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2001 United Kingdom general election

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All 659 seats to the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	59.4% (11.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Sedgefield Richmond (Yorks) Ross, Skye & Inverness West Last election 418 seats, 43.2% 165 seats, 30.7% 46 seats, 16.8% Seats won 413 166 52 Seat change 5 1 6 Popular vote 10,724,953 8,357,615 4,814,321 Percentage 40.7% 31.7% 18.3% Swing 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Prime Minister after election Tony Blair Labour

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

It was called "the quiet landslide" by the media,^[1] 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.