2001 United Kingdom general election

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The 2001 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote in which Tony Blair’s Labour Party won a second consecutive landslide victory, maintaining a large majority in the House of Commons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignContext occurring during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the UK ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electionDate 2001-06-07 ⓘ
electionSloganOfWinningParty Ambitions for Britain ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
leaderOfConservativesAtElection William Hague ⓘ
leaderOfLabourAtElection Tony Blair ⓘ
leaderOfLiberalDemocratsAtElection Charles Kennedy ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainIssue crime and policing ⓘ
education ⓘ
healthcare (NHS) ⓘ
public services ⓘ
majoritySeatsThreshold 330 ⓘ
monarchAtTimeOfElection Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection 2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFeature lowest voter turnout in a UK general election since 1918 at the time ⓘ
second consecutive landslide victory for Labour Party ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 659 ⓘ
overallMajorityOfWinningParty 167 ⓘ
parliamentConvenesAfterElection 2001-06-13 ⓘ
parliamentDissolutionDate 2001-05-14 ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
popularVotePercentageOfConservatives 31.7 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageOfLabour 40.7 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageOfLiberalDemocrats 18.3 ⓘ
previousElection 1997 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Tony Blair ⓘ
regionCovered England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
seatChangeForConservatives +1 ⓘ
seatChangeForLabour -6 ⓘ
seatChangeForLiberalDemocrats +6 ⓘ
seatsWonByConservatives 166 ⓘ
seatsWonByLabour 412 ⓘ
seatsWonByLiberalDemocrats 52 ⓘ
secondPlaceParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
termNumberOfParliament 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democrats
totalVotesCast approximately 26,366,000 ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed Labour majority government ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangePercentagePoints -12.0 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 59.4 ⓘ
wonByParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ

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2005 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
A Journey → aboutEvent → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: A Journey (memoir)
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Westmorland and Lonsdale → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
North East Cambridgeshire → hasElection → 2001 UK general election ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
John David Pugh → electedInElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Second Blair ministry → formedAfter → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1997 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Batley and Spen → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Oldham West and Royton → hasElection → 2001 UK general election ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
South West Surrey → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
South Swindon → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Ian Liddell-Grainger → election → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency) → usedInElection → United Kingdom general election, 2001 ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
Bristol North West → hasElectionResult → 2001 United Kingdom general election in Bristol North West ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
Doug Naysmith → reElectedIn → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Derek Wyatt → reElectedIn → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Leeds Central → hasElection → UK general election 2001 ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
2005 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian → precededBy → 2001 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian ⓘ
linked to: 2001 United Kingdom general election
Nick Hawkins → election → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Vale of Clwyd constituency
UK Parliament 2001–2005 → generalElection → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom → dissolutionCause → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
UK Parliament 1997–2001 → dissolvedBy → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
David Chaytor → reElectedIn → 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ