316:
120:
127:
1665:
1653:
113:
1677:
27:
775:
694:
652:
610:
568:
526:
484:
442:
301:
293:
285:
879:
842:
817:
801:
759:
720:
678:
636:
594:
552:
510:
468:
426:
241:
234:
227:
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held for Labour with a majority of over 16,000, a result the BBC said meant that Bryant had "confounded his critics". Bryant, a former curate who had once been a member of the
Conservatives had been criticised as being an odd fit and "too exotic" for traditional Labour supporters in the constituency
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354:
from Labour. The
Conservatives, despite taking the second largest number of votes in Wales, once again won no seats; this was only the second election since 1918 to leave them with no representation in Wales.
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66:
1714:
1756:
1744:
1919:
914:
351:
1749:
71:
1893:
1707:
1924:
1914:
1987:
1700:
1513:
1508:
1503:
1498:
1493:
1488:
1478:
1473:
1468:
1463:
1458:
951:
51:
41:
1628:
1597:
966:
1945:
1022:
1193:
1188:
1183:
1178:
1173:
1148:
943:
922:
343:
950:
had publicly claimed she would win 53% of the vote. Plaid's performance by the percentage points (14.3 per cent) would be its best result up until
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83:
910:
report of the election in Wales stated that "Despite a night of high tension the political map in Wales virtually looks the same as before".
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958:
177:
1448:
1368:
1770:
1723:
1453:
1363:
926:
339:
325:
182:
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1897:
986:
1883:
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1223:
1443:
1438:
1433:
1428:
1423:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1403:
1398:
1393:
1388:
1383:
1378:
1373:
1358:
1353:
1348:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1328:
1323:
1318:
1313:
1308:
1303:
1298:
1293:
1288:
1283:
1278:
1273:
1268:
1263:
1258:
1253:
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1612:
1607:
1602:
1215:
620:
1141:
939:
1951:
662:
1581:
1576:
1571:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1541:
785:
1104:
1078:
1052:
1853:
1523:
1536:
1531:
1134:
1017:
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where they finished just 384 votes behind Labour. The
Liberal Democrats failed to add to their two seats, with
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1813:
452:
315:
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1823:
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826:
536:
167:
1833:
1669:
1203:
1198:
119:
1157:
126:
1803:
1778:
410:
157:
743:
1867:
1827:
1657:
147:
142:
957:
The
Conservatives again failed to win any seat in Wales, with their best result being in
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1652:
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1817:
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to feel they had a chance of a victory, a feat they had surprisingly achieved in the
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930:
1873:
112:
1877:
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1857:
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935:
494:
363:
Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.
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were contested. The overall result remained exactly the same as in
2003:
General elections in Wales to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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1013:"Research Paper 01/54: General election results 7 June 2001"
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which Labour gained from Plaid Cymru. Plaid failed to gain
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which he was contesting for the first time. This had led
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Appointed prime minister: Tony Blair (Labour Party)
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1079:"Labour faithful welcome 'exotic' MP"
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1884:Social Democratic and Labour Party
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1651:
1105:"Plaid gain after Anglesey blow"
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567:
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299:
292:
291:
284:
283:
239:
232:
225:
125:
118:
111:
25:
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1053:"Few poll surprises for Wales"
965:reducing Labour's majority in
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758:
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635:
593:
551:
509:
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233:
226:
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330:These are the results of the
987:"Election 2001 | Wales"
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946:. Plaid's candidate
969:to just 659 votes.
902:Outcome and changes
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1109:BBC News Vote 2001
1085:. BBC. 8 June 2001
1083:BBC News Vote 2001
1059:. BBC. 8 June 2001
1057:BBC News Vote 2001
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1021:. 12 June 2001.
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1769:Incumbent
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