & Roll Loony Party	2,634
31	National Front	2,484
32	Workers' Party	2,352
33	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association	1,960
34	Northern Ireland Unionist Party	1,794
35	Socialist Alternative	1,454
36	Reform 2000 Party	1,418
37	Isle of Wight Party	1,164
38	Muslim Party	1,150
39	Communist Party	1,003
40	New Britain Party	888
41	Freedom Party	832
42	Left Alliance	770
43	New Millennium Bean Party	727
44	Workers Revolutionary Party	607
45	Tatton Group Independent	505
46	Christian People's Alliance	479
47	Residents and Motorists of Great Britain	460
48	Anti-Corruption Forum	456
49	Pro Euro Conservative Party	454
50	Pensioner Coalition	453
51	Independent Vote for Yourself	418
52	Lower Excise Duty	391
53	Pacifist for Peace, Justice, Co-operation, Environment	370
54	Liberated Party	362
55	Reform UK Party	357
55	Socialist Party of Great Britain	357
57	Christian Democrat	345
58	Fancy Dress Party	344
59	Third Way	306
60	Pathfinders	295
61	Justice Party	271
62	Countryside Party	265
63	Scottish Freedom Referendum Party	250
64	Wessex Regionalist	233
65	Marxist Party	221
66	Defend the Welfare State Against Blairism	220
67	Asian League	197
68	People's Choice	195
69	John Lilburne Democratic Party	137
70	Stuckist Party	108
71	Progressive Democratic Party	107
72	Jam Wrestling Party	100
73	Extinction Club	93
74	Direct Customer Service Party	78
75	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	68
76	Unrepresented People's Party	54
	TOTAL Electorate Turnout Labour majority Swing (Labour to Conservative):	26,368,204 44,403,768 59.38% 2,366,494 2%

A by-election will be held on 18 September 2003 in Brent East to replace Labour's Paul Daisley, who has died.

Paul Marsden, the Labour MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, joined the Liberal Democrats on 10 December 2001 over Labour's support for the war in Afghanistan, and alleged bullying by the Labour whips.