United Kingdom general election, 2001 facts for kids

Tony Blair Labour Party Leader	William Hague Conservative Party Leader	Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat Leader

The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons.

Results

It was called "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 5 seats, with lower turnout of 59.4%, compared to 71.3% in the previous election. Tony Blair went on to become the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a second full term in as Prime Minister.

Results chart

Images for kids

• 
• 
• 
• 

  The disproportionality of the house of parliament in the 2001 election was 18.03 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

See also

In Spanish: Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2001 para niños