2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2001 general election in Wales.[1]

Party[2]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	34	1	1		85.0	666,956	48.6	6.2
	Conservative	0	0	0		—	288,623	21.0	1.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	1		10.0	195,893	14.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		5.0	189,254	13.8	1.5
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	12,552	0.9	0.9
	Green	0	0	0		—	3,753	0.3	0.2
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	2,805	0.2	0.2
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		—	2,258	0.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	0	0	0		—	1,609	0.1	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		—	384	0.0
	BNP	0	0	0		—	278	0.0	N/A
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	7,959	0.6	N/A

A BBC 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".[3] The only seats to change hands were Carmarthen East and Dinefwr which Adam Price of Plaid Cymru gained from Labour and Ynys Môn which Labour gained from Plaid Cymru. Plaid failed to gain Rhondda which Chris Bryant held for Labour with a majority of over 16,000, a result the BBC said meant that Bryant had "confounded his critics".[3] 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 which he was contesting for the first time. This had led Plaid Cymru to feel they had a chance of a victory, a feet they had surprisingly achieved in the equivalent constituency at the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election. Plaid's candidate Leanne Wood had publicly claimed she would win 53% of the vote.[4]

The Conservatives again failed to win any seat in Wales, with their best result being in Monmouth where they finished just 384 votes behind Labour.[3] The Liberal Democrats failed to add to their two seats, with Jenny Willott reducing Labour's majority in Cardiff Central to just 659 votes.[5]